Friday afternoon, after the pumpkin patch!, Faith attended her first Cotillion. For those not familiar with Cotillion, it is a time for elementary and middle school students to learn etiquette, manners, and do some dancing. In our area, it is a highly sought after opportunity! While it starts in third grade, Faith has been on the waiting list since kindergarten! We were both very excited about finally being able to attend! And of course part of the fun is buying a new dress, shoes, and the required white gloves!
The third and fourth graders are grouped together, which is nice as approximately half the group has done all this before and can help the younger ones a bit! In this picture Faith is dancing the cha cha! Those running the cotillion do a great job of teaching the kids all the little details such as how both the boy and the girl is to hold his or her hands while dancing, leading on and off the dance floor, and always properly thanking your partner for the dance. And they rotate partner 3-4 times, so they are able to dance with a variety of people. Also, there are more boys than girls, so the boys can practice cutting in while dancing.
Here Faith is being escorted to her seat, and the boys were taught how to properly do that! After they practiced this a few times, they couples had to converse for about two minutes! Coaching was given on how to ask non yes or no questions in an effort to create conversation! It was really cute. Something else that was done was punch and cookies were served. Faith learned how to eat a cookie making as few crumbs as possible. The adults watching picked up a few tips as well!
Faith had a great time, and it is really cute to watch her practice some of the conversational pieces they focused on and see her try to teach Shane the cha cha! We're looking forward to the next cotillion in a month!
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