Comments on: To dream the impossible dream (especially when your performance is a nightmare) http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/ Denver parenting, with altitude Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Youngland http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2138 Youngland Wed, 14 May 2008 14:35:48 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2138 Honetly, three-years-old is WAY too young to decide if Hadley should be a dancer or not. If she enjoys it, let her do it! Honetly, three-years-old is WAY too young to decide if Hadley should be a dancer or not. If she enjoys it, let her do it!

]]> By: Damselfly http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2137 Damselfly Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:51:22 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2137 I don't want to dissuade you or Hadley from doing something else, but I have to tell you a story. I was in dance classes until I was 14. From the time I started (a little older than Hadley), I had a dance pal who was so awkward and uncoordinated. Everyone wondered why she stuck with it. Apparently, her mother thought the dancing would do her some good -- and it did! She took classes on through high school, and she ended up working at Disney World as a dancer in their parades and shows! So you never know.... ;) I don’t want to dissuade you or Hadley from doing something else, but I have to tell you a story. I was in dance classes until I was 14. From the time I started (a little older than Hadley), I had a dance pal who was so awkward and uncoordinated. Everyone wondered why she stuck with it. Apparently, her mother thought the dancing would do her some good — and it did! She took classes on through high school, and she ended up working at Disney World as a dancer in their parades and shows! So you never know…. ;)

]]> By: Lauren http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2136 Lauren Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:47:08 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2136 Lisa Low...I think we all have a Lisa Low.. Seriously, I burst out laughing when I read the description of Hadley's dancing style...her kicks...like she was "crushing a philandering ex-boyfriend" that was great! Lisa Low…I think we all have a Lisa Low..

Seriously, I burst out laughing when I read the description of Hadley’s dancing style…her kicks…like she was “crushing a philandering ex-boyfriend” that was great!

]]> By: chel http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2135 chel Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:14:08 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2135 She looks adorable! I can't wait until it is on YouTube! She looks adorable!
I can’t wait until it is on YouTube!

]]> By: diana/sunshine http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2134 diana/sunshine Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:33:33 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2134 too bad she can't dance 'cuz she sure is cute in her tutu. after nearly a year of dance lessons for my 5 year old, it was evident that she didn't have any talent and she wasn't really enjoying it. it was time to sign her up for the next round of classes and i was hesitant to do so. i finally asked her what she liked about dancing and her answer was, "the little prizes the teacher gives us at the end of each class!" well that was enough info for me to make the decision that her dancing career was over. www.sunshine-on-my-shoulders.blogspot.com/ too bad she can’t dance ‘cuz she sure is cute in her tutu.

after nearly a year of dance lessons for my 5 year old, it was evident that she didn’t have any talent and she wasn’t really enjoying it. it was time to sign her up for the next round of classes and i was hesitant to do so. i finally asked her what she liked about dancing and her answer was, “the little prizes the teacher gives us at the end of each class!” well that was enough info for me to make the decision that her dancing career was over.

http://www.sunshine-on-my-shoulders.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Melain http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2133 Melain Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:34:26 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2133 Oh-ho SNAP! That must have hurt. I wanted to be a famous singer/songwriter. I wrote my first song in the 5th grade. It was good! My mom, my brother and all his friends accused me of copying it from somewhere. I was so devastated I didn't write again until I was in my 20's. Isn't that TRAGIC?! If only we knew as children not to listen to anything but the voice in our own heads. Then maybe our inner voice as grown ups wouldn't be so negative. Oh-ho SNAP! That must have hurt.

I wanted to be a famous singer/songwriter. I wrote my first song in the 5th grade. It was good! My mom, my brother and all his friends accused me of copying it from somewhere. I was so devastated I didn’t write again until I was in my 20′s. Isn’t that TRAGIC?! If only we knew as children not to listen to anything but the voice in our own heads. Then maybe our inner voice as grown ups wouldn’t be so negative.

]]> By: Tammy http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2132 Tammy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:27:02 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2132 Amber, I think you are ending her dance career a little too soon and here are my reasons: A. If she really doesn't have rhythm then keep her in the class. You don't take the class just because you have rhythm, you also take the class to learn rhythm (and yes my friend, it can be taught). That way she can actually enjoy her junior high school years without hiding in the bathroom for fear of attending the school dance. B. Others in the fam have suggested that they actually think she is pretty coordinated and does have rhythm. So make sure you aren't judging this through "painful non-rhythm growing up glasses". C. You can not tell at this age what she will like, won't like, can do, can't do. Believe me from an ex-dance teacher, give it a shot, and if she is apathetic to it, keep going. If you get to the point where she starts screaming and hiding from her dance lessons, then you finally can be sure this just isn't her bag. Which is o.k. Just food for thought. I just felt so bad for those poor kids who didn't have a clue what to do at a school dance. If their parents had just given them a little foundation of lessons when they were young and pliable, they would have been just fine. Your sister-in-law - Tam Amber,

I think you are ending her dance career a little too soon and here are my reasons:

A. If she really doesn’t have rhythm then keep her in the class. You don’t take the class just because you have rhythm, you also take the class to learn rhythm (and yes my friend, it can be taught). That way she can actually enjoy her junior high school years without hiding in the bathroom for fear of attending the school dance.

B. Others in the fam have suggested that they actually think she is pretty coordinated and does have rhythm. So make sure you aren’t judging this through “painful non-rhythm growing up glasses”.

C. You can not tell at this age what she will like, won’t like, can do, can’t do. Believe me from an ex-dance teacher, give it a shot, and if she is apathetic to it, keep going. If you get to the point where she starts screaming and hiding from her dance lessons, then you finally can be sure this just isn’t her bag. Which is o.k.

Just food for thought. I just felt so bad for those poor kids who didn’t have a clue what to do at a school dance. If their parents had just given them a little foundation of lessons when they were young and pliable, they would have been just fine.

Your sister-in-law – Tam

]]> By: Amber Johnson http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2131 Amber Johnson Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:47:17 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2131 Thanks everyone for your great comments! Isn't it funny how we so envy those talents we don't have?! Thanks everyone for your great comments! Isn’t it funny how we so envy those talents we don’t have?!

]]> By: Guinevere Meadow http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2130 Guinevere Meadow Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:42:43 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2130 She looks deceptively sweet and ballerina-ish in that little tutu! PLEASE share that YouTube video with us!!! She looks deceptively sweet and ballerina-ish in that little tutu!

PLEASE share that YouTube video with us!!!

]]> By: Mel @ A Box of Chocolates http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2129 Mel @ A Box of Chocolates Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:31:42 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/04/14/to-dream-the-impossible-dream-especially-when-your-performance-is-a-nightmare/#comment-2129 That's it...I am totally not going to my daughters dance in June. I just can't do it!! That’s it…I am totally not going to my daughters dance in June. I just can’t do it!!

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