Panopoly 2012

Each spring in the heart of the Rocket City the arts are in full bloom at the Panoply Arts Festival. The Festival celebrates music, dance, theatre, and the visual arts, making Panoply (as defined by Mr. Webster) a "magnificent, impressive array"!
The dates for this years Panoply Arts Festival was April 27 - 29, 2012. Tickets are only $5 per day or $10 per weekend and children 12 and under receive free admission.  What makes this year so special is two fold - last year Panoply had to be cancelled as Tornadoes ripped through Alabama destroying many homes, business and lives.  A year to the day of the most horrific tornado outbreak in US History, we celebrate "30" years of Panoply in Huntsville.

The Festival is chocked full of visual arts, dance, music, arts & crafts, food vendors you name it.  In addition, it was a first for our daughters dance academy who performed for the very first time at the festival.  Our daughter was part of (2) tap numbers but they also featured their point classes as well as their ballroom dancing.  I have included a few shots of the festival and of her dance routine. 
2011 Panoply Poster by Rickie Higgins
Snapped this shot of her entering the festival.  Check out that  Funky dancer dancer shirt - geez!

The theme for their routines was based on the evolution of dance through Alabama History.   The first was the point showcase, which featured a salute to Americana. "

'O's' first dance routine was based the 1920's Andrew Sisters Bugle Boy Theme. 

The next dance was based on Appalachian Mining  

Then there was the Waltz performed by the ballroom dancing class 

Here is a group shot of all that performed that evening, and though it was just a small component of her dancers, they all had a great time showcasing the studio!

Got Me Looking So Crazy Right Now!

Today our daughter and her friend were making "crafts" in the project room. They were deeply engrossed in what they were doing and were working away to the rocking sounds of Beyonce's Crazy in Love. I was busying snapping pictures and in an effort to gain their attention, my husband decided to offer up a momentary distraction (like only he could do) and cleared off a spot on the floor and broke into dance...keeping in step with the music. I like any other good wife stepped off to the side and pushed record on my digital SLR and let him dance! He was just getting into a good groove when our daughter's friend said out loud "Ms "K" are you videoing taking Mr. B".....imagine his surprise! I thought it only fair that I post this wonderful dance footage, with mad skills like these I am sure he could be a contest on next seasons "So you think you can dance". So to frame it for you imagine the song and the intro lyrics I have posted below in the event you want to sing along! You ready? Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, oh no no Got me lookin so crazy right now, your loves Got me lookin so crazy right now Got me lookin so crazy right now....you get the picture

Masquerade

Our daughter was invited to attend the Masquerade dance at her school last Friday night. I found out only a few days before that it would require she wear a mask to the dance. Thank goodness I work with a woman who is about as gifted at sewing as my mother and she just happen to have a swanky mask our daughter could borrow for just such an occasion.

It went perfectly with her dress and she proudly announced that nobody at the dance had one that look anything like hers. Thanks to Ms. Cheri for being so sweet and allowing us to borrow the mask, it was the hit of the dance.