Abby's childcare had their graduation concert last Thursday at the HDB auditorium. We were all pretty anxious. I mean, I've known Abby to be the clingy, "MUMMY! MUMMY!" then burst into big tears sort, so I didn't know how she'd fare on stage. But this charming girl took all of us by surprise! When it was the playgroup's turn to perform, the curtains revealed a bunch of all-too-cute boys and girls who started shaking their hands to Sesame Street's No-No-No! (I didn't know there was such a song. Now I know where all her NOs! came from...hmm...)
Actually the kids started shaking, then slowly they all stopped and a few burst out in tears. Stage fright. Almost all came to a standstill except Abby. She was happily shaking, singing the song to the entire audience, wasn't searching for us, just purely enjoying herself! Except when she started getting distracted by this boy who cried off the stage... and then she regained composure and continued shaking her sparklers. And at the final part, everyone was supposed to do a star-jump, and she was one of the rare few who did it! Pity thing was, although Ben took a video recording, Abby was mostly blocked from our direction, so we could only see her partially. She was blocked by a local celebrity's daughter - didn't know she was in the same class as Abby. Argh. Anyway, after we're done with moving house, hopefully Ben will transfer the video to the computer so that I can upload it online. :D
We were very disappointed coz we really couldn't see Abby very well. It was all too fast! She really really enjoyed herself. :D It was over too quickly, and I started wondering - everytime I asked her about her concert, she would roll her hands and walk forward and backwards. Then I figured that the step was self-created. But later we figured that she might have another appearance during the finale, so we endured through the rest of the programme (my brother was quite captivated by this 5 year old eurasian girl's looks) until it was the finale. But I must admit, there were moments of entertainment - such as when a girl dropped her hat the moment she came on, and continued to dance sans hat for a tap dance, and when a boy came on much later, he gentlemanly handed her hat to her. Another girl dropped her shoe and continued to dance as if nothing had happened. Excellent showmanship! :D
We heard the commotion even before the curtains were unveiled. Then we saw Abby! :D Great view coz she was at the front row! The whole group sung, "If we hold on together" and Abby could sing it too! At least parts of it, and at the chorus, she was one of the rare few who did the rolling hands action ("when clouds rolled by, for you and I") and the subsequent hand actions.
Seeing her enjoy herself performing is amazing. Gosh. She's so young and yet she's so amazing on stage. I've never seen her on-stage, so it really wasn't Ben or my idea to get her to perform for the year-end concert. I didn't even know there was one. Prior to this, I believe that even Primary Ones need tonnes of guidance on stage, so it would be close to impossible for me to imagine putting any kid younger than 6 up there. But this one? I'm speechless. I'm just glad that she enjoyed performing, and if she's keen to do it again, she's free to do so. But she will never be coerced against her will. And she has a strong one, just like her parents. :P (But she's stronger...:S) If she had been one of the kids who broke down and had to be carried (usually during school days she's quite clingy with the teacher also... so I thought she'd be afraid) we'll most likely decline subsequent concert performances because we don't want to put unnecessary pressure on her. But she seemed to like it a lot! :) That's really an encouragement, because she seems to be quite a shy and timid girl. So all of us were really taken by surprise!
Anyway, it was way past the kids' bedtime, so most of them weren't really at tip top condition. We managed to capture a few shots, including a close up of her which shows her stye (yup, she performed even with 2 styes) as well as Ian, the boy who has made quite an impression on our little lady. :) We're just glad we got the video footage of it. Must remember to bring good quality video camera if she's performing ever again. Digital camera video footage is extremely lousy from such distance!
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