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Good Bye New York – Homeward Bound!

January 6, 2026

Waking up on the last morning of being in New York was a bitter sweet experience. I felt glad to be heading back to my home land, the warmth and my lovely people – but at the same time I couldn’t believe that a trip that I had agonised over, was now over. I now… Good Bye New York – Homeward Bound!

Tour Day 11 – Joffrey School of Ballet

December 23, 2025

This is officially my last day of being with Iraina on the dance tour. I honestly can’t believe how quickly it went and yet at the same time – I am now officially ready to go home. But as one does when chaperoning – suck it up and be the present parent that the teen… Tour Day 11 – Joffrey School of Ballet

Tour Day 10 – Me and My Friends

December 23, 2025

There’s something that I find quite important to do when I’m visiting a place – especially if I have God-fearing friends. That is to visit their church or place of worship. It’s wonderful to be able to see what the body of Christ is like outside of my little bubble all the way down in… Tour Day 10 – Me and My Friends

Tour Day 9 – Laundry and Hang

December 19, 2025

As much as I’d love to tell you that we had the energy of a 1000 wild horses to just carry on and do “the most” every day – this is not the case. Today, we decided to take it slow. Iraina had the option to take one class at the Broadway Dance Centre and… Tour Day 9 – Laundry and Hang

Tour Day 8 – Juilliard & Alvin Ailey

December 17, 2025

I can’t believe that it’s already day 8 of the tour. It’s been both surreal, really quick and yet quite a lot to absorb all in the short space of time that we’ve been here. I must be honest that all of these posts have been sent out later mainly to protect Iraina as the… Tour Day 8 – Juilliard & Alvin Ailey

Tour Day 7 – MidTown Comics and Street Food

December 16, 2025

As most days started the normal way – it had now become routine that the girls would select classes for the open slots in the morning and then excursions would happen in the middle of the day. Today, it was going to MidTown Comics (which I had no clue about prior) and then through to… Tour Day 7 – MidTown Comics and Street Food

Tour Day 6 – Highline & Martha Graham Showcase

December 16, 2025

Today there isn’t too much to share but it’s always worth knowing what we got up to, right? As per normal scheduling – Iraina went to the Broadway Dance Company for a 9am ballet class, which she said she thoroughly enjoyed.  Then from there I scheduled to meet them at the hotel and Instead of… Tour Day 6 – Highline & Martha Graham Showcase

Tour day 5 – Central Park & Martha Graham

December 13, 2025

If you can remember from the post about Iraina’s birthday – I mentioned that there was a little bit of rain on that day. Well, today was the day that we were hoping it would snow! The weather forecast had it in one of the time slots – but as you can imagine – the… Tour day 5 – Central Park & Martha Graham

Tour day 4 – Classes and Rockettes

December 11, 2025

Time for classes to start. Before I get into the set up at Broadway Dance Centre – I just want to mention the dilemma this little African was starting to face everyday. Getting dressed was a Brain bend of note – When you’re inside and you look outside you see this……… It looks pleasant to… Tour day 4 – Classes and Rockettes