Day: 22 September 2008

The major ballerina in the house was participating in the annual performance of the ballet school, with some of the show done in conjunction with another school. The practices have been going on for weeks, and very intensely in the two weeks prior to the big shows.
Saturday night was the big night, and the boys and myself were in the audience. We watched the early grades do their stuff, with Eleanor and the older girls being helpers. Then it kicked into the older girls performances. It certainly looked like ballet and proper dancing. Eleanor was very good, and I particularly liked the “Les Patineurs” dance.
Of course, just to squeeze in a little more pressure Eleanor had an audition for the associate programme for the New Zealand ballet school-something like that anyway. She was not confident afterwards, and did not like the pushy kids or pushy mummies. That’s art I suppose. we will find out in due course if she has been successful and has the opportunity to have special lessons with the school.

A great weekend with so many events to fit into the schedule. The big one was Isaac’s First Holy Communion on Sunday morning. Isaac was very excited and the day ranked right up there, just behind Christmas and his birthday.
He looked like a cool dude, with his patterned white shirt, black trousers with sparkling new black shoes, everything nicely finished off with his black waistcoat.  A special Saturday morning shopping trip managed to track that down.
    The whole event was great and went smoothly after their rehearsals to make sure they knew when to move and where to.
    Joseph did a great job of reading prayers from the lectern, and positive comments were made to him afterwards.
Mass was finished, and it was time for the nominated photographer to take the group photo and individual photos of 32 children, all with in 30 minutes. A somewhat pressurised job, reasonably performed.
    Then off to Ngaio town hall for the feast. Joe and Isaac tucked into their respective tables, and I was to tense to eat.
Lucky me received wine for doing the photos and for being  a parent tutor during the group preparation sessions-me!
    Since it was all done Isaac has been very reluctant to remove the fashionable waistcoat.