For 11 years now, I have watched my daughter, Amanda dance and for 10 years she has been part of the Tacoma City Ballet’s Nutcracker at the beautiful Pantages Theater. She’s been a Bob Bon, Mouse, Silver Soldier, Gingerbread Soldier, Bugle Soldier, Cannon Soldier, Drummer Rabbit, Arabian Corp, Party girl, Clara’s Friend, Snow, Fairy, Flowers...
I have loved the arts since I was a child – live orchestras, dancing, painting, drawing, colorful glass art, homemade crafts and so much more. That is why, when I had children, it was important to me to introduce them to those things as well. When picking out a ballet studio for my daughter, I...
I know that I am a couple days behind in posting this, but come on, it’s the week of Christmas and there is just so much still to do! This is a special month for Amanda and I… it has been for the last 7 years. On the weekends leading up to Christmas we get...
This is Amanda’s 7th Nutcracker performance… she has been a Bon Bon, Mouse, Gingerbread Solder (Cannon Soldier really), Silver Soldier, Bunny, Party Girl and now this year, a Bugle Soldier. Sneak peak at a post coming tomorrow… The last performance is always sad for the girls… they have so much fun doing this every year....
