my sister and brother-in-law and their friend joan came to the city to see chanda dance lead marzie in the yorkville nutcracker.
it was a wonderfully fun night, and very different from last year when she was injured and couldn't dance at all . . and watched the show with us instead. (i was just looking at the photos from then, and i see that we had a very wet snow that night.)
our friends sacha and charlotte also came.
chanda has been practicing the marzipan role in her private sessions with her teachers, and has really strengthened her technique and presentation. it was exciting to see and we all enjoyed it immensely (it's also a beautiful production and we were able to see her do the dance of the snowflake sequence, which in this show takes place in central park with the dancers as ice skaters).
afterwards, we stopped at a local diner for coffee and dessert. chanda really wanted a bowl of soup, but the kitchen was closed and they were only serving pies and cakes. she had to wait to have soup when she got home. i was happy that they let us stay and didn't kick us out. in fact, the two women who closed up the restaurant didn't rush us at all, even though we were the last customers. it was nice to relax and not feel rushed.
neighborhood decorations . .
i think this house is the talk of the block!
almost home . .
So nice you had family to visit! This is something I miss, my children rarely have relatives here when they perform.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice. I was glad my sister wanted to come. They had plans last year, but then Chanda was injured and didn't dance at all. It was fun to have her well this year.
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