Dancing and Singing in Pictures

Here are some pictures from the pageant and the dance demo. If they look familiar some have been on facebook, but I like to give my loyal blog reader(s) a little something extra!

This is right after the dance demo when Lizzie got her flowers for a job well done -- and she did really well, so they were deserved. Hannah wanted to wear her crown and sash to the demo, but we compromised on the blingy shirt. I had no control over Bob's hat:

 Lizzie's modern dance outfit. She did not care for modern dance at all, but will probably take it again next year. She's kind of an old-fashioned girl.

 This was the dance from one of her three ballet classes. It had a tango theme and was really cool. She liked this dance a lot!

This is a little in reverse, but I took this picture just before she left for the demo. Her hair is pretty much down to her waist these days (depending on humidity which curls it up!) so I am always very proud of myself when I get it all into a bun!

And now onto pageant photos, which are in NO particular order because it was taking too long to move them around. In this picture Hannah is receiving her crown case. Truth be told Lizzie was holding it for Hannah and dropped it and it cracked, so now I'm on the lookout for a new crown case, although the superglue repaired it nicely and you can't really even see the crack. Hannah was so tired when it happened (and it was so clearly an accident) that she didn't even complain:

 Newly crowned new royalty on stage with the previous year's royalty.

 It was the year of the Latina at Cinderella. Hannah's here with the teen winner (who is Mexican) and then the tot winner (who is not Latina but absolutely adorable!)

 Hannah and Daniela again, this time posing with the Mini Miss winner Madison. Madison can DANCE ... she was amazing. I heard Daniela was, too (she's a ballerina and trained with the ABT) but I was almost always dealing with Hannah when the teens were performing:

 One of my favorite pageant photos (and I took it in almost no light!) of Hannah's first official wave.

Lizzie thought for about 30 seconds that she might like to do the pageant next year (since Hannah won't be competing) and she certainly could -- but then I reminded her that she'd have to talk to people (her least favorite thing) AND wear dresses (her second least favorite thing) so that dream died pretty early:

The top three girls in the Miss category giving each other a hug for luck before the grand finals. One of my favorite things about this pageant is that sportsmanship is really stressed and the girls really do root for each other!

Susan was 1st runner up in the Woman category and she and Hannah got to be good friends throughout the weekend. Here they are at the disco dance:

 The girls all introduce themselves during casual wear. This is Hannah on the big screen:

They had fireworks during the disco party (it was the resort not the Cinderella people, but we did have a great viewing place outside the party!) Rob and Lizzie watching:

 Hannah at the disco party with Adriana (who became the Tot). Everyone who knows Hannah knows she loves little kids, so a bunch of them always seek her out at the Cindy stuff.

 Time for an ice cream break, after the casual wear competition. (Hannah couldn't eat hers until we got back to the room and she changed out of her outfit!)

The Miss contestants (there were 13 this year) in their casual wear.

Rob and Liz at the disco party:

 Hannah's friend Alexa is one of the few people from our side of the state. They live in West Chester and we'll probably get the girls together for a playdate over the summer sometime. They met at last year's pageant:

One of Hannah's official portraits (looking a little tired, I think - it was an exhausting three days!):

 My favorite photo, taken by the Cinderella photographer, seconds after Caitlin crowned Hannah (Sabrina Auge is the adult -- a former Cindy winner herself). I love how joyful she is and Caitlin's bittersweet smile. And so begins our year...

Dancing and Singing!

The past two weekends have been CRAZY and I've been able to see how talented both my daughters are (as if I didn't know!)
First up is Lizzie's dance recital. This was her first year on pointe and she was wonderful (in my humble and totally correct opinion!) Here's a video of that performance. It's a little hard to see her since all the girls sort of look alike! In the beginning of the video she's the girl on the far left wearing the dress (as opposed to a tutu). When they start doing the turns she is the first girl to cross the stage and during the double turns she is in the first pair, in the front.  She finishes the dance as the girl second from the right. She was very very very nervous before she had to dance, but she really rose to the occasion. She also danced in two other ballet pieces and one modern, but I didn't video those (we get a video of the performance which is probably better than mine!)  but wanted to make sure we ahd a record on the blog of the first toe-dance!
Here it is:



 Last weekend was Hannah's pageant. She won the overall title, so her new official name is 2014/15 PA Cinderella Miss. My new name is Queen Mum!
The Cinderella scholarship program isn't a once and done thing. Hannah now needs to represent PA in Las Vegas in July and then she has duties throughout the year. The program emphasizes poise, good manners and a well-rounded person as their winners. Talent is 50 percent of the score.
Hannah sparkled all weekend long. Here's her song though -- I'm pretty sure this put her over the top. More pictures of singing and dancing in a subsequent post but I wanted to get this up here for all you non facebook types: