Rewind Back in Time - 20th Year Celebration

I am going to attempt to post only the couple videos I was able to take with my phone while "playing" stage manager this past week.  These were all taken last night (closing night).

Simply Irresistible was performed by Just For Kick's Senior Performance Team.  It was choreographed and directed by mother/daughter team Jen and Taylor Scott.  Amber is wearing pink, 2nd row (middle when it starts), 2nd from right.

Just click on the words below and it will take you to the video.  May want to pause it to let the buffer fill before starting so you can watch it straight through without it stopping.

Simply Irresistible


Hey Ricky was performed by Ethan and Amber's tap class.  It was choreographed by the studio owner, Tanya Bleil-Johnson.  Amber is second in from the left.  Of course, they all look exactly the same!

Hey Rickey

Back in March/April, Tanya asked the three boys if they would meet with Ryan Posey and learn Smooth Criminal.  Their friend, Jonathan joined them, and the four boys had a crash class on this piece.  It was so fast and difficult.  From what I understand, this particular number has been done quite a bit over the years.  The one dancing closest to the camera is Ryan, who choreographed it for them this year.

Smooth Criminal

A few weeks prior to recital, Christine Luders, the ballroom teacher, asked Evyn, Ethan, and Amber if they would do the East Coast Swing number, Crazy Little Thing Called Love.  They would be dancing with the team.  Christine used a couple of the other older kids from the teen class, too, who had done the number the year before.  (It was being done because it was part of the anniversary celebration.)  So, in about a day's time, Ian taught Evyn the moves, and then he picked up the rest at practices.  

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

And that is all I have in videos from backstage.  Enjoy :)

To Graduate or Not to Graduate, That is the Question

All these graduation pictures on Facebook ... and all our poor boy gets is a shove out the front door and a hug when he reenters.  No gown, no mortarboard hat, no rolled up piece of paper with his name on it, no "Pomp and Circumstance" or cheers from a crowd.  But, I couldn't be any more prouder of his hard work and determination.  As far as homeschool goes, he is done and graduated in my eyes.  I will no longer be teaching him at home.  (Granted, he still has a couple more weeks to wrap up his KONOS studies and his mathematics.)  However, in the eyes of the school district, he is a Junior in Running Start ... his education isn't quite over.  Because of that, he is NOT officially a senior in their eyes.  So, we will keep his studying going with small unit studies to earn his BSA merit badges.  He'll walk again in two years, but then it will be with a bit more ceremony.

On a Creative Frenzy

Creating dragons - first an foremost is a dragon sock.  I have the body.  Not quite sure about the nose.  May have to revamp that.  I have also been asked to design a small Christmas sock for the yarn shop, as well as some other designs.  They'd like to sell them at the shop!  I don't know if I'm quite up to that.  Debbie (Macomber) really likes my wee tiny socks, and she off-handedly asked me last December to maybe teach a couple classes at the shop.  I'd have to use original designs, because the others are patterns I get as part of the Wee Tiny Sock Club.

That being said, the creative juices are brewing, but nothing has come to fruition yet.