YAY!

Yipee! I got one of the lead roles in my Musical Theatre dance! I'm very excited about that! I'm going to be a big, weird, and bald uncle, Uncle Fester! That's right... I getta' wear a bald cap! haha! Plus, we're going to but pillows in my costume, so I'll be fatter. :) I'm very excited!

Well, this isn't a very long post, but I wanted to share that with you!

Family Photos/ Pointe

Today we had family photos, which was lots of fun! We haven't had family photos in years!! :)The photographer got some shots of me playing on the piano, so once we get the photos (which will be in about 2 weeks), I'll post some of them on this blog!! For our photos, we got some shots at home, then we went over to by the mission bridge, do that we had the bridge in the background! We got lots of fun, neat shots! I'm so excited to see them!

Changing the topic now. The last few pointe classes, I've realized that my pointe shoes are getting too small! Uh oh! That's not too good. They're quite pricey. Plus, I'll have to break them in, all over again! Don't get me wrong though... I love pointe! It's such a neat, cool thing; going on the tips of your toes! I just feel bad that my parents have to pay so much for a pair of shoes, that last me for about a year, though. Hopefully I won't grow out of my next ones as fast! At least I don't go through a pair every month, like some really serious dancers!!

Company Ballet... Pirates of the Carribean

Well, I haven't added a post for a while, so I thought I'd add one! I hope you all had a great weekend!

Anyways, as I have mentioned before, our company ballet dance is Pirates of The Carribean. It is loads of fun! We're entering in the demi-character section for competition. For ballet competitions, you can either enter demi-character, or classical. I've entered demi-character before, and I find it much more fun, because you use lots of facial expressions, there's a story line, and the judges aren't as nit-picky about all the little details in the dancing.

So, I'm really, really excited!!! This is gonna' be the best ballet dance ever! :)

Thanks for Following!

Hey people!!
Thanks Julia, Amanda, Sarah, Meghan, and mom for following my blog or checking it out!! (and anyone else who might have checked it out, but I don't know about it.) You people are awesome! People who haven't seen Julia's blog, check it out... it rocks!! It's called "Gumdrops, Meatloaf and Other Earthly Delights." (I know, awesome title.)


Anyways, back to the Pianos and Pirouettes topics.

 This year, for school I'm on the Praise Team. It's lots of fun!! I play piano for some of the songs, and sing some songs, which if very exciting!! So far, I've played Mighty to Save on piano in chapel, and I'm going to play I lift my eyes up in the next chapel!!! It's so much fun! Now my piano lessons will be put to use! :)

For Company ballet, as I've mentioned before, we're doing Pirates of the Carribean! It's so much fun! Half of us are pirates, and half of us are sea maidens. I'm a pirate, and I'm going to have a sword.(don't worry, it's plastic)

Ballet... a Wonderful Thing!

Today was a busy, busy day. First of all, I had school, then right after I had volleyball practice, until 4:30. Then I had to go home, have a bite to eat, then head over to ballet class!

Ballet was lots of fun today! This year I'm doing Intermediate Foundation. Once you're done Grade 5 ballet, you can either take Grade 6, or Intermediate Foundation. Intermediate Foundation is the more serious one, and it's the one you take if you're more serious in ballet.

It's loads of fun! I just love ballet so much! Sometimes, while I'm dancing, I just think to myself how fun dance is, and how much I'm glad that I'm in it!! I'm so glad that when I was little, I asked my parents to put me in ballet! (I pronounced it ba-la-lay at the time.)

I'm also taking a Company Ballet class this year, and we're doing a dance to a Pirates of the Carribean song, which is going to be really fun! We're going to compete that dance!

Dance is going to be lots of fun this year! Not only am I in ballet, I'm also in a competetive Musical Theatre class... and it's SO much fun too! I love going all out in theatre, with lots of expression! Last year, at the recital, I actually got the Theatre Award, and I got a trophy!

Piano this year

I am in Grade 3 in the Royal Conservatory for piano. My cousin teaches me piano, and she is really great at it! I've done 2 piano exams in the past, and they were lots of fun!

The songs that I've started playing for Grade 3 are, Minuet in G major, by Christian Petzold, which is a very familiar piece. I'm also playing a fun song called clowns... it's upbeat, and sure does sound like there's a clown fooling around when the song is played! That song is written by Dmitri Kabalevsky. These two songs are both in my Grade 3 repetoire book.

I've just started another piece, which is in my Piano Studies book, and it's called Study in a Minor, by Cornelius Gurlitt. It seems like it's going to be a really pretty piece!

I'm really excited about piano this year, it's going to be a great year!

My First Blog Post

Well, this is my first blog post! I made this blog to share my passion for dance and piano. I will post pictures, and my thoughts about dance and piano regularly.

I hope you enjoy my blog!

Here's a picture of me in my pointe shoes:

Corinna