January Blog Challenge: Personal Dance Firsts

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Attention all dance bloggers, here is your January Blog Challenge - we're starting off with a fun, personal one.

Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to share a picture and story of one of your "dance firsts".  First class, first show, first shoes... whatever inspires you!

The Details

1. Choose one picture that represents your dance first
2. Share your story
3. Include a link back to this post (Permalink: )

If you participate, leave a comment below with the link to your post so we can share in the fun!

UPDATED JAN. 29, 2012 - Here are all the participants so far:

• Maria's Movers: The Class That Started It All
• Married To The Dance: My First Flamenco
• Nichelle (from Dance Advantage)
• Kim at Velocity Dance and Fitness
• Moira from On My Toes
• Sara from Rince Go Bragh

And with that, here's my dance first.... 

My first dance performance!

Here I am as a "Cuddly Duck" at age 3 after my first dance recital.  (Here is a link to the song, although I have no idea who the kids are).

What I remember most about that performance:  when we were on stage, the girl next to me just stood there and cried through the whole dance.  Didn't move.  Just kept sobbing.  Apparently I kept dancing but kept giving the girl a dirty look as if to say - "what the heck - this is fun, what's your problem?".

Ok, tag, you're it!