Preparations and First Steps

The last few months have been a whirlwind of excitement and preparation as I begin to learn what it means to direct my own dance concert. Back in November I was visiting a friend near Philadelphia. We had just enjoyed a beautiful morning of walking the streets of Doylestown and touring the Doylestown Castle, drinking coffee and tea and crocheting while watching "North and South". It was an invigorating and inspiring kind of day. We were preparing for a Masquerade and raising money for Pregnancy Ministries through donations from the event, when it suddenly occurred to me. I could do the same thing with my desire to begin a ballet ministry! Why not raise money for a missions organization while allowing friends of mine who know ballet to learn a production? It would be the first step in gauging interest from dancers in the area, and it would give me more experience, not to mention offer the opportunity of raising money both for this future dance ministry and for the needs of others. Since November I have had many friends, and young dancers who have been supportive and have volunteered countless skills and resources to make this production possible. We will be performing on May 9th Shekinah Ballet's first production "Give Me Jesus" in Shippensburg Pennsylvania. We are excited to have Bloom Dance Studio and Neshema Dance Company join us for guest performances and we are excited to see how much money we can raise for Street Kids Philippine Mission, an orphanage that a friend of mine promotes. Yesterday I acquired beautiful flyers printed by my good friend, Laura Jeu, and last Friday we had our first rehearsal with the younger group of dancers. It looks as if we will have about twenty-five dancers worshipping on the night of the show. It has been a tremendous amount of work, but I am learning that delegation is a huge part of bringing everything together.