It's Dance Recital Time!

Nathanael's Dance recital was Sunday, and he did a great job. This year his two dances were in the same show AND act, which made Daddy's job of volunteering much easier. doing two shows is very draining, even if they are a week away. This year he only had to do one show!

The costume was not his favourite, but he was a trooper about it and did a great job of the dance. The entire class was gingerbread people, and he was the only gingerbread MAN (or boy!). The red stuff on his cheeks is lipstick, which was a real pain to take off. During rehearsal, I think I took off a layer of skin with the soap and water on the paper towel I tried to use. Gentlemen, this does not work well.

After rehearsal, the two of us raided Mom's makeup case and made off with the real stuff - makeup remover. Two swipes of the cotton pads, and voila! the lipstick applied with a trowel came off with ease!

The second number was tap, and was number 13 on the program. When you are 7, the time between the 2nd and 13th numbers is just enough time to remove the makeup, strip off the gingerbread man/boy costume, don the tap costume, tie up the tap shoes - all while the other four boys in the group are yelling - "It's time to go! Hurry up!". Basically a quick change, really.

Here's a picture of my "Tap Boys":
They look like something out of a 20's or 30's set movie or show. The sparkle on the bowties is really what did it, and the five of them LOVED the hats - there were actually extra hats for the costume, so the other boys who shared the changeroom with them were wearing them as well. The girls in the dance had shawls made from the same sparkly material - I joked with all of them that we would be blinded by the reflection of the light!
Here's a cast photo: