It took a couple of months preparing for an anniversary. I'm so happy we made it happen and it was a biggest party I've ever co-organised. There were almost 200 guests attended. We rented a big ballroom hall for this event, order food catering for over 200 people, had many dance performances throughout the night.
I was so happy and pleased with my students' dance performance. They did so well. There was no mistake. Everyone looked so beautiful and most importantly happy.
You may think a 3-minute dance performance is an easy task, but you think of training someone from not knowing how to dance at all to performing in front of 200 people, it sounds like a daunting task. It took me 6 months to get to that point. I had 20 students all together to train for a 20 minute dance show. You can do the math.
We practiced 3- 4 days a week for 3 months prior to the party. I had to thank my students for their hard work, dedication and enthusiasm on this performance and the party. There were many days they had to practice until midnight just to bring to you a very short 3 minute performance each. On behalf of the studio, I deeply appreciate you all because without you, we couldn't have this success.
The party was successful not only because of performances, but also the behind-the-scene work from video-recording to decoration, from the photo shooting to backdrop, invitation design. Every detail counts. So once again, I just want to capture the beautiful moments that we had and make sure we will never forget this big event and motivate us for the future ones.
The beautiful backdrop was a great job of Randy (Ivy's brother in law). Excellent!!!
Ivy was helping students to make up.... We stayed there since 11am to prepare all these... I was exhausted.
Three sisters in a family... Believe or not??? :)
Our pretty receptionists.
The food
The dance performances
Aren't they cute????
Ivy kicked start the party with a "Thank you" speech: "I'm shaking now", she said. In fact, she looked elegant and great on that day...
My students and their dance performance, inspired by the movie "Shall We Dance". I'm so proud of this group.
Mr. "John Clark" was feeling down and lost
until he saw us dancing.
The teacher invited him to join the class. This changed him forever.
I really loved the time working on this performance with my students. I choreographed, cut and edit the music, chose the outfit for them. It was a long process, but looking at how much they enjoyed their dance on the dance floor, it made all my late nights worth it.
This was a 20min dance performance, with each group performed 3-4 mins show each part. Somehow, I managed to connect every dance performance through a transition, costume and music change. It was so fun.
The finale where the teacher closed the dance show.
Where each couple ended up standing in line, how many steps they needed to get there. It was all calculated. There was no room for mistakes here.
My last 2 dance performances of the night, ending our 2nd anniversary party on a high note.
My hands were shaking. Thankfully, no accident happened.
The host and the MC of the night
Our very loyal students.
Our professional photographer who took so many nice photos you've seen...Deeply appreciate and thanks to JamesQ.
Random photos:
Everybody had a great time that night. It was a success.
Maybe not everyone.
"We are family"
These are all what we had on the anniversary. There are many more photos (around 700 photos) but I couldn't post them up here.
Once again, thank you so much for your great effort during the party. Till we meet again many more coming parties in front.
