Madison was been in dance classes since she was 20 months old. We saw fairly early on that our girls have music and the arts running through them. We have never stopped dancing, nor do they want to. Madison has also been with the same ballet teacher since toddlerhood, Miss Nicole Cohen. Nicole sees Mads potential, or at least humors us. This year, the recital dance for ballet was "Stand By Me." As a dance mom, I get to watch from backstage, because I volunteer to help. Watching from the wings has it pros and cons, for one I get to experience it with Miss Nicole. But I don't get to see those gorgeous smiling faces. The audience did "aw" quite a bit and lots of clapping. My husband did say that Madison smiled the whole time, and did not look at the other girls or the teachers once. Yay! What made this a more trying recital, was that Madison was in 2 dances, which is a bit for a 5 year old. But she powered through ballet, then a costume change, and back on stage.
Miss Priscilla Perez is Madison's Hip-Hop Jr. instructor. We started hip-hop last summer to try it out with Miss Tara Babajtis. She loved it and so we stuck with it. There have been real ups and downs in the class for Madison. Her biggest issue is sweating. LOL! However, come recital time, she dawned her "Thriller" costume and stepped out onto that stage, and her fierce. Can a 5 year old be fierce? She nailed that combo. She was unbelievable with her two dances. We had not re-enrolled in Hip-Hop Jr., but as of this morning, she is on the roster for Miss Priscilla once again. And my favorite line from Madison, "Momma, I know what sweating is about. It's about working hard. I want to work hard."
