On Tuesday, February 22, we had the chance to perform at The Determination Center, an after-school program and activity center for inner city kids. The children were very excited to have us there, and we had some special audience members that day- my Mom and sister were visiting! The company started the performance with “Alive”, and then we trainees performed “Digee Dime”, followed by “The Crown” all together.
We were performing in the gym, where they had a nice, large stage. There was only one problem with the stage- on one side, the door to get on and off the raised stage was locked, and there were no stairs to exit the front of the stage. We asked the woman running the activities to unlock the door, but she could not find the key, so we placed a bench beneath the stage to step up, decreasing the four foot drop to a three foot jump/step. We made our entrances and exits on that side as graceful as possible, trying to remain in character and not distract from the story. When we exit from the tormentors scene, we are running away from Wisdom because she brings out the Crown of Thorns. Rather than stop running, stepping down carefully, then start running again to reach our dressing room, Gwen took a giant leap off the stage! Breanne and I were not quite so adventurous, and took the step as smoothly as possible.
The children were a great audience, and afterward, we taught them some ballet steps, which they learned with a lot of excitement and eagerness. It is always my prayer that during these performances when we don’t have the chance to pray and talk with them, that they will really understand the message of the story, and that God will provide a Christian in their life who will be able to answer their questions and encourage them to pursue a relationship with God. Ashley was able to share her testimony and the salvation message from the microphone, and I pray that God used it to speak to them. God Bless!
~ Cayla
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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Believer's Chapel
On Saturday, March 5th, LWB company danced at Believer's Chapel. We performed “Praise You In The Storm” in Spanish. It is so neat to dance to another language! After dancing, the leadership and congregation prayed for us for our upcoming trip to Peru. It is such a blessing to have a church who is so supportive of the ministry and who is committed to covering us in prayer. Thank you so much Believer's Chapel!
Amy
Amy
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Eagles Wings Academy
On Friday February 18th we were able to perform The Crown for the Eagles Wings Academy. The company performed Alive to start and we finished with healing hands. The audience did a very good job following the arm motions. Our stage was their cafeteria and we used the kitchen and the library as our wings and the bathroom as our dressing room. We were able to pray with the students afterward and the kids seemed to have a good time talking with some of us. I was blessed to be able to talk to one of the teachers. She seemed very kind. As we were getting ready to go, a few girls came into the bathroom and were quite astonished at our mess, as we had costumes and crowns all over (we thought it was rather cute). I pray that they were blessed by our coming.
~Krystalan
~Krystalan
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Word of Life
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
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
Monday, January 24, 2011
Fayetteville United Methodist Church
Sunday January 23, 2011
On Sunday the company performed for both services at the Fayetteville United Methodist church. It was a nice church with very welcoming staff. We were given the lounge to warm-up and hang out in between services. Ashley performed Give Me Jesus and Breanne, Amy and I did Share the Well. To close the service we did Healing is in His Hands, the people responded to it very well and most of them joined in with us. The first service was identical to the second except for the fact that there were more people in the second! The pastor and congregation were very encouraged and blessed by our being there. Praise God!
Alyssa
On Sunday the company performed for both services at the Fayetteville United Methodist church. It was a nice church with very welcoming staff. We were given the lounge to warm-up and hang out in between services. Ashley performed Give Me Jesus and Breanne, Amy and I did Share the Well. To close the service we did Healing is in His Hands, the people responded to it very well and most of them joined in with us. The first service was identical to the second except for the fact that there were more people in the second! The pastor and congregation were very encouraged and blessed by our being there. Praise God!
Alyssa
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Women's Prison
On January 12th the nine of us girls, accompanied by Mrs. Rollinson, performed for the female inmates at a local prison. They ranged in age from 16 to 87 years. Upon our arrival, Deputy Eagan (the lady who helped to organize our visit) escorted us to the administration office. She checked our I.D.s and had us lock up anything we had with us that was valuable, as well as cell phones, scissors, and any sharp objects (after the performance was over we also had to search around on the floor for any stray bobby pins that may have fallen out while dancing).
She then led us to the women's section of the prison. For security reasons, when we went down the hallways, we had to pass through rooms that had doors on both sides, and the one we had just come in from had to be tightly shut before we could proceed to go through the one before us. Also, we needed to have one of the deputies accompany us wherever we went.
We laid the floor for the performance in a large cement-block room, surrounded by the inmates' cells. During the set-up, as well as the performance, the ladies who were restricted from exiting their cells watched us through the small windows on their steel doors.
We had left some important costumes back at the studio by mistake, but were able to make due with what we had. It ended up looking great. One deputy commented on how impressed he was at the way the girls who were managing costumes treated one another when faced with a dilemma, and asked if they were always so kind to each other, or if it was just an act. I believe we ministered to him as much as to the prisoners.
