Behind the Scenes at Christmas Joy

5 days until our Christmas concert, the Gift... 13 days until Christmas itself!!

The holiday season has gone so quickly this year, and yet it's nearly 60 degrees today.

Last weekend we performed with the First Presbyterian Church for their Christmas Joy! concert at the Pikes Peak Center downtown. Take a look behind the scenes!

Arriving at our dressing room ready for a full day

Putting on stage makeup

Getting into costume. We have to tack down the scarves so they don't fly off!

Warming up for the show, sometimes we have to be pretty creative about finding space.

Waiting backstage before our first piece.

We had one performance at 2:30pm and another at 6:00pm so in our down time we crocheted, sewed pointe shoes at watched Eloise at Christmastime!

Packing up to go home. Ready to be back into the studio early the next morning.

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

On December 17th at 7:00pm and the 18th at 11:00am we will be presenting our own Christmas Concert, The Gift. Come join us as we celebrate the birth of our Savior. We have been very busy so far this Christmas season. Just this past weekend we performed for the Christmas programs at the Sunrise Church, Calvary United Methodist and the First Lutheran Church. There were a total of 6 performances between Saturday and Sunday! The Sunrise Church had a children's choir who wore star costumes with blinking rings on each hand. Every time we would pass them several of the little girls would shout "the ballerinas, the ballerinas!!" oblivious to the fact that we were still in the middle of the show and the whole audience could hear!

During the Lessons and Carols performance at the First Lutheran Church they unfortunately filled up so quickly that they had to turn some people away. One family decided to stay anyway and wait for the Pie Fest after the show. Despite not having seats the little girls in the family made sure that they were there peering through the back windows of the sanctuary each time we went in to perform.

We wish you all a merry Christmas season! Hope to see you at The Gift on the 17th and 18th!

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play...and Dancers too!

The weekend just before Thanksgiving we braved the cold and toured to Saratoga and Cheyenne Wyoming. This was our first trip to Wyoming as a company and we were all impressed by its quiet beauty. Everywhere we looked there were deer, antelope, even bison!

Friday evening we performed at their new community center. It was a beautiful building and we were privileged to perform in their theatre. There are no dance studios or schools in or near this community so it was such a wonderful experience to be able to bring dance to them.

After the show we were able to sit in the natural hot springs and relax. The warm water felt so nice on our sore muscles, though after only a few minutes it was too hot. The thermometer said it was 106 degrees! While we were soaking three deer came within 25 feet of the pool, a mom, dad and baby. They were beautiful, though it was slightly nerve-racking to be so close to such large animals!

The next morning we held a class for the youth in the community. We played with scarves, worked on some basic ballet and learned a piece of choreography. Many of the little girls came dressed up for the occasion in tutus and dance dresses. We were jealous of their pretty costumes.

We drove to Cheyenne that same day and had some free time to explore the city. All around the downtown area there were ginormous 8 foot tall cowboy boots so we decided to go on a boot scavenger hunt to get a picture with each one. According to their website there are 19 boot but we only found 8...

Wyoming Boots - slideshow dvd

On Sunday morning we performed at the Frontier United Methodist Church in Cheyenne. We met their Pastor several years ago when he lived down in Fountain, Colorado and had performed at his church regularly. When he moved to Cheyenne we were sad to see him go but hoped we would meet again. Not only did we get to see him and perform for his new church but they invited us to join them for their church-wide Thanksgiving meal. We had so much fun sitting and talking with the people of the congregation not to mention eating the yummy food. However, tummies full of turkey made for a long, sleepy drive back to the Springs.