Spring Dance Recital 2012- Prime Time!

Shely and Zoe



So this past weekend was the girls annual dance recital that they have been practicing for all year long!  It was a fabulous show.  Jordan danced for the first time with the Petite Competition Team as the groups youngest member.  She was in 3 numbers.  And Zoe danced with the Junior Competition Team.  This was her seventh recital with Shely Pack Dancers.  She did 8 group numbers plus a solo to the Sugar Plum Fairy.  Here's some pictures. 



Twelve new costumes!



Mission Impossible.  It was a show stopper!



Jordan's ballet costume

Lyrical routine to Imagine.  It was a tear jerker!

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Everybody wants to be a cat!



The Fringe.  Cool acrobatics routine.

Petty Coat Junction tap routine



Jordan and friends



Petite company tap routine to Witch Doctor

The Sugar Plum Fairy

Skaters Waltz



Auntie Mo came to see the show!



Proud girls after the show!



Miss Grace and Zoe







DMC Competition November 2011

So I've been a total slacker.  Never finished the November competition blog.   Zoe got second runner up for Junior Miss Dance of California!  So now I just gonna post some pictures from it.  Enjoy!

 Picture before the judges interviews.  Zoe got top scoring interview for the second year in a row.

                                                 Miss Grace doing Zoe's hair.  It was beautiful!

                                                                   Make up time!

Ready for opening number.

                                                           Zoe was contestant #1

Zoe gets second runner up and Jackie gives her the trophy and a big hug!

Zoe is all smiles!

Journey to Dance Masters of California (DMC) Competition

So here we are gearing up for the November DMC competition!  This year Zoe will be competing for Junior Miss Dance of California in addition to competing some group numbers with her junior competition team.  It's a lot of fun but a lot of work too!  Zoe is busy learning a new solo with Shely two days a week for the "Solo Title Competition" (aka: Junior Miss Dance of California) choreographed to a song from the musical The Fantasticks called  "Soon It's Gonna Rain".   Zoe is also dancing 6 days a week in group classes working on technique and rehearsing the group numbers for the team competition.  In addition to learning and practicing her various routines, we just completed the application process which was quite extensive.  There were many forms to fill out, a resume to develop and submit (yes a resume for a (almost) 10 year old!) and a copy of her birth certificate that was needed.   Last Sunday we went to the photographer to get head shots done which will be displayed in the lobby the night of the solo competition.  We also got her oufit for her interview with the judges as well as her dress for the awards ceremony.

But my favorite part of prepping for the competition is Zoe's solo costume!  We got lots of great ideas from the national dance competition in Florida this July and Zoe is great at sketching out our ideas.  Last weekend we went to pick out the fabric and color of the costume and also had an initial appointment with the costume designer, Lorna.   Today we went back to see Lorna for Zoe to have her first costume fitting.  We are so excited about her costume and think it's going to be beautiful!  Here's some pictures of our journey so far:

Lots of paperwork to submit the application

Here's my resume

This fabric is pretty

I like this color

Oh, blue is nice

I think we found it!

Initial fitting of the skirt

Now the straps

The back will be beautiful!

Let's add some detailing here

Now we're ready to pick out some crystals
for some extra sparkle!

So many beautiful colors to pick from!

This is my favorite part!

This one is so pretty.  But wrong color. 
Maybe next costume!

Ok, back to rehearsals!  Will blog again as we get into October and Zoe begins practicing with the other contestants for the opening number to be performed the night of the competition.  Until then, when life gets you down, just dance!

San Francisco Chronicle newspaper article & Relay for Life Performance

Last Saturday the San Francisco Chronicle did an article on Zoe's dance teacher Shely Pack and it included some pictures of Zoe and her dance class.  Here's a few pictures that the SF Chronicle photographer took and that you can also see posted on the SF Chronicle web site. If you are interested in reading the article, I have included the link below.  In order to see all the Chronicle pictures on-line click on the first picture in the article and you will be able to see all 11 of them.  https://webmail2003.lpch.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2011/08/13/DD7U1KKSF8.DTL

SF Chronicle pciture of Zoe leaping!

Shely teaching class

Shely and Zoe's best friend Callan

That's Zoe's feet!

Now here's the top half!

Also, yesterday some of the Shely Pack Dancers performed at the American Cancer Association Relay for Life fundraising event in Half Moon Bay.  It was a cool, windy summer day in HMB and only 4 of the girls from Zoe's junior competition team performed.  So here's some pictures:

Zoe, Jasmine, Callan and Hillary

That's Zoe in the front

Rock and Roll High School

Hillary, Callan, Jasmine and Zoe