It’s becoming something of an Octa-tradition around here. The winter round of auditions and competition schedule for 2 of 8. It gets a little crazy. But I suppose anything that is a passion has a bit of crazy to it. We worked on a few audition photographs this week, 2 of 8 twirling and hitting position and jumping and leaping….
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Sometimes, when the mood hits, you’ve just got to. Jump, that is. Jump with flair! Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:09:00 +0000julielylescarr

I’m still working on my Christmas recaps. Which is what happens when you celebrate three Christmas across several days. It takes a while to digest all that Noel. But there was a particular presentation over the Christmas season that was awfully special. Except it wasn’t awful. Why do we say that? Awfully? When we mean wonderfully? Seems like Judy Garland…
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Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.  They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 Our concept of time is a little, ah, juvenile. We talk about ‘this time last year’ and ‘four years ago today.’ As if time were stacked in neat layers, each moment of each day…
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