Welcome to our new A Chance to Dance blog! Hopefully, this will serve as a place where parents and students can stay updated as well as to keep our supporters informed.
And.....we're off! Last Saturday we had our first class back since our last recital in May. Our new building has undergone many renovations and will be a wonderful place, however it wasn't QUITE ready for us this weekend. Thankfully, First Presbyterian Church of Lake Jackson graciously adjusted their room schedule and allowed us to use their Activity Hall. The first little dancer to arrive stated "Woooow! This is a really big room, we will all fit in here. That's a lot of chasses across the floor!"
Our new building, Footsteps School of Dance, is going to be a wonderful place for us. It will have a wheelchair ramp leading up to the entrance to the building and handi-cap parking. There are two huge ADA regulated bathrooms with plenty of room for all changing and restroom needs for our dancers. The hallways are large enough for wheelchairs to easily get through and the waiting area is spacious enough for our parents to spread out in. However, as one mom commented, "Sitting on top of each other last year is how we got to know each other!". It gets crowded quickly with 10 volunteers, 10 parents, siblings, and 10 dancers all in one space.
We have 13 students enrolled and were very excited to see ALL of our previous students return this year. Kyndell and I have decided that we will be performing "Dynamite" at the Habitat for Humanity Walk on 11.5.11- in just one month.
It was amazing to see how much our dancers have grown over the summer, not just physically, but in maturity. Some who weren't talking before have become chatter-boxes and some who were shy about being in dance wear, didn't blink an eye before donning a leotard and tights.
Next to our dancers, the most incredible experience I have had in this organization is experiencing the generosity and compassion of our volunteers. ALL of them are more wonderful than words can express. There were there early to help set-up at 8:30 a.m. and stayed past 11 to help clean everything up- constantly asking "What can we do? Is there anything we can help with?". Mind you, many of these "Buddies" are between ages 10 and 13.
We will keep you posted as best as we can on new events, costumes, and performances as the year goes on. Thank you for welcoming our organization into the community and keeping us going into our second year!
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