Every year, the kids school gets very heavily into Veterans Day. They have big festivities complete with Army Marching Band, guest speakers and every year up until this year, a military flyover. The rural community has always supported the school well and this celebration is no different as many attend the school’s festivities. One of […]
Yes, It’s Another “Where’s Mr Papa?”
August 1, 2008 by 3 Comments
Where in the heck did the last week go? It was nothing but a blur. That’s good in some respects and bad in others. As to my website updates, it was bad. Sorry for the lack of updates over the last week. A pop up business trip opportunity became available for next week and it […]
Quick Showstopper Update
July 18, 2008 by 3 Comments
The kids and I are having a fantastic time in Anaheim at the Showstopper Competition. For the kids, all of their Solo and Group numbers scored in the Gold award category. Thursday was a full day with Sean and Savannah performing their Mexican Folklorico routines Then Savannah’s Polynesian class performed their number followed by Sean […]
Savannah’s First Video Production
July 14, 2008 by 1 Comment
During many of our vacations, Savannah has enjoyed time taking video of the various things we have been doing. She knows that Suzanne will spend a bunch of time later editing the video to create a DVD of the experience. She was so interested in doing this herself that last Christmas we got her a […]
Tune-in to the Showstopper Live Webcast
July 10, 2008 by 1 Comment
The Showstopper National Dance finals have a live web-cast of the dance competition so friends and family from across the world can view our dance routines online. We’ll be out in Anaheim next week for the competition. The competition schedule was released this week. The process of viewing the dances on the web is pretty […]
Where’s Mr Papa? Plus Another Victory
May 30, 2008 by 8 Comments
Wow, been a while since my last post – my apologies. It’s been a busy time. And a fun time. I will try to bring yall up to date on what’s been going on. First, last night was another victory for Sean’s baseball team. They won a close game by a score of 7 – […]
Cinco de Mayo Festival
May 3, 2008 by 1 Comment
Today was the annual Cinco de Mayo festival (yes, its only May 3rd) in Sierra Vista. Suzanne and the kids always join their dance studio, Alma Dolores International Dance, for a couple of hours of dancing to entertain the crowd. The weather was perfect, maybe a bit over eighty and sunny. It was a red […]
Sean’s Baseball Season In Full Swing
April 23, 2008 by Leave a Comment
If its Spring time and we seem busy than usual, it must be baseball season. And it is in full swing. Sean wanted to play with some older and more capable kids this year so he is now playing in a neighboring city instead of Sonoita. When I say neighboring, keep in mind we live […]
Showstopper Scores
February 25, 2008 by 7 Comments
The scores and results are now posted on the Showstopper Website. Here are the scores and some past scores for comparative purpose. Savannah’s Solo’s both got 79.5. Last year she got 79.0 at Regionals and 80.3 at Nationals. Sean’s solo got a 79.6. The closest thing with which to compare that result would be his […]
Showstopper Results
February 24, 2008 by 2 Comments
What a busy, but fabulous day we had yesterday at the Regional Phoenix Showstopper Dance competition. The highlight of the day for us was winning over-all awards in our age groups. Sean and Savannah won the overall award for recreational 8 & under (Average age) with their Mexican Polka “Norteno” performed with their Folklorico class. […]
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