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Cry Me a River
My Daddy Daughter Experience
Paul
Henderson
For those of you who don’t know about this incredibly special dance,
here’s a brief rundown. When Tiffany opened the studio seven years
ago, she told me (I'm Tiffany's husband) she wanted to do a dance
for the dads and daughters to do onstage. She wanted to choreograph
a number and teach them a routine to perform at the recital. I
thought she was nuts…but I kept that to myself. I thought there was
no way that a bunch of dads would get on stage in front of an
audience with their daughters and dance. Boy was I ever wrong about
that one.
The first year
she choreographed a routine to the song “Hero”. People cried.
Next she did
Butterfly Kisses for a couple years in a row, then “You Raise Me Up”
by Josh Groban, and last year we danced to “I’m Already There” by
Lonestar. It was my first time doing the Daddy/Daughter dance
because my daughter Halle is only 3 years old.
The dads don’t
really have to do much, just wear a dark suit, walk on stage, move
here, move there, pick her up here, put her down there, etc…
The daughters
wear an all white beautiful dress and their ballet shoes. People
cried again last year.
The dance has
become so popular with dads and daughters that we had to hire
someone to specifically manage the administrative aspect of this
dance.
Oh, I forgot to
tell you about “The Principals”. As you might know, a principal
dancer is the “main” dancer in any performance. Tiffany’s is lucky
to have several “Principal” dads, who last year performed the
daddy/daughter dance with their daughters in not 1, not 2, not 3,
but 9 shows!!! Jerry, Justin, Sean, Vic and Andy – great job!
This year
Tiffany’s will have more than double the amount of shows…not because
we’ve grown out of control, but because we’ve chosen smaller, more
intimate venues that seat fewer audience members.
We want dads to
sign up. We really want dads to experience the rehearsal process
with their daughters. It’s not terribly difficult, nor
embarrassing. When you consider the alternative, which is sitting
in the audience next to your wife while the other dads are on stage
with their daughters, it’s actually the only smart decision you can
make at this point. Unless you enjoy your wife’s elbow firmly
planted in your ribs.
By the way, the
reason we feel pretty bad about the daddy/daughter dance this year
is because of the music we have selected.
Right after last
year’s performance I began searching for the perfect song to convey
our message about how special and important this time with our
children truly is. In a blink of our eyes, this time of our lives
will be over, our children will be grown up and off to college or
out in the real world. You won’t believe how soon that will
happen. I finally found the perfect song after four months of
living on i-tunes, Morpheus and Limewire. The super secret music
we’ve chosen is perfect and I guarantee there won’t be a dry eye in
the house…and if you’re in the audience during the performance of
the daddy/daughter dance, you can either cry because your wife’s
elbow is in your ribs, or because you missed it.
For more
information on how to sign up, click
here.
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