Young Dance

Year Two of another exciting Young Dance Recital!

Well, the week long dance recital is coming to an end and I am wiped out and I'm not even the dancer! My 5 yr. old Mia & soon to be 4 yr. old Julia have one more dance to go tomorrow night.  The love they already have for dance makes me really pleased and proud at how much they are already enjoying what they do.  Julia twirls from room to room throughout our house and Mia is constantly "teaching" her dollies the ballet positions.  While the possibilities of their interest may change as they grow older, I take into heart the people that are already impacting their young lives.

Sandy Young is an amazing woman.  She took what she loved, dance, and started her own academy creating opportunities for all ages in our local area.  Learning more and more about the "dance" life, there are parents at this academy that had Sandy as a teacher when they were young and now continue to bring their own kids to be taught by her as well!  Some parents are even traveling over 45 minutes and some parents are still dancing at the academy too!  This woman just amazes me with the way her academy is run, the huge amount of volunteers that help around the clock during recital week and the "bigger", kindest, gentlest girls that assist in my daughters classes making sure they are learning every position and move the correct way.   They show so much love and care to each child in class.  Sandy even has her own children, that are amazing dancers too by the way, teaching their own classes and rock-in out in the recital finales with her!  I'd love to be at a wedding reception jammin out on the dance floor with this family! Ha!

With recital week coming to an end, and me enjoying every minute of the exciting fun finale each night, I find myself feeling so overwhelmed with emotions on how grateful I am that Sandy followed her dream and shared it with so many others, and most of all seeing my daughters grow and love the art of dance and music with the Young Dance Academy.

How many lives would YOU change and impact if YOU followed YOUR dream?

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.” 
― William W. Purkey