An afternoon to remember

The school of music and ballet that meimei goes to, organized a concert for their students.

 At first, I couldn't figure out why there's even a need for a concert to be held. Parents pay for their costumes and the tickets anyway.

But after watching their performance, I began to appreciate the effort and pain they put to create this concert for them in showcasing their talents and passion.

 There were performers made up of children, teenagers and even the more matured ones The shows went smoothly without the uncomfortable silence between them even though the work behind the stage was tough, moving those musical equipment in and out.

There were vocal performers, violinist, pianist, and a solo performer of the gu zheng who ranks 4th in an international competition. She is very young and talented, there's a future ahead of her looking so brightly as she asserted such confidence on stage. I believe everyone in the audience was mesmerized.

 And of course, the ballet made up the bulk of the whole show, displaying various themes like chinese folklore, latin, angels, and a whole lot more!

I was dazzled by the beautiful display of colors and costumes of those ballerinas, and of course the graceful moves. Maybe somewhat missing were those smiles on their faces. If they had smiled more, that would be perfect. Perhaps they were too stressed out!

These spicy chilly red little dancers were what I was looking forward to. Another parent and I thought that this show had the most and best choreographed steps. Of course, we could be a little bit biased...

These 2 little toddler angels basically ran around the stage but they totally stole the limelight! They were just too cute! And by the end of the show, both of them sat down and gasped for breath. So so adorable!

Guess I loved the above costume the most, but come to think of it, I do love all of them! They are all so beautiful and my friends said so too in FB where I uploaded more of these pics. Yes, finally I understood why the need for this concert. It's an encouragement for the students and an opportunity to perform their best foot forward for spending so much time learning and practising whatever it was they were in.

Ooh~ one of my dreams is to be a ballerina. At this age, I don't believe I can pull it off anymore and make my dream come true. Anyway, I'm happy for meimei that she gets an opportunity to learn ballet, even though once in awhile I am thinking of pulling her out as I think involved in both rhythmic gymnastics and ballet is so tiring (for me!) and time consuming. 

But she's so happy to be going to both and thriving well in them (at least, to my standard). Well, if she's unhappy or stressed out or dragging her feet to these classes, then it ought to be stopped. That would have defy the meaning of it all, that is to relive the passion and have fun learning.

So, watudo, chauffeuring continues....