Hi Frank - The recitals do go on and on. This one was very well organized and there were only a few seconds between groups of dancers. As one group danced off to stage left, the next was dancing on from stage right. She really kept things moving.
Even so, It started at noon and I had to leave at 3:30 to go to another event. My daughter told me it ended about 4:15. It's funny how you seldom hear people complain about going to see a 3-hour movie or sitting through 24 T-ball or soccer games, but the once-a-year recital seems to bother a lot of people. I always thought kids in the arts get cheated compared to the kids in sports. The kids in sports get weekly (or more) chances to put the skills they practice into a game. The kids in music or dance practice all year long and get maybe one or two recitals a year. The poor kids in art class have it even worse. Most of them go for years with little more public display of their art than their Mother's refrigerator. If the kids in the arts got as much feedback and positive reinforcement early in their development as the sports kids we might have greater appreciation for the arts by more adults. Stepping down from my soapbox now. GS George Sinos -------------------- www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:25 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh man! Memories of my three as they made their way through Miss Ewald's > Dance Academy! She was stern but fair. ;-) > > And because everybody and every class got a turn, one had to sit through an > hour and a half of the other parents' irrepressibly cute kids 'til yours > comes on for forty seconds of prancing. > > Then another hour of others' kids because it would be rude to leave early. > > Those were the days... > > ;-) > > Well that's a fine document of such an event, George. And despite my tongue > in cheek recollections doesn't one feel proud as punch when your little > Pavlova is up there being a swan? As you should because she did GREAT! > > Terrific photo! > > cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: George Sinos <gsi...@gmail.com> > Sent: June 17, 2013 6/17/13 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: PESO - The Dance Recital > > A snapshot of my cute Granddaughter and a lot of blather about > improving your chances of getting a better photo under poor lighting. > > This was taken with my compact point-n-shoot because "professional > cameras" weren't allowed. My guess is they want you to buy the > official photographs. > > They don't allow video either. You can buy the official video, too. > > <http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/6/15/the-dance-recital> > > gs > > George Sinos > -------------------- > www.GeorgesPhotos.net > www.GeorgeSinos.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
