It wasn’t me – but evidence that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
La Grande broke this part of the stage as she fell off after a missed three-turn spin during The Prom

It wasn’t me – but evidence that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
La Grande broke this part of the stage as she fell off after a missed three-turn spin during The Prom

Last night LaGrande and TheWeeOne surprised me with their dance skills.
I haven’t been seeing much of their classes this season based on timing and availability but – well holy cow, they did such a great job – I was simply stunned.

Great job my Mermaids.
Oh yeah, and LaGrande got a surprise haircut.
It’s no secret that LaGrande Mermaid spends a lot of time at the dance studio.
What seems to be less evident, at least by a count of dance related bliefs, is how much she likes it.
This last weekend her group, named Animato, competed again; the season runs Jan through Feb/Mar and next weekend *might* be her last Animato performance of the 2011 season.
This weekend they performed two numbers a jazz number called “Proud Mary” in the blue costumes and a musical theater number called “Positoovity” in the white costumes. They did exceptionally well this time.
Positoovity got best overall (out of three numbers), the highest allowable ranking, and a special judges award while Proud Mary received the second highest ranking (both in the same age category) and another special judges award.
Without further ado,



