VOLUNTEERING AT SENSATION PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE
At Cloudmuscle we are able to do volunteering work. I am very thankful for the opportunity to join my dance organisation called Sensation Performance Ensemble last weekend. Together with our A-Class, Open class and World class guard we joined the 42nd British Winter Guard United Kingdom Championships in Worcester,? England. I danced with Sensation since 2012 and now I teach the Open class guard. This year the group has 18 members between the ages of 16 till 27 year. ?
WINTER GUARD?
Modern color guard is a combination of the use of flags, sabers, mock rifles, and other equipment, as well as dance and other interpretive movement. It was originally founded in USA but spread over the world in countries like Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany and many more.??
WGUK (Winter Guard United Kingdom)?
The prelims show was good! The performance we gave at the prelims went really well even though the group had their mistakes they recovered quickly form it. A steady show, with a good focus. After our own show we watched the shows of other Open class?guards and of course the show of the World class guards. Then we had some time off and in the evening, we went through preparation process again for the finals show. It was an emotional moment because we realised that this is the last time that the group will perform their show in this composition. ?
The final show was also a good show and the members added more emotion in their performance. The show is called ‘GIFTED’. The group wanted to educate people on the diagnose of ADHD and autism and show the positive sides of those diagnoses. Great to see how the audience respond to a show with this subject. We had a lot of people come up to us and share their diagnose and say they were touched and moved by our show, since they feel included. Also, within the group, we have members that deal with ADHD and autism, they were the inspiration for the show. After an amazing competition in the Netherlands, the guard came in first in the U.K. as well. ?
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT?
Once again, an amazing season for the organization. Where the members got to grow their guard skills, learned how to work together in a team and got to grow as an individual. I am proud to be part of an organization like this which feels like a second family where not only the members get a chance to grow, but I do too. You get creative and if something doesn’t work in the show you will find a way to make it work by rewriting a certain dance part. I learned how to lead and stand in front of a group at Sensation, how to create, motivate a team and involve everybody in the team,? get flexible literally and figuratively. We learn the students not to be competitive, but to get the best out of themselves, work hard and that will impact good results.??
All above are skills that I use within Cloudmuscle ass well and help me to become a stronger and more confident person that knows what her strengths are.?
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