Connor's Recital

Last year, Connor took hip-hop at a local dance/gymnastics place and loved it, but he ended up not getting to participate in the spring recital because we moved to Katy and it was too long of a drive. Earlier this year when I signed Kaitlynn up for gymnastics, Connor asked to sign up for the all-boys hip-hop dance class at the same time.

As much as he enjoyed the class, it turned out that it was just a generic dance class and not an actual hip-hop format. But Connor didn't seem to care; he enjoyed attending every week and decided that he wanted to participate in the spring dance recital. The boys group was performing to the song Cool from West Side Story. I've never seen the movie but I guess that's a popular number.

Let's just say that Connor isn't much of a dancer, at least in the choreographed format. But he really enjoyed his class and the group of boys that participated. And he LOVED getting the opportunity to perform on stage in front of hundreds of audience members! But most of all, Connor was so excited about his recital costume -- leather jacket, white t-shirt, and converse sneakers. He definitely thought he was COOL!!

Our little West Side cutie :-)

A pic with Mommy! (I know, I haven't been a "Mommy" in YEARS!)

 

 

The spring recital was a BIG deal. It was held in a big auditorium and it ended up lasting over 3 hours long. Connor was all smiles, though. He wasn't phased at all by the bright lights and big crowd.



 

Pic before the performance.

I told him to look "cool" ha!

When it was time for the recital, we had to wait through about 2 hours of the show before Connor performed. And then we had to wait another hour afterwards. There were some super cute performances, especially by the little ones, and of course Kaitlynn loved watching all of the beautiful dancers.

Dad, Mom, and Kaitlynn in the crowd.

 

Here's my very amateur video of Connor's West Side Story number. The boys were cute and got some laughs.






Jeff asked me before the recital if we were supposed to get Connor flowers -- because, you know, getting flowers for the daughters at their recitals is a BIG deal. I told him no, I mean, boys wouldn't want that. Right? Luckily they were selling these super cool candy wands at the recital, and of course that was the perfect "congratulations" gift for our little performer.