Light of the World Ballet performed at Word of Life Assembly of God in Baldwinsville this past Sunday. It was our second performance for the kids at Word of Life school/church in the past week. The coordinators and leaders of the children’s program at Word of Life have amazing hospitality, and we felt very at home there. The woman handling most of our performance schedule was kind enough to have a full spread of food and drinks laid out for us in our dressing room for each performance, which was amazing. She was also very organized and helpful, and so were the men who handled the sound and stage sets. It’s so wonderful to arrive at a performance venue knowing that people there are going to make sure the performance runs as smooth as possible! It’s such a blessing to LWB.
The stage at Word of Life, although small and oddly shaped, is a joy to dance on for me because it has four wings, stage lights, and otherwise looks and feels like a real theater. LWB usually performs in gyms, fellowship halls, or other large rooms with no stage, lights or wings. So it was nice to be in a space that was meant for performance. There were about 75 kids in the audience, and maybe 20 or 30 adults. Then kids ranged from preschool age to around 8th grade, and all were very eager to watch the ballet and attentive throughout the show. Afterward, we got to pray with any children who wanted to come up for prayer, and then we taught them a few dance steps. We finished our time with them by joining in as the worship team sang and danced to a couple catchy worship songs.
It was great to spend Sunday morning worshiping with the kids at Word of Life, and I would love to perform there again in the near future!
-Sarah
