Keelie has kept us beyond busy with her love for dance. In Washington she started ballet at Mrs Brianna's dance studio(Studio moves dance center), where she danced for almost a year. She did her first recital and was center of the stage! Her wardrobe quickly changed to pink, skirts( or ballerina tutus as keelie called them) and more pink! And the decorations on her bedroom walls also became all about ballet!
After our move to Colorado and a sad goodbye from Studio Moves.Keelie joined The Colorado Springs Ballet Society where she is currently taking ballet and tap. She very much misses Miss Brianna, and has become a bit bored with her new teacher and ballet. She is however very much enjoying the tap part of it. She will be staring in a production of Little Red Riding Hood this June and afterwards I think we will be taking the next session off to continue with Keelie's new dance love, Irish dancing!!
Keelie's godmother has been Irish dancing since she was about 9 and watching her dance many times inspired us to let Keelie try it out. Being the youngest dancer Celtic Steps Irish dance studio has ever had, we weren't really sure how Keelie would do. She attended her first class in Feb, despite how hard Irish dancing is Keelie seemed to catch onto the concept pretty quickly. She learned a baby jig, the 8 count for Irish dance, a side jig and a few other steps I can't remember! Come March Keelie attended St Patricks day practices with the Woodland Park dance team( also the team her godmother dances on). Saint Patricks day naturally being one of the biggest times of year for Irish dance schools!
March 12th started the weeks festivities with the St Patricks day parade, Keelie rode on the float in the parade and loved every min of it.
On the 13th she danced at Jack Quinn's Irish pub for family night. A very enjoyable evening of Irish food, beer, music and lots of dancing!
On the 16th Keelie danced at the elementary schools and senior center in woodland park and to finish off the week a huge recital " An Enchanted Evening with Celtic Steps" performed at Palmer High school.
A savings account specifically for dance looks like a must for the future! I know how much money we have already invested and she is only 3! In June Keelie is excited to do her first Feis, the Pikes Peak Feis located in monument, Colorado and after that who knows what her dance future holds! We do know though that she absolutely loves it and we enjoy every minute spent watching her do it! We hope in the future everyone will get a chance to watch her as well!
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