ballet Archives - Kathryn Whitaker

Advent: The Nutcracker

For years, my mom took me to see the infamous Nutcracker ballet. It was one of the highlights of the Christmas season. The Amarillo Ballet can definitely compete with the big boys and you can thank philanthropist Sybil Harrington for that. Favorite Nutcracker ballet story? One year, my dad accompanied us. During intermission, he leaned…

Toe, Toe, Tap, Tap

The girls had their “Parent Observation Week” at dance class this week. That was a whole lotta cute pink tutus. Because sibs can’t come (which I think is awesome, btw) Scott and I split duties. He took ALG and I took Clare Bear. The ALG report is that she’s doing fabulously. She may not live…

The Recital

At some point, those of us with girls become ballet moms. I had the soccer gig down pretty good, but the ballet/tap/tumbling gig was a whole new world. Anna-Laura had her first recital the weekend we moved – my apologies for being a wee bit late. Aunt Amanda was kind enough to volunteer to be…

Ballet – take 2

See, I told you I fell in the “might not” category this week. Sheez. The whirlwind of activity at the school is beyond the outer world of craziness. In the last 5 days I’ve baked 4 dozen cookies, attended 3 Christmas parties, 1 Christmas Concert, 2 Christmas Plays/Pageants, shuttled one child to basketball practice, another…

Ballet Visit

You’ve heard the hype, here’s the pictures. We purposefully did not tell Anna-Laura about her “audience” until a few days before the visitation. Why? Because we answered this question about 37 times (yes, one day I counted), “Momma, when is my ballet show?” She did declare after the “show” that she no longer wanted to…