
Auntie Marcy gave her a pair of real leather ballerina shoes and an illustrated instruction book showing all five positions for the novice ballet dancer. Where do we go from here? Five-year-old Emily mentioned that she needs a ballet barre installed to hold on to just like they show in the new book. Right. In the meantime, sweetie, just use the doggone stair bannister.Assume the first position, please.

