The thespian

Elegant went to drama camp this week at a little local theatre that focuses on puppetry and dramatic arts for children.  She attended a puppet camp there last year and had a terrific time, so it was a no-brainer to sign her up again.

This week’s camp was Fairy Tale Theatre. Elegant spent the week learning about fairy tales and, on Friday, the group performed short plays they had written themselves.

Here’s Elegant before she went in:

She had to wear all black so that she’d blend in when doing the puppets. Even though this isn’t El’s normal look, she totally rocked it. I was getting an Audrey Hepburn vibe with the black leggings and ballet slippers. Her little purse is trimmed in green pom poms and has El’s monogram on the other side in hot pink. Yep, that’s my girl — all about the accessories — and her snack traveled to camp in style every day.

(A note to my sister-in-law:  Yes, that’s one of your shirts.)

Elegant was a yellow fairy princess in the play (duh). Unfortunately, I couldn’t use a flash during the show, so the photos are a bit dark. Oh, and they’re blurry due to all the twirling and spinning the yellow fairy princess did when she entered the stage.

Yeah, she’s rockin’ that tiara.

So here’s the thing about Elegant: I talk here often about her amazing energy levels and her charismatic personality, but the reality is that she can be a bit shy at times and takes a few minutes to warm up to new acquaintances. She also gets stage fright. She likes the arts and loves plays and wearing a costume, but she doesn’t actually like being in front of a crowd. So that photo above is just about the only time she smiled during the show.

Don’t believe me? Here she is at the end when the actors took a bow:

Mmm, not looking so happy there.

But when I asked her about it afterward, she swore she had a great time and I believe her.

Elegant is already asking to go to drama camp again next year and I’m sure we’ll sign her up. Eventually, she’ll either get over her stage fright or start doing more behind-the-scenes work. I can absolutely see her focusing on costumes, can’t you?