Silks!

Eliza started taking an aerial silks class at the beginning of the school year and she has loved it!  She's a natural - her strength and flexibility, and the skills she honed in gymnastics have definitely helped.  She has one 50-minute class once a week, and it's quite a workout.

WEEK 1:

  

 

WEEK 2:

  

WEEK 3:

 

WEEK 5:

WEEK 8 (her last week in the Level 1 class):

 

Eliza passed off all of the skills for Level 1 after less than 2 months
and began the Level 2 class the 3rd week of October.

WEEK 9:

Soon after Eliza started her class, we got an email about the Halloween showcase, an opportunity for students to choreograph their own solo and perform it for an audience.  Eliza really wanted to do this, so we signed her up, brainstormed about a song, and she came up with her own choreography.  She attended practice sessions on Friday evenings where the coaches gave her a few pointers but she maintained control over her performance.

She decided to use the song "Shiny" from Moana and we tried to make her as shiny as we could with a sparkly gymnastics leotard, glitter and shimmery makeup, and even little LED lights in her hair (with the battery packs hidden in her bun).  She did a wonderful job!!  And the whole performance was so fun, with talented students performing on silks, hoop, trapeze, and even balanced on a big ball.

Since Cat had to work and couldn't attend, my aunt Jeanne came to watch.
We also had several family members watching via YouTube live!

Shiny Happy Liza on the way to dinner

She had fun entertaining the little girl next to us with her hair-lights.

WEEK 10 (second week of Level 2):