Tuesday, November 27, 2007

EHDA Closed Competition

Claire had a highland dance competition on Saturday, November 24th, 2007.  Although she was not called up for a placing (means that she didn't win 1st - 6th in any of her dances) she had a great time and got to know some of her new highland friends.  It was good to see her having fun.  Her fellow schoolmate Lauren won the aggregate in their 7-9 year old beginner group so that was very exciting!!



This is a pic of Claire (orange/green kilt) and her highland friends. Lauren is in the black/white kilt. Claire's new teacher is Miss Kathryn and she is the lady fussing with Colin's number. They are warming up for the Fling and making sure their costumes are just so. Miss Kathryn is a very detail oriented person and wants everything to be just so. At one point in the warmup, she had Claire pinned up against the wall and she was trying to get her eyebrows to lay straight. She was licking her finger and trying to smooth them out and Claire was telling her that they will not lay flat. Miss Kathryn finally gave up. Claire's eyebrows (bat wing eyebrows, we call them) are free spirits, just like her.

After the competition Claire and I had lunch at the Olive Garden and then she helped me organize and vaccinate the new doggies when they arrived. It was a good day.

2 comments:

Mrs. Mathis' Homeroom said...

Wow! Trying to smooth out Claire's eyebrows??? OMG! LOL

Aw...I miss this...I miss the competitions...I wish Gaby hadn't given it up...I also wish that we hadn't moved away from all of you guys!!! But we love our new house! I'll get over it and Gaby will move on to other things! Did you get to see Lori, Christine, Corinne, Kylie, Cyndel and the whole gang?

Colleen Pollock-Patience said...

No, this was a competition for Edmonton dancers only. I am sure that we will see them in the spring. We say Kylie and Miss Sally at a competition in October and we got in the car to leave and we just cried. We miss them all so much!