Flamenco Practice (a lot of it!)

Well, we did it again, we made it through another Fiesta with a flamenco dancer! This was our third time and I'll say our most exhausting. Classes start back up for the next season in a couple weeks and we have a house divided on what we plan to do. A certain 7-year-old has forgotten how exhausting it was to perform more than 30 times in two weeks and a certain 30-something year-old has not ;)

At the end of June, Linda Vega dancers are on lock-down in Santa Barbara and have a pretty intense practice schedule. 

The above is a snippet of their routine which wasn't quite where it should be yet. Samantha wasn't sure of all the moves but has an excellent smile which she knows is important to have so people focus less on everything else ;) 

I'm not surprised by Thatcher's dance moves. Señor Thatcher, I mean. He has since started kindergarten and guess what his favorite subject is so far at school? DANCE! The dance teacher put on "Gangnam Style" the first day for the kids to dance to and that sold Thatcher for the rest of the year.



So, if you aren't quite polished enough in the dance OR you miss a lesson during the lock-down period, you will be asked to do some private lessons. We were guilty of both ;) Oh and you'll notice, her hair grew, slowly they begin to turn you into a flamenco dancer via hair, makeup and a costume.

Sam came out of her room one night with this get-up on. It's last year's hair piece and some of the accessories. It's looking more 90's prom to me ;) 

These girls log a lot of hours at the studio.....

The dance begins to transform and costumes begin to arrive for fittings.

These two!

Now both in second grade, Samantha and Fallon have been dancing together since they were toddlers in ballet!

1st year together in flamenco.

So, basically you end up exhausted from flamenco before the real performances even start....BUT, we keep coming back for more because it DOES end up being fun and Samantha enjoys it ;)