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Today was an exciting day.  Our whole family was excited.

So after almost a week of incredible suspense, she finally heard back from C Dance Intensive.  A few weeks ago, she auditioned.  And was pulled aside at the end to do a combination with a group of four or so, which made it seem like her chances were pretty good.  During this past week, the e-mails of acceptance/rejection were starting to come in.  By Thursday, all but three people from WDA who auditioned had heard one way or the other.

She remained incredibly calm.  But only A can be that calm.  She can also be really excited.  It depends on who she is with.  With V, she is "Maw"ing and can't stop talking.  With some of her friends, she is extremely quiet.

However, lately she's been tending more towards the quiet side.  As she goes to school more (Middle School now), I feel that she's spending more and more time with her friends.  V is not getting any calmer.  She is still bright, and always happy, but rarely speaks unless she is spoken to.  And is perfectly fine with speaking when that does happen.

Not to mention incredibly talented.  Her dancing is amazing.  She's been dancing since around age 3, and much longer than I have been.  She's probably a better dancer than I am, and definitely is in ballet.  And she sings.  And has one of the most beautiful singing voices I've ever heard.  When she sang in the church choir, the other sopranos (all adults), were really impressed.

The problem is that the two worlds are diverging.  She can't get the quality dance training while still participating in musical theater, and the dance always (as it should) win out.  This is her first year en pointe, and she's loving it.  She couldn't do the Little Mermaid because of dance.  She won't be at PAC this year.

I got a text from her after school today (with the standard signature: "Dance your <3 out!").  She got into C.  She'll be going there for three weeks this summer.  She's excited.  Everyone's excited.

And as she went to bed tonight, she looked completely calm.  As if nothing ever happened.  Only she could pull that off.

-NM