It's A Costume Not a Wedding Dress

I've had some mothers who complained about the costume they got. "It looks flimsy, it really is too big around, we have to SEW the straps?, she doesn't look good in that color, I think it's a little snug, that hair pieces looked skimpy" etc... just fill in the blank. These mothers just don't understand that this is a COSTUME that the dancer will wear for 3 minutes on the stage that is 20 feet from the closest person in the front row and who knows how far from the people in the back row. Plus, she will be DANCING in it and not standing still and without a close up camera on her. Twenty feet away and on a moving object, under the lights, most costumes will look great! Just tell her you were going to get one that cost $100.00 but decided to go with this one since she will outgrow it before Halloween anyway and you know from years of picking out costumes that this will look wonderful on the stage under the lighting. It is a costume not her wedding dress!

Remember: There is no crying in dancing school.