we watched first position last night and was like "wow"

last night, yangkyu and i watched first position. 

have you seen it? 

boy. i was blown away by the talent of these young people!

and they looked so calm and confident on stage.

i have a secret crush on ballet dancers. i wanted to be one when i was younger

{ok and i wanted to be a tap dancer too.. oh yeah and a dolphin trainer and an astronaut.. you know.. kid dreams.. but i digress}

when i was younger, i was actually on a different stage. as a flutist.

i was trained at the manhattan school of music precollege division. that meant every saturday it was personal lessons, theory and ear training, electives, chorus, orchestra, oh my!

and every day it meant hours and hours of practice.

i gave everything up right before auditioning for juilliard and forever breaking my mother's heart. {well, i think she forgave me when i reached adult age...}

looking back, i was never scared of auditions, performing on a large stage or in front of intimate audiences. a panel of judges scrutinizing every move, note, sound and breath you take was not a bit scary at all. i don't know where all that childhood confidence came from. or where it went. as i got older, i think i got more timid and shy.

or maybe it was the confidence of an artist. just like these young people in first position.

i'm still so enamored by them

{and we were so happy for joan sebastian zamora! ok. that's it! no spoilers here!}

have a great weekend, everyone.

xoxo, 

jane

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