Cirque Du Soleil is coming back to town!

Cirque du Soleil will be back at the Cedar Park Center March 10-20th, 2011. This year the show is Dralion which is a blend of traditional Chinese circus arts with typical Cirque du Soleil flair. I saw the tent show in 1999 and it incorporated many entertaining acts: juggling, teeterboard and hoop diving with fantastic Cirque du Soleil music. I have not yet seen the arena version but I've heard that the show has been updated and now includes a trampoline wall act - Yay!

For more information on the show visit Cirque Du Soleil's website here.

The Cedar Park Center sent me this link for discounted seats - use the promotional code STARS (all caps).

I'm always happy to see Cirque du Soleil come to town, even if they don't allow photography during the show :-)

WOGA Classic

Mackenzie Brannan
Originally uploaded by DigiNik13

We headed up to Frisco TX for the WOGA Classic on Saturday, February 19. We got there just in time to watch the second session of the Elite Qualifier. We went back later for the International Elite Session in the evening.

Austin gymnast, Mackenzie Brannan, did a great job - placing 4th in the junior session.

The WOGA Classic is an awesome meet to watch and they allow cameras so I'm always grateful to be able to take photos. This year though they wouldn't allow the audience to sit at the end of the arena - only on the sides. Thus I couldn't get a decent angle of beam without a distracting background. I'm not sure why they had this rule (we sat at the end of the arena for the afternoon session) but many people (us included) were very annoyed by it. I hope they change this for next year.

I have a lot of photos to edit now. I'll be working on them slowly over the next couple of weeks.

Don't forget Cirque Du Soleil's Dralion is coming to the Cedar Park Center in March......

UT Gymnastics Home Meet

UT Gymnastics is having their first meet of the seasons this Saturday, February 12th, at Crenshaw's Gymnastics. Warm-ups start at 6:00pm and the competition begins at 6:30pm. Last year it was very dark in the gym for photos, this year I'll bring a 1.8 lens and see if I have better luck.

Check out the photos I got last year. If you'd like more information visit the UT Gymnastics website.

**** Update... I never made it to the UT Meet that day. Austin allergies had me out of commission by afternoon :-(