Going to the Ballet!

This morning Chloe and I went to a Ballet.  They performed Beauty & the Beast…

It was based on the book and not the Disney version (so there was no Belle in a Yellow Dress).  I don’t know if I’ve ever been to a real ballet before.  A couple years back Chloe and I went to a Minnesota Orchestra Ballet thing, but that was a series of songs and didn’t really have a plot line like this one did.  So, I must say–it was fantastic!   They have such poise and grace and strength.  And the music was designed and composed just for this and it was just spectacular.  I admit my eyes did well up twice just because I was moved with the beauty of the music/dancing.  But I’m a bit of a softie these days… 🙂

Oh, and I have two students that were actually in the ballet as well–isn’t that cool too?  In fact, that’s how I heard about it.  My student brought me a flyer and invited me to come.  Then the other family approached me to ask if I would be interested in going to the dress rehearsal (which was this morning) because they had another home-school family back out.  Chloe and I jumped at the opportunity!  Well, actually it was me that jumped at it and decided that Chloe would love it to.  Josiah, on the other hand, was dropped off at a friends house.  There was no way he was going to make it through an hour and a half of music and dancing and quiet.  🙂

I had a great time.  Chloe thought it was AWESOME as well.  And Josiah had the time of his life making a mess at someone else’s house.  🙂