Exams Soon and Old Dance Videos

It's not long now until exam time so I 've been doing lots of practice. 

I have my contemporary and two jazz exams, plus medal tests for jazz, ballet, contemporary and tap.

I was very sick on the weekend, couldn't get out of bed at all. I caught some bug that was going around, luckily it only lasted 48 hours but it meant I missed exam practice, the boys master class with the Royal New Zealand Ballet, and going to see their latest production of A Midsummer Nights Dream.

I've been having a look through some videos of the old dance school productions I have been in. Some of them are so cute and some are just so funny. I will have to convert them all and put them up on You Tube.

Here is one I had already put up a while ago from 2009 when I was with Kapiti Dance Centre.
https://youtu.be/BgIAZRuq4c0

Colours of the Wind

And here's another old video that we just put up on You Tube, from 2010. 

It's of 6 dancers from the RNZB, they dance first and then it's us kids. I'm the skinny one dressed in black and wearing ballet shoes. Loved wearing my ballet shoes, now I prefer to dance in socks, no shoes.

This was part of The Nutcracker season, and I was lucky enough to have one of the children's parts in The Nutcracker. It was such a great experience and I knew then that I wanted a career as a ballet dancer.
https://youtu.be/-eEqBXT3zbc

Ballet at Te Papa 2010

I hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane

Salem

Exam Countdown - 1 Day Until Intermediate Foundation Exam

One day til exam time and the cat is
wondering what he is doing???

Tomorrow is exam day ..... finally!!!!!
Salem woke up feeling better today but now has a runny nose.
He had a good two hour lesson with Jacqui this afternoon but started to feel ill again, not as bad as yesterday though.
So as soon as we got home it was straight into bed, after we had taken his "Number One" photo.
We forgot to do it at the gym again!!!!

Then it was another attack to the cold with paracetamol, vitamin c, and everything else like yesterday.
Hopefully he will feel better again tomorrow after a good nights sleep.
He can feel ill again when we get back home after his exam ;^)

We have every thing ready for the exam, clean leggings, leotard, socks and shoes, a drink bottle and hand towel.  Boys don't need much for the exam unlike the girls.

Can't wait until tomorrow!!!!!!!

Exam Countdown - 2 Days Until Intermediate Foundation Exam

Two days til exam time.

It's now two days until the exam and Salem is ill!!!
What a time to get sick.
He woke up with a sore throat yesterday after having the exam rehearsal the afternoon/evening before.
Being in a overly warm room with around 30 other kids during flu season is not a good idea.
This morning his throat was very sore and he was very tired.
Not a nice feeling for a kid he doesn't normally get ill.

But he was determined to go up to the gym to have a practice for his exam after dosing up on paracetamol and drinking plenty of water.  Also having lots of breaks.

Ill in bed eating oranges.

When we got home it was straight to bed with water, black currant juice, electrolyte drink to sip on, packets of Throaties to suck on, oranges, vitamen C tablets, and because we are going to blast this cold away, Betadine Gargle to help his throat. Oh, and of course, more paracetamol and soup for dinner.
We are going to beat this cold!!!!!!!

Hopefully he will feel better in the morning as tomorrow afternoon he has a session at the gym with Jacqui who will take him through his exam exercises and help him tidy up what he needs to.
Let's hope he has a good sleep tonight and feels better in the morning.