May 22, 2012

Busy day, busy week ahead

Kalgoorlie Dance Academy

Today was the St Barbara’s Festival Parade in Kalgoorlie. I wrote about it last year, but in brief it’s the city’s community festival in honor of the mining industry. We were fortunate to have 28-degree weather after some forties during the week. I took Michael, Jim and one of Michael’s friends to the parade. They [...]

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Dancing queen

dancing queen

Margaret has her first dancing concert next Saturday. She has been attending dance lessons for most of this year and the concert will be the grand finale. I went along to watch the girls practice several weeks ago and it’s quite a sight. I’ve got no idea how the instructor manages to maintain the attention [...]

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Dancing princess

James and Margaret

Maggie has started dancing lessons. She doesn’t actually do much. Apparently she just sits there, which makes me question the wisdom of spending $70 a term for her to sit on someone else’s floor, but I’m told this is not uncommon for three-year-olds and the whole exercise (sitting, listening and watching) is good for her [...]

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