Recital Day

It's Recital Day today! Last evening was the dress rehearsal. It's always great to watch the entire dress rehearsal because as a parent with three kids in the show, on Recital Day, you don't always get the opportunity to see every performance. Plus, during the recital, performances come out one right after another. During the rehearsal, there are some pauses in between acts to finalize positioning and what not. What's great too is that the kids in the show get to see the other classes perform in full costume on stage.

My kids woke up this morning talking about two performances in particular: 'Jock Jams' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean'. 'Jock Jams' was a performance by the Senior Tap Company where the girls were dressed as team members from the Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots and Bruins. The girls performing were obviously having a great time doing it and it was contagious to the audience of friends and relatives at the rehearsal. I'm sure it's going to be a hit today. My kids were in the living room this morning attempting to emulate them by locking arms and doing kicks.

Next, 'Pirates of the Caribbean'... a huge number complete with a ship and Davy Jones' locker. All of the girls in the production were phenomenal. Two in particular I wanted to mention were the girls who played Jack Sparrow and Davy Jones. If you've seen them perform before, they are always terrific. 'Jack Sparrow' managed to emulate Johnny Depp's performance as the oddball pirate while pumping out tap sequences effortlessly. 'Davy Jones' was equally amazing. One thing I found terrific about her performance was in order to replicate Davy Jones' walk with a limp, she was on pointe with one foot. Plus, she performed amazing sequences while wearing a full mask!

The entire company did an outstanding job. The show is the culmination of a lot of hard work all year long by the kids and teachers. It's a lot of fun to see the kids and how excited they by getting up on stage and performing. It is going to be a stellar show as usual.