Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Nutcracker

I grew up taking ballet lessons and every Christmas season I try to watch the Nutcracker.  I love to watch the men dance.  They leap soooooo high.  Michael Jordan had nothing on Edward Valella so far as hang time is concerned.  Edward V was my favorite male ballet dancer in the 70's.  I still believe that he was much better than anything the Russians could produce.  Edward V made ballet very masculine.  Nureyev and Barishnikov were sissy's by comparison.

Anyway, I digress.  Christmas comes with family and personal traditions.  The Nutcracker is my personal tradition.  I hope to see it live one day.  I continue to speak about family traditions tomorrow.

So for today I'm grateful for:
1.  Dance
2.  Edward Valella
3.  Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire
4.  Christmas traditions
5.  Christmas decorations

Plus the daily 7.

Till Tomorrow...

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