greg and i had to brave a nor'easter to see chanda's ballet school's recital in queens today. he first drove her out for the dress rehearsal at 8 am this morning and then came back home. the dancers rehearsed and then had a 3:30 pm show. we left the apartment at 4 pm to first check in on minerva, and then to catch the E train to queen's blvd for the 6 pm show. i had wanted to take the 7 train, but you need to transfer from the 1, 2 or 3 to that train, and the 123 line had delays. when we got to queens blvd, we looked on the map to see where we had to walk . . and we ended up having to cross this very long bridge over the long island railroad's rail yards to get to the school! it was so windy and rainy with cars and trucks and buses roaring by! chanda later looked at us askance and said, "you took the E train! but you have to cross the rail yards if you do that!" gee, thanks.
anyway, the above pic is of chanda and hannah with their ballet trainee friend james and a friend of his from the program (joffrey ballet school has an afternoon youth program and a day long trainee program).
we took the 7 train home!
we were all very wet . .
and i felt very cold.
almost home . . we were so happy to finally get there and i made us all a cup of hot miso broth. since i had cleaned all day (the refrigerator and the bathroom) i hadn't cooked, so a quick cup of hot miso broth was the answer.
chanda was the red queen and i'm not sure who played the king, but he was very cute and appropriately submissive. greg loved how he quickly did what he was told when chanda pointed and gestured to him. chanda ended up wearing a red camisole leotard underneath the costume that made it much more comfortable to perform. she did a wonderful job of being a demanding red queen and it was fun to hear the audience laugh with her antics and oh and ah over her fouettés and balances.
these next three pics are from chanda . . her friend hannah is getting last minute coaching from their teacher, miss irene.
hannah played tall alice and alice's sister.
the young ladies who danced the pool of tears.
miss irene's picture of her pool of tears ladies . . (they were so beautiful and i loved their costumes!)
and her two alices . .
and the littlest alice, antriana, whose dancing chanda particularly loved. she was very sweet. she's from greece and chanda enjoys hearing her speak with her mother before and after class. she says its a very beautiful sounding language.
miss irene's pic of the little hedgehogs who chanda had to hustle through all the hoops in the game of croquet. these little ones were very slow and went at their own whim. the poor red queen had quite a time of it!
the tea cups and roses.
here is miss irene's cast. she was responsible for the mad hatter, the white rabbit, the dormouse, the march hare, the red queen and king, the cheshire cat, the gryphon and tortoise and the pool of tears. that's quite a lot! oh, and the three alices . .
and last, but not least, a view of the house while warming up for the show.
