Sydney has been working really hard for several months now getting ready to be in the Mary Poppins musical at the Elgin Opera House. It's finally performance time, and it is neat to see her hard work pay off. At one point when rehearsals were six days a week and until 9 or 10 each night AND THEN she got put in one more dance three weeks before opening weekend, she sat down on the kitchen floor and cried saying it was too hard, and she was too tired. She persevered anyhow and a few weeks later after her first show said that she felt so proud of herself when she did her dances on stage opening night. Even though she has danced for years, she has never been required to know all the steps independent of everyone else and held to such a high standard. I am super proud of the time she has taken to practice each of her dances every day for months as well as work on singing the songs and developing her acting skills. She still has three more weekends with three shows each. I'm grateful we have such a fabulous opportunity in our community so close by and that she got to work hard and find success in something she loves. We look forward to seeing her in more musicals in the future... after she takes a break for a few months she says ;-).
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