My First Dance Research Paper

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Excited! I felt like I had been waiting forever for this day to come. It was finally the day of my very first dance recital. I was going to wear my sparkly blue tutu and my shiny black tap shoes. I was so proud of my tap shoes because they had a special ribbon on them that I got to pick out all by myself. My mom and I Had spent all night packing my dance bag with all of the necessities that I would need for recital day. I had my costume, make-up, and hair accessories all packed in my pretty pink dance bag. Excited is no longer a big enough word to describe how I felt that night. I was overjoyed. I could not sleep no matter how hard I tried. All I wanted to do was dance around the house and go over my dance steps all night.
The morning of
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They had to leave me there. They wished my luck, kissed me, told me they loved me, and then left. In the blink of an eye they were gone. I was all alone and I was scared. I walked out on the stage and I felt even smaller than I did before. The auditorium was huge and I could not see anything because the lights were so bright. I felt like a needle in a haystack. Despite how scared I was, I danced my little heart out and smiled as big as I could. I was on top of the world.
When the curtains closed, I felt so proud of myself. I had danced in my very first dance recital and I could not be happier. As I walked out to take my final bow, my face was beaming with pride. I spotted my mother in the crowd; as any energetic 3 year old would do I jumped up and down and waved at her. She blew me a kiss and waved back at me. I could tell she was proud of me and that made me beam even more. I felt like a rock star at a rock concert.
As soon as we were allowed to leave the stage, I ran down and jumped into her arms. She gave me a big kiss then handed me a shiny purple present. I opened it to find a small bear with the most beautiful pink tutu and pointe shoes looking back at

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