My mom took Ruby and I to Ballet West's Nutcracker last Saturday. It was fun to see it, but I still wanted to jump onstage with the dancers! There were a lot of things I love about their version, but I like the more flowy Snow dance compared to the fast and sharp movements of bw's. I love the Russian dance and liked how they have a guy Chinese and the other 4 girls that were on pointe. But I like Clytie's green Reed Flutes, the Candy Canes and the Clowns! Ballet West doesn't even have any! Oh how I love ballet!:)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Help is a great book for young adults and mature teenagers. It is education, funny and insightful. It is 444 pages, but a definite page turner. I rated it 5-stars because it is such a great book. It is basically about how unfairly African-Americans were treated in the 1950s and 60s. It changes perspective about every chapter, but it's fairly easy to follow along. It is from the point of view of 3 women from Jackson, Mississippi in the 1960's. Aibileen, Minny and Miss Skeeter are the narrators. I thought it was unique that it had more than one narrator and it allowed you to understand the story much better. Aibileen (my favorite character) is a black women who is "the Help" to Miss Leefolt. She is kind, wise and smart. Throughout the story she develops a strong bond between Miss Leefolt's little girl, Mae Mobley. Miss Leefolt is very strict and rather oblivious to Mae Mobley. She doesn't really know how to raise her, so Aibil...
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