December 25th

Am busy visiting relatives, attempting to find WiFi hotspots and trying to stay out of cell phone black zones, nursing the second cold of the trip, but have found a few quiet minutes to say Merry Christmas to all and I hope Santa found your house last night.

The Nutcracker

Our local dance school put on a performance of The Nutcracker.  To get into the Christmas Spirit I went to the Yukon Arts Centre and saw the performance this afternoon.  I am always amazed at how much talent there is in the Yukon.  The performance was excellent.  This year we were privileged to have a talented dancer, Cesar Corrales, a young dancer that starred in "Billy Elliott".  Per Wikipedia:  "Cesar Corrales began his professional dancing career at age four when he appeared in a Royal Winnipeg Ballet production of Madama Butterfly.

Corrales received a small dancing role in the 2004 film Shall We dance?

In 2008 Corrales won first place for gymnastics at the Coupe Quebec. In the same year Corrales joined The National Ballet School of Canada.

After successfully auditioning for the part of Billy Elliot in 2009, Corrales began his run as Billy at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre in March 2010.

After the Chicago production closed in November 2010, Corrales was transferred to Toronto to begin the production there as Billy beginning February 1, 2011.

Corrales appeared in the part of Billy Elliot for the final time in the Sunday May 1, 2011 matinée performance at the Canon Theatre in Toronto, Ontario.

Corrales has since returned to his home in Montreal where he is continuing his ballet training."

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It's Christmas

No need to say anything else.

Saturday Night

Saturday night and the girls went to the local pizza bar in Riverdale, Epic Pizza.  I think this place is what Riverdale needed as it was beginning to get packed by the time we left.  Good food, good drinks, good company.  What more could you ask for?

December 3, 2012

Minus 43 C with the windchill ....  brrrrrrrrrrr

Hip Hop

And continuing on this theme, SR has friends who own the studio in the video below. All you fellow dancers who may do hip hop, watch ... so much fun ... and Kayla, since you did hip hop perhaps you can teach me some when I am in your home town.

Let's Dance

I told SR that in the new year I'm going to be learning (hopefully) some hip hop so here is the video he showed me. Wow!