While flipping through photos to find some inspiration for the Sew Weekly challenge of childhood inspiration. I never realized just how many shows (tumbling, ballet, jazz dancing, tap dancing, plays, musicals, bands, and even synchronized swimming) I've been in. Hard to get an accurate count, but I would estimate in just 15 years of adolescence I was probably in 40 performances of some sort or another. Add the random plays we came up with and forced upon unsuspecting audiences and that count must go up a lot. Here are a few photos from various performances that made me smile.
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| Tumbling in kindergarten |
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| Ballet in 1st grade |
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An original dress-up performance of some sort.
My sister and I often put on plays for our longsuffering parents and babysitters. |
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| Jazz dance...maybe 5th grade? |
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| Arsenic and Old Lace sophomore year of high school |
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| Damn Yankees sophomore year of high school |
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| The Bald Soprano junior year of high school. I'm in the orange. |
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| Witness for the Prosecution senior year of high school |
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| Witness for the Prosecution senior year of high school |
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| Dress rehearsal of Hello, Dolly! senior year of high school |
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| Dress rehearsal of Hello, Dolly! senior year of high school |
Funny how you don't realize how much you miss performing until you look at those old pictures. Perhaps someday when the boy is grown up I'll try out for a community theatre production.
Sure brings back old and great memories. You really must do this again, You are a "natural" on stage. Thanks for the tears of joy. Who would have thought you would meet your future husband because of a play! Love you, mom. :)
Remember how you were crying uncontrollably at the end of Sunday's performance of Hello Dolly because it would be your last time on stage? I'll never forget it. Wonderful times. It was fantastick and I couldn't have been more proud. I miss those days. mom