Lucky # 13!

Woo Hoo - Lucky #13! E tried out as #13 for the HS Dance team tonight - and made the VARSITY team. She's been working hard, and wanting this so badly - I'm so glad all her hard work has paid off this year!

Vocal Recital - Hooray for Hollywood!

These are some images from A's vocal recital - always a great tribute to Broadway - this year the focus was "Hollywood Musicals" - A sang lots of fun songs, including "Food, Glorius Food" from Oliver, "I want it NOW" from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins, "Cruella DeVil" from 101 Dalmations, "Kids" from Bye, Bye Birdie, and an AMAZING rendition of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - so good that they are taking it to Access Broadway next year! (admire the Veruca Salt dress - I constructed it from a thrift store dress, lace, ribbon and buttons for about $10!)

Hope to have videos by the end of the summer!

Reflection - Mulan - Honors Night 2009

Strange - I thought I had successfully posted this already - but it's not out here on my blog - so we'll try again!

A. was asked to sing "Reflection" at her Middle School Honors Night by her Drama teacher (who is also the Choir teacher). Congrats to A. also on all her academic awards, including All A's, and special recognition for outstanding work in all her subjects - wa hoo!

Kudos also to the district that has been actively fundraising for scholarship funds. Although A. didn't win one - they did a random drawing for three $500 scholarships last night - one per grade for all students with a 3.0 or higher GPA.

** UPDATE ** So, this was my 2nd of 4 attempts to upload the video. When I finally gave up and embedded the video - then attempts 3 & 4 both appeared. Grrr.... Anyway - since I didn't figure anyone needed a post with the same gist 3 times - I deleted all but this one.