Earlier this month Ella was honored to be one of the few chosen to represent our school at a big Fine Arts Festival many schools share. There are all different types of categories you can enter and Ella was picked for the two she chose, writing and speaking. Her writing piece was called "Integrating Technology into the Classroom" and her spoken piece was a fun monologue, a children's book actually, called "So, You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?" The kids head down to another school to compete for rankings of Participant, Good, Excellent, and Superior. In both of Ella's categories she was given nearly perfect scores earning her two "Superior" rankings...which is somewhat rare for 5th graders, the youngest to participate. Even though Dave and I could not be there due to work, we are obviously SO proud! And so thankful that many other school families went to cheer her on, send us videos, and share stories. One other mom was asked by the judges if Ella was her daughter and told her Ella had a real future in acting and our school's drama department is lucky to have such young talent.
A few videos (broken into 2, so my friend could text it to me) of Ella's acting piece.
Then yesterday our youngest took the stage for her big annual dance recital. Delia chose to be a part of a jazz class this year and did love it, even though the choreography was harder. She cracked me up with all her poses and expressions for my pictures. ("I'm supposed to be sassy in this number, Mom!")
No photography at the performance, so these are all from the dress rehearsal. Delia worked hard learning this dance for the past 6 months, and while she wasn't perfect, she totally did her best and had a great time on stage!
Delia's favorite part of dancing is always that high energy curtain call. She just loves taking her bow to huge applause and then joining in the big dance party that breaks out on stage. She was undecided about if she wanted to commit to another year of dance and all the hard work that it is. Then she experienced the adrenaline rush of performing last night. She's in for another year! :)
We're so proud of our brave, talented girls!!
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We also are SO proud of our granddaughters! They are both so talented! It is exciting to see what else they will excel in as they get older. It was fun watching the videos that you sent Jen - of both Ella in her acting performance, and Delia in her dance performance. God has certainly gifted both of the girls with many talents.
Grandma
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