saturday

 at 8 am saturday morning chanda and i were walking downtown along the river.

 it took us thirty minutes which meant we had time to spare before the 9 am call. so we stopped at whole foods for tea and a few "kind" bars.

 at the theatre we went to our respective rooms. level four dancers were in a dressing room backstage, while the others were upstairs in one of the college's classrooms. it was a nice space with lots of windows and plenty of room for all the young girls (the boys were in a different dressing room backstage).

 i worked with andrea and doris . . 

 sewing squigglies onto black cumerbunds for the boys.

 meanwhile, my good friend elsa was given the task of trying to create "wings" for the six pegasus horses. here she's consulting rho about how to fold the tulle.

 taking the wings for approval with the head honcho . . 

 at this point elsa found out that her daughter was missing a ballet slipper, so she ran uptown to buy new shoes, while i ran home to take care of the dog. rho was left holding down the fort . . when i returned i found out that they ended up sewing the wings on in the dressing room between rehearsals.

on my way home i discovered a mobile amongst the trees:

so far i have not been able to find out what these are and who created them . . i'll keep you posted!

 when i returned to the theatre, i found out that elsa had made about twenty tulle bows in addition to sewing on the pegasus wings.

 three yards of tulle was used for each one! aren't they gorgeous!

 rho fixing her daughter's dress, and two little "calder" dancers doing the same.

 level three dancers . . 

 level one dancers with our friend isabella in the top row, second from the left.

 the show was early, at 6:30, so it was still light when leaving.

 it was nice not walking out into nighttime.

 dusk has always been a favorite time of day . . 

we enjoyed walking home as the sun set . .