Dancing Queens

Love Love Love these girls! Each year duing shipping the girls take DAYS (and that is no exaggeration) planning the "Dancing Queen Show". And there is really NO way to describe this event!! All ages particiapte and entertain! I think this year they entertained close to 70 people.

We all gather at the porch (new or old) at the Ivin's cabin to watch dancing extraordinaire!! The girls spend days decorating, choosing songs, practicing, advertising, costuming, and presenting this show. This year they even wanted to put their handmade flyers on the cows that would wander down the road . . . after all .. . .we wouldn't want anyone to miss out on this event would we?

This sign was killing me . . .. but you can't help but love it. You would think it was written by a small child, but you would be wrong.

These girls were planning out the music . . . .I can't even count how many songs they started with and changed and changed, and changed again. But, they did pick great ones!

Making the programs. Each person who attends the show comes with a ticket (handmade) money to spend on concessions (also handmade) and gets a program (yes . . .handmade).

One of the BEAUTIFUL programs.

These are some of the concession boys. They use boxes and tie them around the necks, then sell concessions during the show. This year we made them glow in the dark glasses so we could see them easily. (Not that they needed help . .. they are very persistent in selling their "goods")

One on the MANY (and that may be under-estimating) signs that were hung up to advertise the grand show!

For the finale - Michelle Halls had a great idea. We made stick people out of glow sticks for the girls. We turned out all the lights and had the CUTEST stick people dancing. It is impossible to get a good picture, but this was about the best I could do. It was a riot!!! What a fun idea!! How we will EVER top this year?
Thank you dancing queens . . .not for letting us freeze out in the cold of the mountains in October, but for entertaining us all WEEK long, (maybe most importantly staying busy and out of our and your brothers' hair!). You were all FANTASTIC!!!