DD11 is not a happy camper right now. Our studio always performs at a local Christmas show. It's always been an honor to be one of the classes selected to perform. They usually have the production groups - tap, lyrical, ballet and the jr group - and 5 or 6 other classes perform. DD has been really excited because her ballet class, doing last years routine, was selected to be one of the classes to perform. There are 6 girls in the class, with 4 of them having been in the same class for the last 3 years. Of these 4 girls, 1 also take tap, 1 is in jr production, 1 is in 5 other dances plus jr production and DD is in 2 other dances plus jr production.
Last week, they worked on last years dance. The two who just take ballet, did nothing but complain about having to do last years dance. The one comment that has my DD upset, was that they don't want to dance at "the stupid tree show, just so the others can show off." If enjoying other forms of dance and being able to take more than one class and/or being apart of a production group makes them show offs to the other 2, so be it. I take the comment as a little bit of the green-eyed monster rearing it's ugly head. The one girl told DD she wasn't going to perform correctly, if her mom make her go. They do have the option of opting out, the teacher will just adjust the dance as needed for any who drop out, which was explained to the parents, when we got the info on performing. When DD reminded the girl this, she got a 'tude and told my DD that she wasn't dropping out, she wanted to make sure they didn't get asked for next year. No one else heard her make this last comment.
DD is upset because she doesn't want to say anything to the teacher just in case this girl is just making a mean comment to cover up the fact that she does have a case of the green-eyed moster and doesn't really mean that she is going to intentionally mess up. But she also doesn't want the dance not to get done right, just because someone doesn't want to perform, doesn't have to perform, but won't bow out just to be spitefull.
It's hard to get a read on this girl, as to which she really feels. I told DD to wait and see how this week goes and if she is still complaining and making comments that she's gonna mess up, then we'll call the teacher and talk to her. Only 1 of the girls has made the comment about messing up, the other was just complaining about having to do last years dance.
One of the reasons this class was picked is the costume was one of everbody's favorites from last year and every body loves songs from Disney. They dance to Mulan. I can't post attachments, but here is a link to pictures of the dress.
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