We performed two shorter length pieces before performing “The Crown.” During the finale, one lady, who had been watching from inside her cell, began weeping and turned to kneel beside her bed with her hands clasped in front of her face. We could not hear her sobs or the words she was praying, but could tell that she had been touched deeply and the Lord was working in her heart.
At the end of the performance, Ashley shared the message of salvation from the microphone. The inmates, as well as the deputies, listened very attentively as she spoke. She then led in a prayer for anybody who wanted to accept Jesus as their savior. Although we were expecting them to pray silently in their hearts, most of them boldly repeated the prayer out loud after Ashley.
They were probably the most responsive audience we have had this season. There were women yelling and cheering from their cells and others crying. They asked many good questions afterward. One woman even yelled through the crack of her door and also rapidly flashed her ceiling light to get our attention, so that we would answer her question.
A couple of the women were pregnant and will have their babies while in prison --which makes me very sad. Mrs. Rollinson talked to quite a few inmates. One had already been there for 14 months and was going to be moved to a higher security jail soon, and for another, this was not her first time in jail.
We are thankful that the Lord used us to bring the message of salvation to these desperate women. Please pray that the Lord will continue to work in their hearts.
-Elisa-
She then led us to the women's section of the prison. For security reasons, when we went down the hallways, we had to pass through rooms that had doors on both sides, and the one we had just come in from had to be tightly shut before we could proceed to go through the one before us. Also, we needed to have one of the deputies accompany us wherever we went.
We laid the floor for the performance in a large cement-block room, surrounded by the inmates' cells. During the set-up, as well as the performance, the ladies who were restricted from exiting their cells watched us through the small windows on their steel doors.
We had left some important costumes back at the studio by mistake, but were able to make due with what we had. It ended up looking great. One deputy commented on how impressed he was at the way the girls who were managing costumes treated one another when faced with a dilemma, and asked if they were always so kind to each other, or if it was just an act. I believe we ministered to him as much as to the prisoners.
We performed two shorter length pieces before performing “The Crown.” During the finale, one lady, who had been watching from inside her cell, began weeping and turned to kneel beside her bed with her hands clasped in front of her face. We could not hear her sobs or the words she was praying, but could tell that she had been touched deeply and the Lord was working in her heart.
At the end of the performance, Ashley shared the message of salvation from the microphone. The inmates, as well as the deputies, listened very attentively as she spoke. She then led in a prayer for anybody who wanted to accept Jesus as their savior. Although we were expecting them to pray silently in their hearts, most of them boldly repeated the prayer out loud after Ashley.
They were probably the most responsive audience we have had this season. There were women yelling and cheering from their cells and others crying. They asked many good questions afterward. One woman even yelled through the crack of her door and also rapidly flashed her ceiling light to get our attention, so that we would answer her question.
A couple of the women were pregnant and will have their babies while in prison --which makes me very sad. Mrs. Rollinson talked to quite a few inmates. One had already been there for 14 months and was going to be moved to a higher security jail soon, and for another, this was not her first time in jail.
We are thankful that the Lord used us to bring the message of salvation to these desperate women. Please pray that the Lord will continue to work in their hearts.
-Elisa-
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Faith Chapel
Sunday, December 12, 2010
At the Faith Chapel Christmas party, we had the opportunity to perform our Christmas repertoire. The church was beautifully decorated for the holidays, and everyone attending seemed glad for the break from hectic schedules. The performance went smoothly despite the tight spacing, and we finished with “Healing Hands”, a beautiful worship song with audience participation. It can be a challenge for the men in the audience to feel comfortable while participating in the movements, but by the end, those who do participate are so blessed. We are always in prayer before and during the song that self-consciousness won’t stop them from worshiping in this moving way. The Lord’s presence is always so evident during this song, and that night, I felt that it was so refreshing to everyone there. It is such a blessing to be an encouragement to other believers! God bless!
Cayla <3
At the Faith Chapel Christmas party, we had the opportunity to perform our Christmas repertoire. The church was beautifully decorated for the holidays, and everyone attending seemed glad for the break from hectic schedules. The performance went smoothly despite the tight spacing, and we finished with “Healing Hands”, a beautiful worship song with audience participation. It can be a challenge for the men in the audience to feel comfortable while participating in the movements, but by the end, those who do participate are so blessed. We are always in prayer before and during the song that self-consciousness won’t stop them from worshiping in this moving way. The Lord’s presence is always so evident during this song, and that night, I felt that it was so refreshing to everyone there. It is such a blessing to be an encouragement to other believers! God bless!
Cayla <3
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