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Cultural Celebration
On April 30th, 2011, 2700 youth from the Atlanta LDS Temple District performed in a “Cultural Celebration.” This was in conjunction with the rededication of the Atlanta Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple had been closed for almost 2 years for a complete remodel.
Twenty-eight youth from our ward (along with other youth from the Roswell Stake) performed a dance called “The Cake Walk” from the early 1900s. They got to perform for our Prophet, Thomas S. Monson. Megan, Mikayla & Ashley were able to participate. Liz didn’t participate because it was the night of her Senior Prom, which was held at the Fox Theater in Atlanta. PJ absolutely refused to participate…which was sad. But he would’ve rather died.
Our youth did such a superb job on their dance. I am so proud of them all.
These are our beautiful youth from our ward. They did such an amazing job of preparing - they only had 2 months to get it all together - and performing.
This is the Atlanta Civic Center where the Celebration took place.
This was rehearsal for the opening number where all of the dances were represented by a couple of dancers. There was also a youth choir (front).
This was a dress rehearsal for the The Cake Walk - our youth are on the right.
More Dress Rehearsal
The Actual Performance
The Actual Performance
Mikayla, Ashley & Mikayla
Mikayla & Megan
Mikayla (right) with some of the other youth (Bebe, Eileen & Angel)...
Ashley and her friends that performed with her (Tajheeta & Bebe)...
Megan killing time during the many hours of waiting.
Ashley and the some of the other youth killing time during the many hours of waiting.
We did a lot of waiting in our tiny corner...but the youth were great about it.
Megan
Mikayla...
...and Mikayla
Above: This is a video I took during the final dress rehearsal for the dance.