Photos of Camille, Daniel (and family and friends)

Tonight, Camille amazed us all with her “daring-do”.  She performed in her final year at Whittier Elementary School.  We’re so proud of her!  She was offered the anchor spot in the program and stepped up to the plate to perform.

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Camille, my favorite Junior Aerialista, performed yet again in front a very appreciative audience.  Partly because of my pressure, Lara Paxton Raspberry, her teacher, agreed to put together an event to showcase her students – 5 kids and 3 adults.  She tied it together with a fundraiser for the Aerialistas big break – a professional [...]

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My heart swells in pride as my amazing daughter performs at her school’s art festival. There was a snag in the audio (a pause and a restart), so I overdubbed the video with the intended audio track.  There is a bit of an echo between the overdubbed music and the video’s audio – sorry, I [...]

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Camille and her friends with the Junior Aerialistas got a chance to perform for Moisture Festival in Seattle.  It’s the big time for them.  It was a benefit performance for AerLift – an organization started by their teacher Lara Paxton Raspberry (founding member of the Aerialistas – “The Original Aerial Girl Gang”)  to benefit needy [...]

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Camille continues her love of aerial performance.  Her teacher Lara Paxton helped put together a performance in their new studio space – Emerald City Trapeze Arts.  Here are some pictures from before the show. Scroll down for the videos. Here are videos of Camille and Sarah’s performance.  I had a bit of trouble as there [...]

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Camille has been interested in the circus arts for some time now.  She trained for a while at SANCA (School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts) in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle.  For the past nearly two years she’s been training with Lara Paxton (formerly part of Circus Contraption), founder of the Aerialistas, now co-located [...]

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Petty Officer Camille is up the mast installing the flag halyard and fixing the steaming light.

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We invited Sarah, Camille’s aerial partner and friend, and her family out for a sail.  It was a lovely evening, not much wind, but the sun made an appearance and we all enjoyed our time together. The concept was to have Sarah and Sarah’s mom, Diana, meet us at the boat and Daniel, Camille, and [...]

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Camille and her aerial buddy Sarah put in another performance at Circus Contraption adjacent to Theo Chocolate Factory.  Many friends came out to support her.

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