It’s time for another fabulous portrait story telling from your Syracuse NY Child Photographer, Shelayna Snow! I love to add an extra measure of life to the images I capture!
Charlotte’s Dino Ballet
Miss Charlotte is a dinosaur trainer. But not just a trainer to make them sit or roll over. No, Miss Charlotte’s dino training is much more complicated and sophisticated.
“Now, class,” Miss Charlotte says as she stepped into position, “follow me as I pirouette.” Gracefully, Miss Charlotte lifted her right leg as she spun on her left. She ended with elevating her teacher finger under her chin and said, “that’s how it is done girls!”
Following her excellent instructions, Miss Charlotte’s class of “Dino Ballet”, all begin to pirouette across the dance floor.
Brandi, the long neck brachiosaurus, spun beautifully around in circles. It was her dream to be the first primo ballerina dinosaur. As she spun, she pretended to be with the Russian Ballet, playing the Sugar Plum fairy.
“Watch out!” warned Charlotte, as Brandi’s long neck swung out like a lasso rope! It caught Rory, the raptor and sent them tumbling to the dance floor.
“Oh, my goodness!” Charlotte cried as she ran to her poor students wrapped up in each other. “I guess we will have to do some neck strengthen exercises for our next lesson!”
A special surprise!
Charlotte and her dino girls continued their dance routines, training every day to perfect their spins, footing, and balance. In the meantime, Charlotte received a special surprise!
“Oh, what can it be?” asked Brandi as she stretched her long neck over Charlotte’s shoulder.
In Charlotte’s arms was a large pink egg with a small crack coming through the top. “I don’t know,” Charlotte replied, “But I think it is about to open on its own!!”
“Is it self-destructive?” shrieked Ivy, the indoraptor. She couldn’t handle it if the pink egg exploded and ruined their chance to perform the ballet that they worked so hard for. She and her girlfriends were just days away from their big performance.
“I hope it doesn’t blow up!” said Charlotte as it shook in her arms. She set the egg down quickly in the middle of the room, and hurried her students to the far corners to watch the demolition unfold in safety.
“I can’t bear to watch!” Theresa the t-rex squealed as she tried to cover her eyes from certain destruction. “Oh!! My arms are too short!! Wahhaa!”
Will it blow??
The big, pink egg shook and shook, and began to make soft cries that instead of imminent danger, sounding like a call for help. From behind her shelter Charlotte peaked out and crept toward the sound.
“No, Charlotte!” hissed Rory, Ivy, and Theresa together, “Don’t go near it!”
Charlotte ignored their pleas and army crawled closer to the egg. As she reached the egg, she saw that the crack had enlarged and was slightly lifting out of place. A small beak like nuzzle pushed the shell up, but was unable to free itself permanently.
‘It’s a baby dinosaur!” Charlotte exclaimed, clapping her hands in excitement. Gently she lifted the egg shell off the nuzzle to reveal a sweet, green triceratops. “Welcome! Welcome!” she cried. “I will call you Maxi!”
Maxi lifted her beak and licked Charlotte’s face, happy to be free from her tiny home. “Oh, you are a sweet girl, Maxi. And soon you will be dancing with the rest of us.”
The rest of the class gathered around Miss Charlotte and their new friend, welcoming her with milk and cookies.
The last dance
The day of the recital finally arrived. Maxi passed out dino balloons to the children and young dinos in the audience. Miss Charlotte and her ladies gathered on the stage, standing in a proud pose as they waited for the music to start. With grace and prestige, they danced on their tiptoes, and waved their arms around their head, twirling when required.
As they neared the end of their performance Miss Charlotte looked toward her girls, giving them a proud look and a slight head nod. As the dance came to a big finish, the girls stomped their feet like thunder clapping in the heavens, turned their bodies toward their audience, and let out a roar that shook the windows!
Lifting their heads from their final bow and the curtain closed, Miss Charlotte said to her dancers, “And that’s how it’s done girls!”
The End
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