On Tuesday, my daughter Mary, middle granddaughter Emily (22) and I got to ballet class! That may not sound like much - but we've often intended to go (about 20 minutes away), while Emily's attending university here in town.... Gregory, Emily, my son Josh and me after Nutcracker - 2018 My daughter and I've taken Ballet over 45 years, and Emily since she was around 5. She and her dad were in Nutcracker again this year, and we vowed we'd get to class in January! Emma in the studio - 2020 Our teacher Emma Seth was classically trained by her mother Lynn Marchant, in the Vaganava Russian style. Lynn trained with Bronislava Nijinska in Los Angeles. Emma's studio, with its 'floating' floor, grand mirrors and barrés, is in a former wine tasting room in downtown Amity. In the 70s, our little family lived in Corvallis, and came to watch the kids' cousin Tammy dancing in Nutcracker in McMinnville ... Marchant Snow Scene from ...