Fwd: Trip Log #24: St. Petersburg Ballet Aug. 12

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From: <JYETKE@aol.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 3:29 AM
Subject: Trip Log #24: St. Petersburg Ballet Aug. 12
To: JYETKE@aol.com

Dear Friends,

 

Tonight we went to the Ballet.  As many of you may remember, our daughters both danced all thru high school.  They were in the dance companies as well including pointe (toe).  And most importantly, the method of ballet and toe that they learned and danced was the Vaganova method which is the Russian method.  So, of course, we really wanted to see a ballet in Russia.

We were so excited when we found out that what we would be seeing was Swan Lake - you can't get much more traditional than that we think!!!

 

It was a magnificent performance!  The dancing was superb.

I did not take with me my really good camera that has the 20x optical zoom since I didn't think I wanted to carry it with me.  So, I took the small one that fit in my purse but it only has a 3x optical zoom.  I am sorry since obviously my photos would have been much better if I had taken the big camera. Also, obviously, we were not allowed to use flash which wouldn't have been any good anyway.  We were seated about 2/3 of the way back so I had to zoom in all the way.  Therefore, you will see some blurriness. Sorry. I just had to send some photos anyway. 

 

Enjoy.

 

Jan and Dick

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