2011-2012 Dancers

This year has been a year of blessings, we have seen one after the other and we can not wait to show you our love and thanks to you all this coming March. We hope you join us!

Practices

God's Messengers' practices started in October! We have been going every week up to Christmas. These rehearsals are unique when compared with an average dance company's rehearsal. Where most companies are sweating it out with push ups, sit ups, plies, leaps, and extensive stretching; we are doing that too, but we also bring the spirit of Christ's gospel with us. After our grueling warm up we pray, share a scripture or spiritual thought, and jump into learning choreography. This choreography is special. Each new piece learned has been created to depict something from the life and mission of Jesus Christ. The choreographers find scriptural references from the New Testament of the Bible and let those verses, chapters, or parables be the inspiration for their movement. God's Messengers has provided an amazing outlet for dancers who have a strong belief in Jesus Christ as they have the opportunity to share that through their dancing.

Fireside

This Christmas we performed at a Relief Society's Christmas Party here in St. George. It was our first fireside performance and, as all first performances go, it was a little rough. We performed three of our pieces; "Twelve Were Chosen", "Temptation", and "At the Cross". The first was fast paced and uplifting as it expressed the feelings of the apostles who were chosen by the Savior. The second was much darker. It depicted the Savior being tempted by Satan in the wilderness and each dancer conveyed the eery and conflicting feeling that we all have when we are being tempted. During this piece our music suddenly cut out and we all had to somehow end the dance the best we could. The last told the emotional story of Christ's family at the cross, particularly the women in his family. Each piece had a few glitches, the music being the largest one, whether it was counts, steps, or spacing. To add to it, each of us had our own little discouragements with our dancing. However, the spirit was still felt by the audience. "There wasn't a dry eye in the room." said Misty later after the show. The Savior's spirit was still there to help us tell that Relief Society through our dancing that His gospel, life, and Atonement are true. Even though we all have shortcomings in life or in dancing, the Lord always steps in to take care of the rest.

GOD'S MESSENGERS TRYOUTS

We are having our God's Messengers Dance Company auditions, TONIGHT at 7:15pm, here at Premier Dance Center. We are so excited for this year! We have a sweet group of girls getting ready to audition and great choreographers lined up!! This is going to be a life changing year for all of us!! Come share the gospel through dance, and feel of his spirit every week!

To all our friends around Springville, UT

June 3rd, 7pm. trust me you want to see this! :)

the fun continues!

our local show is over for this year, but luckily we still have the TOUR left! we're so excited to take this show on the road and share all we've learned with more people.

here are some rehearsal pictures!
"He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." John 8:7
Misty watching cleaning rehearsals

The Garden of Gethsamane

"Were not there ten cleansed?" Luke 17:17

The Parable of the Lost Sheep

"And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." Matthew 14:28

healing the Blind Men

the tour will be the first weekend in June in northern Utah. Times and places TBA.
Keep checking here or the Facebook for more information.

Life's Lessons Learned--while dancing!

Who knew that some of the most spiritual experiences I've had lately were going to be at rehearsals? It's just a testimony to me that truly EVERYTHING is centered around Christ and when you have His spirit with you things ALWAYS go better.

We've only got a week left before our show and I'm going to miss the Spiritual experiences/thoughts given to me during this rehearsal process.

• When's the last time you were truly thankful enough to Jesus for all He has done for you? have you ever thought to thank Him for your skin?
• How did YOU feel when the Savior was in Gethsemane?
• What's the second coming going to be like?
• How would it feel to have his hands placed on your head, his arms outstretched towards you, or even holding you in a close embrace?

This show has given me the chance to live in and CHERISH these moments and so many more. I'm so glad I have the opportunity to "praise Him with the dance" and combined two of the things I love the most! I know, it may be odd to leave a testimony on a blog, but I TRULY love the Savior and all He's done for me! Using this opportunity and others to get to know Him and look deeper into myself and strengthen our relationship has been such a blessing in my life!