Dance Recital

Karis participates in a dance class at school. It's a great opportunity to learn the basics with little to no cost to us. Amanda's Academy of Dance provides a free class once a week during school hours. She then gets to participate in the Dance Academy's recital at the end of the year. These pictures were taken last night as a part of the dress rehearsal. Here's Karis with her friend, Madison.
Karis was all smiles at both the dress rehearsal and at the show. She seemed very comfortable on stage. When we asked her if she was nervous, she said no. Karis reminded us that she had been on a stage before when her daycare in South Carolina did a Christmas show. We realized that her memory is very good, and so is her logic.

I think this one is adorable! The dresses were very pretty and all the kids looked great.

If you know the Newmans, you'd realize this was quite a stretch for us. Neither one of us ever took dance lessons, nor are we into the high maintenance of what dance recitals involve. However, we decided to embrace it because Karis loves dance so much.

I put the bun in her hair and all the make-up on her face. Ben brought her to my office to prep her for rehearsal and then took her to rehearsal while I continued to work. We sat in the front row and watched two hours of dances... hip-hop, ballet, jazz, tap, and Irish.

This is the final song where all the dancers come out on stage. All of the participants were dancing around and having a great time.