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Caitlyn started this month with her second ballet performance. This time it was Spectrum‘s All-School Demonstration, with each class performing a stand-alone dance. There were performances in ballet, jazz, tap and contemporary dance styles, by students ages 5 to 22. (Photo by Grandpa Robert Gilman.) Caitlyn’s class danced to Somewhere Over the Rainbow as sung by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole. It’s a lovely song, but after hearing it while they were learning and rehearsing their dance for the last five months, I’m tired of it, even if Caitlyn isn’t! (Photo by Grandpa Robert Gilman.) Her review: Performing is fun, although once …

Caitlyn danced on stage for the first time this weekend, performing with her pre-ballet class in Spectrum Dance Theater‘s holiday production of Alice in Wonderland. It was a dance-school showcase with 134 students, ages 5-20, a variety of dance styles (ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary), and plot that pulled from both the new and classic Alice movies and the book. Caitlyn’s class danced the part of the Tea Cups after the tea party scene with the Mad Hatter (acted by a young man doing his darnedest to channel Johnny Depp), the March Hare and the Doormouse (who got to stand on …