Saturday, January 20, 2007

New Years Update

On January 8th, our Ministry Troupe danced at the Civic Center Music Hall for “A Night to Honor Israel”.
The evening raised $41,000.00 for Israeli families affected by the war. It was an honor to minister in conjunction with such an amazing group of ministries for a cause larger than us. 37 volunteer troupe dancers came together, making this our largest troupe participation event in our school’s history!

Special thanks to the families who desired to be involved in this event close to God’s heart!

We are encouraged by the words of Jesus, “No branch can bear fruit by itself, it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” John 15: 4

Dove Dance is excited to announce the forming of Dove Dance Ministries International. Working in conjunction with our school, this not-for-profit branch will support 1) our ministry troupe 2) our future professional company, SOAR 3) our work with physically impaired & ill children and inner city youth. We are already seeing God use this branch of our school in a powerful way.

Congratulations to the following students who received DMA Oklahoma Scholarships through auditions: Savannah Tardibono received the Overall Scholarship (all styles highest cumulative score), Emily Canavesio, received the jazz scholarship in her first year of auditioning, and Brittany Albertson, received the ballet scholarship.

As we prepare for competition season and recitals, we look back at the fall where our dancers have already enjoyed outreach performances at the Children’s Center, Baptist Nursing Home, Word Explosion Tulsa, Trinity Baptist Church, Momentum Conference, and the Oklahoma City Rescue Mission, and the Dino Christmas Spectacular in Branson, Missouri.

Our 14th annual student body performance, “For His Glory”, will be Saturday, May 26th at the beautiful Oklahoma City University Main Theater. Our Tulsa student performance and OKC preschool recital dates will be announced soon. Dove Dance will begin accepting new students for our summer classes/camps/intensives, and ’07-’08 dance season in February. Please frequent our website for updated information.

God Bless You Abundatly!
Mrs. Daphne