Hugh's Magnet School

Wednesday, March 26, Light of the World Ballet and two guests, Skip and Jason, made a fun-filled visit to Hugh's Magnet School located right here in Syracuse. We were so, so excited to be able to come back for the second year in a row! God is awesome! A fun sign was made to welcome us as we entered the halls filled with such sweet kids. We had a blast teaching the little ones dance steps. They had fun running and jumping and turning. Some of them were quite the natural at dancing! After helping them tap into their dance talents, we performed our story ballet, "You Are Special". Ms. Ashley Rollinson choreographed this ballet based off of the book with the same title written by Max Lucado. It is a fun, light-hearted story that communicates a very important and powerful message- that each one of us is special and unique. While waiting for a few more classes to arrive in the gym we had a great time interacting with the students. They loved making up different clapping patterns with Punchinello, one of the characters in the story. During the performance all of the kids were very engaged in everything that was going on. They seemed to really connect with the story as it was being told. As soon as the music stopped after the first performance a handful of kids jumped up and ran and gave "Punchinello" a great big hug. It was priceless to see the kids respond like that! We performed a second time for the remaining classes in the school auditorium. We so enjoyed our time with those students as well! It was so great to get to spread God's love with the students and staff. Thankful that God created each of us to be so unique and dear to Him. Enjoy being yourself today, the very special YOU :) Shine the light of Jesus the way He made you to; no one else can shine it quite like you can! Be blessed~ Rachel