Pizazz End of the Year Review

Courtney was so excited for her end of the year review.  The main reason was because of her dress.  About 3 years ago, a family in the neighborhood gave Courtney a formal dress as a hand-me-down.  They had gotten it from another family in the neighborhood.  So it didn't cost us anything but was a gorgeous dress!  It was also a size 14 so it didn't fit Courtney at all.  She convinced me to let her try it on and see if I could adjust it to fit her.  Well, it was supposed to be a tea length gown but went to the floor.  I found, however, that it was really easy to modify so it would fit her.  She was ecstatic!

After Ethan's recital, Courtney and I got her ready for her big day.  She was so excited to be all dolled up.  She had a rose to carry and Bryan wore his suit.  They made a great looking couple!

 Courtney absolutely loved twirling in her dress:

At 6:45, the girls lined with with their escorts to begin the Review.  They each had their name announced and the names of their parents announced.

 Then it was time for the daddy-daughter dance.  Courtney loves this part because Bryan twirls her and they have a lot of fun.  She adores her dad!

 And he likes to tease his daughter!

Here's their dance:

After the dance, I went to the dressing room to help Courtney get out of her formal and into her lyrical costume.  I didn't have to help at all after this, which was really nice!  We had all her things laid out in the dressing room and she took care of herself.

They did their lyrical dance first.  Here are some photos:

Here is the video of her lyrical dance:

They then did their jazz dance which is the same one they have been doing for basketball halftime games all year so I didn't record it.  But here are is a photo:

It was then time for her hip hop dance, which I think is her favorite.  They had so much fun with this one and Courtney got to show off with her coffee grinder!  You have to watch that one!

Here's the video.  Her coffee grinder is at 1:48.



After the final dances were finished, they had the awards.  Courtney didn't get anything but next year she will get a medal for being in Pizazz for 5 years.

Bryan bought Courtney flowers and gave them to Ethan to give to Courtney.  (She actually reminded Bryan that he needed to buy her flowers, hahaha.)  He was a very proud brother.

Now Pizazz is finished until August and then we start all over again.  Courtney is having withdrawals but she is still dancing all over the house, so that's good.