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Dance Recital

Today was the 23rd Annual Dance Recital for Donna's Dance Works, held at Lower Moreland High School. Zoe was in two dances on her own and one dance with me. The first was two songs, Touch the Sky from the movie Brave and Dance Like Your Daddy. There is one thing you'll notice throughout all of her performances. See if you can spot it.



When her first dance was done, we had a moment to take a few pictures together. After that was the Dads and Daughters dance. This year's was set to Time of My Life from the movie Dirty Dancing. This was, by far, my favorite dance because I got the chance to be on stage with Zoe, but I feel that I could have used a lot more practice.



Finally Zoe was part of a tap number set to Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra where all of the girls were dressed as flight attendants and the little boy was the pilot. This one definitely had the best costumes.



Now did you notice the theme in the pictures? This may not be the most fair sample size, but in almost every one Zoe has such a sad look on her face. I won't say that she didn't enjoy doing dance, but I don't think she'll be signing up to continue. If you want to see more pictures, most of which are blurry, Flickr has an album from the night. There's also video of the performances.




Enjoy the videos. Zoe's not easy to spot, but in the Dads and Daughters dance, we're in the middle. You can tell where we are because we have the longest lift.

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