A show.
"Sophia gets to be in shows," she pointed out. Irish dance. I explained that Maeve was welcome to return to Irish dance to be in shows again, although the last time she was in a show, she wouldn't go on stage and pouted in the hallway. Let me just sum up the conversation here: Maeve was sad and felt small and insignificant. And I filed it in my "how can we help her to fix this?" file and kept my ears open.
My neighbor Zelda told me, just a few days later, that her son Noah was going to go to a circus camp. Now, there is a circus camp in town that all of you know, but I always feel uneasy when I go to the place where it is located even if it is spectacular and awesome. There's just something really dark and "Carnivale" about it. If you're not from St. Louis I know I've just talked in code but I think I'm clear in that I wasn't going to send Maeve there.
No, Zelda told me. It's at another place, nearby, called Bumbershoots Aerial Arts. In fact she'd taken classes there, which totally floored me (I love when I find out something new and unexpected about someone). And I checked it out. There was room in the camp. I signed Maeve up.
When we walked in on Monday, I fell in love with the place. It's an old warehouse, pristine rehab, with big windows and all these trapezes and ropes and fabric hanging from the ceiling. We were told that there would be a show on Friday and they could wear costumes. Maeve knew immediately what she wanted to wear. Maeve--she was born to do these things. She wants to be on stage. She wants to do real things and show people what she can do. And she knows the difference between fake kiddie stuff and the real deal.
This place was the real deal.
11 comments:
Absolutely love this! So glad she finally made it into a show. So Maeve!
Love.
Perfect! Now she won't run away from home at 16 to go on the stage like my grandmother did.
Seriously, what a wonderful idea.
Perfect! I had to play it twice for a virtual encore!
Hooray for Maeve!
Terrific--the right place for the right girl.
My kids were in that class too. I think I saw you in passing a couple of times (in your photo, girl with the blue leggings/yellow top; also the clown boy wearing a tie and the other girl doing trapeze with maeve). They really like Bumbershoot and especially Joelle.
So perfect for Maeve with her new haircut and her purple leotard--and it is obviously not just kiddie stuff but is real and grown up stage stuff. She has found her niche on the stage.
I think they all know the difference between what's real and what's not, they just humour us out of love most of the time. But I know what you mean about the other circus camp (altho we've done them at COCA) and this looks miles better.
This looks so fun! And I love the name Bumpershoots.
Also, I though I was the only one creeped out by the other place -- we have friends who adore it. Dayspring also does a circus camp, but I don't think it has a trapeze, so what's the point.
Hip, hip, hooray for Maeve the Magnificent!! I love the purple costume and LOVE the new haircut!! It all looks perfect for her. How fun!
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