The Spring Celebration

Today, the kids of Pearlridge Elementary School had their version of May Day.  Since it wasn't on May 1st, they called a Spring Celebration.  All three of my kids were performing today.  

My baby performed first. She's in pre-school there and did the Boogie Walk alongside the Kindergardeners. She wore a blue denim skirt, a white blouse, white shoes and pink sunglasses.  Super cute.  The dance consisted of some spins, side-to-side steps, jumps, and pointing with the fingers. She knew all the steps.  But then again, she likes to dance.

My middle child performed a Tahitian dance.  She wore a blue with green print pareo with the ti leaf lei.  She looked real cute.  She was in the front and I guess she was one of the better ones.  Or at least she knew the dance.  

My oldest did a hula number that was about King Kamehameha.  They just wore jeans, a red t-shirt and a kukui nut lei.  He did pretty good but he wasn't one of the leaders who danced in the front.  He could've been though.  

The whole thing was pretty entertaining.  The sixth grade, in my opinion, took the easy way out.  They just did some sort of singing/rapping and did some hand clapping, a little swaying, and some of the boys tried to do some break dancing.  Nothing to get excited about.  The sun beating down on me made it even worse.  

The one thing that I noticed is that the costumes aren't as elaborate as they were when I was in elementary school.  Maybe they don't care.  Maybe they don't have money.  Who knows?