WOW The kids all did a fantastic job at their Jazz and Hip Hop exams. We had a guest examiner from Australia, Miss Lynelle Kertland from The Australasian Dance Association here to examine the kids. 60 students took part this year and many more will sit their exams next year in March 2010.
Well done everyone and I'm super proud of you all!
The new morning has motivated me to update this page. ** must admit
that Facebook and our Academy of Jazz websites have taken my focus off
this portal ** My main purpose for this page, though, has always been
to provide Rich Media for people to view in regards to HK, so this will
continue to be my focus here-- photos, videos, and links.
What have we been doing?
-- We went to NZ in the month of Feb 09
-- We've been immersed in the Grace message being preached at City Church International (and others)
-- promoting the JazzAdict and Broken Beat Dance Syllabus that Sonia uses at her studio
-- we just administered the first year of Examinations at the studio (they did very well!)
What is coming?
-- comprehensive Summer Program (camp style) for dance studio starting in July 09
-- Greg is working on plans to start an educational centre in Nov 09 (ESL, problem solving projects, & ICT)
-- my sister is joining our joy ride here in HK (hopefully her passion & love can be put to good use!)
Once the curriculum and details for the new Educational Centre are finalized, I will post a new page on this blog that will be entirely dedicated to that business. My dream is that it will give children the opportunity to develop problem solving skills, initiative, team work, English language proficiency, and an increased ability to use technology.
Once again, yep, we're on the move....this time as a result of dodgey Chinese visa laws that have been changing and messing up border crossing and business travel. so I packed it up, and now I've interviewed with some great schools back in HK for this next school year in September. we count ourselves so blessed, as we've come into a tremendously exciting time of opportunity and change. we've started business plans for expansion of SHAJ with a few other Christian entrepreneurs, we're looking for a village house in Sai Kung (a laid-back, artsy beach town), and God allowed us to be invited to the most lovely church body in the world! They call themselves City Church International, and their passion for God's heart of hearts is nothing short of amazing. We are super super excited about living as a part of a cool community again, since we've been out in Timbuk 2 for a while now. The peace, joy, and love that Jesus brings to our hearts when we seek him and hang out in his presence is all we need to endure, and now it looks like a renewed time of rest is just around the corner. Please pray for these interesting developments, as they are by no means complete, and everyday we must choose to lean into God's will.
ALERT: watch the HK WEBISODES link for new and improved videos that I've been creating since I purchased a new video mobile phone that makes the process very easy. Click on these 2 links for my most recent ones:
see our pics from numerous commutes from Timbuk 2 to civilization...
Classes are booming and more and more families are finding our studio. Now we have classes from babies all the way through to teens in gym, dance, jazz and hip hop.
The latest news is that I will be working in partnership with a specialist in baby gym and music classes to design a brand new curriculum that really brings together all the benefits of music, dance, gym and creative expression through art. This is so exciting for me as it gives me a chance to put onto paper some of my research and experience in the areas of sensory integration training for children and the lifelong health and educational benefits. WOW what a privilege to be impacting these kids lives by making exercise both fun and nurturing their brains. Our Jazz and Hip Hop classes for older students are also doing well with some really talented kids joining the studio. We will be bringing over international examiners and the choreographers of the BBDS and JazzAddict syllabus to Hong Kong in March 2009. Our students will be the first in HK to have the chance to sit these examinations.
I wanted to share pictures of our new house, which puts us very near the HK-China border now. we are loving life and looking forward to the new possibilities this move has opened for us.
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