Dear Friends and Family,
The countdown begins! 10 days... My flight leaves SFO at 10:05am on Tuesday, July 27th and we stop in Brussels before arriving in Nairobi the next day at 10:30pm. On the way back, we have to stop in Zurich and D.C. before coming home on Wednesday, August 11th. We'll be spending over 24 hours in transit each way...
We are doing another carwash on the corner of El Camino and Kiely Saturday from 10-4ish to try and raise more money. If you are around, stop by to say hello! I am still accepting donations, even up to and after the trip, until I can cover some of the major costs... Our plane tickets turned out to be $2550!!! So far, you have helped me to raise $1879! Thank you thank you!!! About $1000 more to go =)
On another note, have you heard of National Dance Day???
Get Excited for National Dance Day
So You Think You Can Dance executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe would like to declare July 31, NATIONAL DANCE DAY.
WHAT: NATIONAL DANCE DAY, a grassroots initiative that encourages the nation, young and old, to move! Individuals, families, organizations and communities from across the nation come together through their creative expression in dance. Any style of dance is welcome and imagination is recommended in order to get the most out of this celebratory day.
WHEN: Saturday, July 31
WHY: To continue to generate national awareness for dance, a medium of expression and storytelling which, through shows like So You Think You Can Dance, has proven its value in bringing individuals from all walks of life together through a positive platform that has no boundaries and cultivates imagination and passion. Most importantly, the day is intended to promote health and wellness nationwide.
Nigel has been tweeting up a storm about National Dance Day, a.k.a. D-Day. He said the goal is to “prove that the ‘Power of Dance’ can MOVE an entire Country!” So get up off the couch and put on your dancing shoes on July 31st. Share your D-Day ideas in the SYTYCD forums and stay tuned to this site for more information to come.
So... our Kenya team is going to learn the Dance Day routine, choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon, add in some step and sounds (since we probably won't have access to music!), and we're going to teach it to the kids in the orphanages! We hope to record the kids performing the dance on July 31st, and help to make National Dance Day into INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY!!!
YOU should learn the dance too and join in the dance movement on July 31st! There will be flash mobs everywhere (flash mobs are when strangers show up at a certain location and all start dancing together since they know the same routine). There will be one for sure in the Bay Area, LA, and even in D.C.! Here's the video:
Happy Dancing!!! =)
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