WDA (Cont.)

Today was one day of dance that I will remember for a long time.

For the past few weeks, RE has been choreographing a number to present as a farewell to Miss B and Miss L.  The idea was that she would choreograph the number without either of them knowing it, and then all of a sudden the entire class would have a nice surprise for them.

I wasn't in it.  The first few rehearsals overlapped with Anything Goes.

Today was the day that they were going to present it to Miss B.  During Pilates class, they worked on it more, and made some last-minute corrections, while Miss A ran a brief Pilates class in the corner with the four of us who weren't in it.  Right before they went to present it to Miss B, we saw the number.  It was contemporary, well-done, and had feeling behind it.  It featured individuals as well as the entire group.  Miss A loved it.  GE got emotional.  We wondered how Miss B would react.

When Miss B came in, you could tell she was excited.  The number began.  I looked over at her about halfway through, and there was a tear in her eye.

After the number, she began to express her gratitude.  She kept crying the entire time.  Pretty soon, the entire class was in tears.  I would have cried too, had I been in the number.

It didn't matter that I wasn't in the number.  Today, I witnessed something special at WDA.  Whether Miss L will react in a similar fashion, only time will tell, but today was truly a moment that I will cherish.

I've only been in a few situations like this before, and this is my first one at dance.  This is one of my favorites.

-NM