Higher Ground Performance at the AZ State Fair

The morning after Halloween, Higher Ground company had their performance at the
AZ STATE FAIR!

The weather did not feel like NOVEMBER.. it was really hot.
Speaking of hot- look at this hottie!
There was some music problems with the c.d. player there, but Jheri & all the dancers styed calm & did awesome anyway!

First dance- I WANNA ROCK!

(Which is with all of company.)

Ellie did awesome & so did everyone else.
Noah was once again SO PROUD of his cousin/best friend!(Some more of the fan club!)
There was a big tent for all of the dancers to change in - but it was extremely hot & since I knew every other dancer went in there to change- I told Ellie that we were going to wait just one dance & then we'd go in there. (All of us had a list of the order of dances & it said Ellie's next dance was not for awhile.)

So Elle & I ran in to change her outfit, pin her clothes together, and change her hair to piggys.

Next thing I know- a little dancer comes in the tent & says "Mini's are on stage"... (Ellie is in the mini company)

I told her to run & tell them that Ellie was still coming.

I had a mom run in & told me to do one side of her hair as she did the other as we walked to the stage. It was crazy. It made me so stressed & crazy, but as soon as I sat down to watch her dance- all was fine.

The 2nd dance- OH SO QUIET!

It was so adorable.

Ellie didn't know this dance as well, but did an awesome for her age & for the short amount of time of learning it. Miss Cali did an amazing job with this dance. (& Elle tells me she is one of her favorite dance teachers!)

Yes, her skirt was not pinned enough, her pig tails were so uneven... but Oh well!!

{Wardrobe misfunction-------our fault}

Ellie loves her "older sister"- Sabrina - from Higher Ground.

Each performance they are supposed to bring a $1 gift & a card for their sister.

So, one afternoon as Ellie was waiting in the gym lobby for me to finish coaching, she asked Sandye (at the front desk) to help her write a note to her older sister.

So Sandye did.

{Later, Sandye told me this story...}

Ellie told her just what to write:

(5th sister????- Ellie explained it to me as it was her 5th dance performance...???)

She asked Sandye for her own paper to write the note.

She drew a picture of her & Sabrina dancing on one side...

and then on the other side of her card, she copied the letter!
This made me laugh, but at the same time -think how cute & smart she is.

(When I first saw the note I was wondering why she just wrote a bunch of random letters for her... ya know how kids sometimes don't know they need spaces...)

ELLIE really is so SMART!

(I just had to scan it before she gave it to her!)

On the back, Ellie signed her name.

(This also impresses me... because she's in preschool.

When it was Noah's birthday everyone in the class drew a picture for him on their own page... at the bottom of their page it said "Happy Birthday from _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _... Everyone's page said their first name.... except Ellie's.

She wrote: Ellie Auburn Cummard.

She is learning to spell out words, do math & some other things that I just think are so smart.

I know she's my first child, & so far our only- but please! I can be proud.

Here was some of the other dances from the other companies:

Good job dancers (and Kaylee in your singing)!

AND AWESOME JOB TEACHERS & JHERI!!!!