RiverPointe is holding two dress rehearsals for the Vicksburg History Preservation Weekend's ballet because the on-site rehearsal (at the convention center) is limited to two hours (due to other weekend events needing time to rehearse) and they usually spend 4-6 hours on dress rehearsals. Personally, I think this is ideal (even though I hadn't packed all the necessary tights and accessories, and had to run home at lunch to grab them) because it gives the kids an extra run-through of the entire performance (in order) and practice getting in and out of all those costumes quickly. James and Cora were both smiling from ear to ear from the time we arrived (early enough to get Cora's hair into a bun and a little bit of stage makeup on) until the time we left (about a half hour later than their rehearsal usually runs on Fridays). It was really fun for the parents to get a chance to finally see some of the numbers too (I have my favorites, of course, but they're all very well done and I think even the little bitty dancers did a great job)!
Hanging out with Adler while Cora got her hair and makeup done, and while waiting for daddy to arrive (yes, it now takes two parents to get two kids in and out of costumes at recitals).
Cora's Colonial outfit and James' Spanish flamenco outfit
I told them to "be serious" since they were dressed as soldiers. Cora made that face, then told me very solemnly that she has to die at the end. We should have put them both into acting...
(P.S. Their wooden rifles are still in-progress here - Jay will be staining them)
I took more videos than photos (which are too long to post here and not high enough quality to worry about it anyway - lets just hope somebody records the actual performance!), but this one of Cora fussing at little Lyla to keep her hat on made me laugh. Lyla is 3 years old and not totally into this whole dancing business yet. In the little kids number (the Coca Cola scene, where they're all dressed in 1930s-1940s attire, since Coca Cola was bottled in Vicksburg in 1938), set to "Little Bitty Pretty One", Lyla is supposed to go sit on Cora's knee a couple of times. It takes some encouragement from Cora. That number is near the end of the show too, and today, by that point, Lyla was DONE. The second time Cora turned around to get "her baby" (she's completely obsessed with Lyla and completely loving being one of the "big girls" this year), she was gone (off sitting against the wall with no intention of dancing anymore - though she was persuaded into the Proud Mary finale after a quick break and promise of getting Cora's old Minnie Mouse leotard afterward).
If nothing else, this show will be entertaining!
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