The Dance Recital. Mom, Christine (Szerejko) Shenette, is on the left. Dancers in the center and on the right are unidentified. Photo, circa 1927, taken in Worcester, MA.
Delightful--a good word to describe that photo. Thank you for your kind comment. If I rmember correctly my mom said she only danced for a couple of years. Back then they were doing pointe at five and six years old! Thankfully they don't do that anymore. I still have one of her tiny ballet shoes. I found it buried in the basement when I cleaned out her house. Wish I knew who the other little ballerinas were...
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The little dancers from Worcester, MA, have such a delightful "professional" way about them, could have been from Kiev or Paris. Delightful.
Delightful--a good word to describe that photo. Thank you for your kind comment. If I rmember correctly my mom said she only danced for a couple of years. Back then they were doing pointe at five and six years old! Thankfully they don't do that anymore. I still have one of her tiny ballet shoes. I found it buried in the basement when I cleaned out her house. Wish I knew who the other little ballerinas were...
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