Winter Dance Recital

Thankfully, we went ahead with our date, as yesterday's recital was a wonderful cure for the bleakness of the day...Thanks to the leadership of our incredibly enthusiastic Dance Instructor, Mrs. Kristine Rodriguez, and the twenty-one talented Middle School Dancers, my spirits were lifted, and my afternoon on campus became one of the highlights of this soon to be complete semester.

 

Only in its second year, this growing program continues to make great strides. Yesterday's performance included eighteen different showings, including a wide range of diverse styles: ballet, hip hop, tap, jazz and contemporary. With a holiday theme, the Winter Dance Recital included such pieces as "O Holy Night", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "All I Want for Christmas is You", but also such works as "Mi Gente", "Havana", "Falling", and many others.

 

And while yesterday's show provided me the selfish opportunity to escort Katherine Anne on our "date", I am truly proud as Head of School to see such a program grow and evolve. In fact, later that evening, I ran into a few of the parents at our annual Parent Holiday Gathering at the home of George and Monique Befeler (another great showing of our community "in action"), and their evident pride in being part of such an undertaking was quite rewarding to witness.