Concert

We brought Zerlynde to a concert organized by her dance school Acts Dance last Sunday. It was a two hour concert featuring various dances (ballet, tap, hip-hop, ballroom, groove) as well as violin and piano recitals performed by toddlers as young as 4 and adults as old as 60. The concert was held at the hours coinciding with Zerlynde’s usual naptime but she amazingly sat through the whole 2 hours wide awake! And each time the curtain went down, she would ask us the same question, “Where is chie chie?” [referring to the dancers] Both hubby and I were so wearied towards the end having had to reply her every 3 minute, telling her to wait and to be patient for the next act! Zuwern slept a little and was awake a little. He too seemed to enjoy the performances. Good thing the environment was “baby-friendly” we weren’t embarrassed when he occasionally shrieked in excitement.

Rachel the principal of the school is a really amazing woman, having single-handedly organized such a grand event involving so many performers, and towards a charitable cause too. It was no easy task indeed! Simply getting 20 toddlers to stand in line, in my opinion, is a real huge challenge, let alone getting them to dress up as fairies and swan princesses, at the same time dance in tip-toes and all in sync.

Albeit the performances are a bit amateurish, I am glad we took the afternoon off for this occasion. I sure hope the performances will inspire our little ballerina to continue dancing and will arouse enough curiosity in her to try out the piano and the violin quite soon.

Oh! I must add I was pleasantly surprised to hear the Latin version of Secret Garden’s Heartstrings which the Rhumba dancers used for their dance, and the rendition of Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu by a 12 fingered pianist! Those were my treats.

Zerlina Ballerina

Inspired by Angelina Ballerina, our Zerlynde has fallen in love with the ballet. She asks to be dressed in her tutu, shows it off to her cousin Jonathan saying "Ni khan, ni khan" [look, look] and spins endlessly, her interpretation of the pirouettes.