Lydia's Dance Recital

Today was Lydia's dance recital. There were several sessions. She was in the 1:00PM group. There must have been at least 50 girls, and 3 boys, ranging in age from 3-4 to teenagers. Most were in ballet but some tap danced and performed "modern dance(?)". They performed in groups based on their age. Lydia was cute as a button and did well, not that I am biased 😉.

They performed at the Miller Performing Arts Center in Jefferson City. It seats about 900 and I bet there were close to 500 people in attendance during her performance. 8 of them were Kelsey, Andy, Nolan, Amy, Marshall, Elaine, Kathy & I. After her group was finished, but before all the age groups had performed an announcer came out and said that we were under a tornado warning. We all had to go to the gym in the "basement". We all had to file down the stairways, probably about the equivalent of 4 stories, to the "basement" level. Everything was very orderly. The warning ended at 2:00PM and we left directly from the gym. The next performance was scheduled to start. I don't know what happened with the few kids who did not get to perform during Lydia's session. There weren't even any blown down leaves. It was raining when we entered but that had quit by the time we left. I don't think there was any significant wind.

This is the Miller Performing Arts Center. The lower level seats about 600 and the balcony seats another 300.

Isn't she cute.

It rained some more after we arrived home. It didn't rain long but the rain was heavy. We had 1.5" for the day.

We are getting excited about Alaska. Monday we drive to Kansas City and fly Fairbanks, arriving late Monday night. Tuesday we are taking a 3 hour riverboat cruise and might get a chance to pan for some gold. Weather is supposed to be partly cloudy with a high/low of 68/42.
Wednesday we take a bus to Denali National Park. We will be in the Denali area Thursday & part of Friday. Weather forecast is for snow and high/low temps of 29/23.
Friday night we stay in Anchorage. It is supposed to be partly cloudy with a high/low of 57/48.
We spend Friday morning in Anchorage and then travel to Seward where we stay Saturday night. Rain and 47/41 temps are forecast.
Sunday, June 4th we board our ship and head south along the Alaska/Canada coast, arriving in Vancouver, B.C., Canada Sunday, June 11th. After disembarking we go to the Vancouver airport and fly back to Kansas City. We will spend Sunday night in KC and drive back to Centertown on Monday.

God is good, may He bless you and yours.