[6 June 2011 - I renumbered this post to keep the numerical order of the Fatherhood Joy series correct. "Alles in Ordnung"! ]I learned this past Friday just how many dance moves my daughter has been picking up from various visual media (TV, DVDs, her friends, etc.).
Friday evening the Father-Daughter Dance was held at a local Junior High cafeteria by the Girl Scout Service Unit of which Kathryn's Brownie troop is a part. This was the third year that Kathryn and I have attended one of these and her moves have certainly progressed! With varying degrees of success, not only did she dance the Hokie-Pokie, Chicken Dance and the Macarena, but she also showing what I thought was solid sophistication with her arm and hand movements and also a little hip action! (I'm going to have to pay closer attention to this progress.)
Our friend Chris and his daughter, also in the same Brownie troop as Kathryn, accompanied Kathryn and I. As a matter of fact, we had gone shopping with them to find dresses for the girls. Somehow, which my wife will remind me of if I ask, we decided that the girls were going to go formal. And did they ever!
Kathryn had the full-length dress, in her favorite color purple of course, tiara, jeweled pins to help hold the rest of her hair, elbow-length purple gloves, pearl bracelet, jeweled stud earrings and white dress flats. Chris' daughter had a cream gown, roughly shin-length, tiara tighter than Kathryn's, but perfect for the bun that her mother styled for her hair, earrings, wrist corsage, and white open-toed shoes with heels.
The plan is for Kathryn and I to have some formal portraits taken with her in "the dress," but this hasn't been arranged yet. Thankfully, Kathryn carefully avoided any contact between her ensemble and the pizza and cupcakes offered for dinner/dessert at the dance!
Chris and I noted, in one aside concerning more recent pop music, that, at least with the girls assembled, a large amount of jumping in time to the music was involved among the 9-10-year-olds and older. Now I know that this happened definitely during my college years: e.g. the B-52's "Rock Lobster" and the Romantics' "What I like About You". Among the younger girls in attendance there were at least two spontaneous conga lines.
Kathryn seems to be coming into her own. While she came with her closest friend, she didn't spend her time exclusively with her, but rather divided her time with other girls who seemed to genuinely want to have Kathryn join them as much as she wanted to join them! A truly good night; indeed a joy!
Friday evening the Father-Daughter Dance was held at a local Junior High cafeteria by the Girl Scout Service Unit of which Kathryn's Brownie troop is a part. This was the third year that Kathryn and I have attended one of these and her moves have certainly progressed! With varying degrees of success, not only did she dance the Hokie-Pokie, Chicken Dance and the Macarena, but she also showing what I thought was solid sophistication with her arm and hand movements and also a little hip action! (I'm going to have to pay closer attention to this progress.)
Our friend Chris and his daughter, also in the same Brownie troop as Kathryn, accompanied Kathryn and I. As a matter of fact, we had gone shopping with them to find dresses for the girls. Somehow, which my wife will remind me of if I ask, we decided that the girls were going to go formal. And did they ever!
Kathryn had the full-length dress, in her favorite color purple of course, tiara, jeweled pins to help hold the rest of her hair, elbow-length purple gloves, pearl bracelet, jeweled stud earrings and white dress flats. Chris' daughter had a cream gown, roughly shin-length, tiara tighter than Kathryn's, but perfect for the bun that her mother styled for her hair, earrings, wrist corsage, and white open-toed shoes with heels.
The plan is for Kathryn and I to have some formal portraits taken with her in "the dress," but this hasn't been arranged yet. Thankfully, Kathryn carefully avoided any contact between her ensemble and the pizza and cupcakes offered for dinner/dessert at the dance!
Chris and I noted, in one aside concerning more recent pop music, that, at least with the girls assembled, a large amount of jumping in time to the music was involved among the 9-10-year-olds and older. Now I know that this happened definitely during my college years: e.g. the B-52's "Rock Lobster" and the Romantics' "What I like About You". Among the younger girls in attendance there were at least two spontaneous conga lines.
Kathryn seems to be coming into her own. While she came with her closest friend, she didn't spend her time exclusively with her, but rather divided her time with other girls who seemed to genuinely want to have Kathryn join them as much as she wanted to join them! A truly good night; indeed a joy!
Cell phone cameras have their limitations, but this shows motion! I will post a few more from the"good camera" when they're available....
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