Catch Up #2 - Dance!

This second post is about our up and coming Dance Show ministry.

Back when we first arrived in Zimbabwe, at the end of January, my mom and Adonis had an idea about starting a dance TV program here in Zimbabwe, similar to ‘America’s Best Dance Crew’. They have nothing like that here as of yet, and when they spoke to a TV producing company, they loved the idea.

Just like the American show, if it works out, they will be traveling to cities all over Zimbabwe, auditioning dance groups, and inviting the winners along to Harare, where the main shows will be hosted. Along with bringing dance all over the country, the show would also be bringing both awareness, and funds for Let’s Give Them Hope.

Since then both my mom and Adonis have been working extremely hard to bring the vision to reality.

In March we hosted a sample demo dance competition, and it went amazingly well. We had many great dance groups competing, people from newspapers attending, and we even got DJ Scott there (the biggest radio DJ in Zimbabwe) to DJ for us. We had a great turnout for a first event, and ended up in several Zimbabwean newspapers.

Here is a segment of an update my dad is sending out about the dance ministry:

“We are also in the process of registering the dance ministry as an association with the National Arts Council under the name ‘Zimbabwe’s Finest Dance Group’. Our goal for this side of the ministry is two-fold: to raise awareness and funds for the orphan ministry, and to create opportunities for local youth to get involved in a pro-social and creative, yet ‘cool’, alternative to drugs and crime. We have a number of hip hop/break dance teams, mostly from the ghetto, signed up with us already. We have a tentative green-light from the national television network…”

So the dance ministry is a very exciting new venture, and if it works out, it will be so helpful in spreading our ministry around the country!

Part of the winning team, the Boplets

DJ Scott =)