Nutcracker

Yesterday I went to see my granddaughter in the Nutcracker performed by the Ballet Arts Ensemble and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.  What a wonderful performance it was!  I promised some pictures, so here they are.

This is Anneka in her snow costume.

Here she is as the candy cane.  My DIL took the full photo during rehearsal.  I took the other one after the performan, with the flowers her parents gave her.

A close up of that beautiful face (with false eye lashes).

 These are the Kingdom of Sweets dancers on stage.  Anneka is center front.

My youngest granddaughter, Kjerstin, played one of the boys in the party scene.  She's on the right in the back.

If you've been following me you may have read about my venture into costume making.  My DIL asked me to make skirts for the Spanish dancers.  I got to see them in action.  Here is a picture of a skirt laid out on my floor.

50 yards of black lace, serged with shiny red nylon thread and it showed up beautifully on stage.

This was taken during rehearsal and unfortunately the red doesn't show much but at least I have a picture.

One last picture.  I just HAD to take this one. lol

This is what her shoes looked like after the performance.  They were new on Wednesday, and this is the result of three performances. This is one expensive activity and she's been at it 10 years.

I hope you've enjoyed my little brag book.  The ground is snow covered and the temperature is 28 degrees, I think I will be staying in and getting some more cards made today.  See you tomorrow.