Dance class signup

[celticdragonfly]

I mentioned on Tuesday that we were out and about doing a whole bunch of errands. Well, one of the things on the list was signing Maggie up for her first dance classes. She's taking the preschool tap and ballet classes at a nearby local dance school in the summer session.

We'd originally planned to put Jamie in the classes, too - they're for 3-5 year olds - but after more thought, we regretfully decided he's just not ready yet. He is 3, but he is still behind what a lot of 3 year olds can do, especially verbally. Hopefully next year.

Maggie's been VERY excited about the prospect of classes. So we went in and signed her up. 1 hour, once a week. While we were there, we started buying some of her supplies. We got pink ballet shoes there, and pink tights. They're going to order the tan tap shoes in her size, as they were out, but those should be here in plenty of time. They didn't have the short-sleeved leotards in her size either.

So later while we were out, we stopped at a dance supply store. Oooh, she was so excited. Oooh, all the pink stuff! It's lucky for Maggie that the dress code for that class is pink leotard and tights, pink ballet shoes, tan tap shoes. When I was a little girl, IIRC, it was black leotards and white tights. That would have broken her heart. I let her select which style of short-sleeved leotard we got for her. A skirt was optional, and she wanted one. I was suggesting a plainer one that matched the color of the leotard better, but she really wanted the 'sparkly' one that had the handkerchief hem, so I gave in. She was insisting that the other one couldn't possibly fit. Heh.

(They had an adorable leotard with a built-in petal skirt and rosebuds around the neck, so tempting, but not in her size)

She got to try it all on later, and was ecstatic. Adorable, too. I've explained to her that I'll need to put her hair up for class, so she must NOT cut it herself any more, and she's agreed. I'll need to go buy bobbypins.

I need to find her or make her a nice bag for her shoes, since she should go in regular shoes and change into her dance shoes in the studio. There's tons of dance bags out there, but I haven't seen anything that seems just right yet.

Comments

[marymont.livejournal.com]

One of the things I liked about NCSB was that they aren't high pressure but they teach it right. It's a lot harder to unlearn something taught wrong than to learn it right in the first place. The classes for the babies are really sweet. They're in Keller, not too far from you. When my kids went there, they were in North Richland Hills. I understand they got much nicer digs when they moved. http://www.northcentralballet.com/ is the website.