The Garner Family

The Garner family children all were very good at jazz, tap and ballet. They took professional lessons, worked hard and were accoThe Garner family children all were very good at jazz, tap and ballet. They took professional lessons, worked hard and were accomplished dancers. From the oldest to the youngest, they worked hard at learning, perfecting especially ballet. They worked together helping each other and practiced long hours working diligently to be excellent. In the Garner family there were five children, Carly, Maddie, Timothy, Malorie and Julia. Julia was the youngest and started professional dance lessons at two years of age. She worked diligently to keep up with her siblings. Carly worked with her one on one to give her the advantage over the others in her class. She was the youngest in her class and way ahead of them in skill. When Carly was five, she …show more content…
They would be in the Nutcracker every December. The most memorable one was the last one ever. Carly was Clara, the lead role. She had several dances, plus acting, her last one was on Pointe. Timothy was the mouse king, who accidently fell in the orchestra pit while fighting the prince. Glad it was in dress rehearsal and he wasn't hurt. He just jousted back too far, right off stage. Maddie was the,the maid in the opening scene and the Sugar Plum Fairy, as well as the mouse leader. She helped out in class with the younger kids, so it was natural for them to follow her. All the babies were dressed up as mice, and ran flocking everywhere with the mouse king. Malorie was the Snow Queen, a very important role, dancing on Pointe.
Shortly after this performance, the Garner family suffered the loss of their grandfather. This caused the family to have to move close to their grandmother. The Garner family did not find a dance company in their new town. They never danced together again. The Nutcracker was their last dance