The Nutcracker

Since Jasmine is taking ballet classes, we thought this would be a good year to take her to see The Nutcracker for the first time. We hope to make it a yearly tradition. The dance school where Jasmine takes dance from, was putting on a performance at a local high school and so this was a good opportunity to take Jasmine.She was very excited to go and was enthralled from the very beginning. She got a bit fidgety in the middle but we couldn't blame her because we took her during her nap time. We were so impressed by the quality of the performance and even more impressed to find out that that young lady who played Clara was only in 8th grade and the young ladies that played the Snow Queen and Dew Drop were only 15 years old. They had amazing technique for their ages. The school also had 2 guest performers that are current professionals. The lady who played the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier were seasoned professionals and I am sure the kids on the stage were delighted to share the performance with seasoned professionals. All in all we had a great time and perhaps in a few years Jasmine might be on the stage performing herself.