HUNGER GAMES: KEEP CALM AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR!!!

 

(PARTIAL QUOTE FROM

THE HUNGER GAMES)

 

HOW PERFECT?...

 

COMBINING

"KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON"

WITH

"MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR"...

 

I DID MY OWN VERSION RECENTLY FOR MY AWARD-WINNING INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO:

"RAISING THE BARRE,

KEEP CALM AND DANCE ON"!!

 

 

 

 

THIS VIDEO WON

DANCE TEACHER

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO OF THE MONTH, VIEWER'S CHOICE!!!

http://dancemedia.com/v/8633

 

 

I SHARE MY FOCUSING TECHNIQUES FOR DANCERS IN THE VIDEO.

 

I SURVIVED A "BALLET BLIZZARD", (WHERE AS A SNOWFLAKE IN THE NUTCRACKER), A TECHNICAL GLITCH CAUSED SNOW TO BE DUMPED DOWN ON ME ALL IN A HEAP INSTEAD OF SPRINKLING DOWN GENTLY THROUGHOUT THE DANCE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I DON'T KNOW IF THE ODDS WERE EXACTLY IN MY FAVOR JUST THEN,

BUT

"KEEPING CALM AND DANCING ON" ALLOWED ME TO

LEAP INTO THE NEWSPAPER!!

 

(The blog's first photo shows my cafepress tote bag)

 

 

FOOTNOTE:

 

WAIT!! 

PERHAPS THE ODDS ACTUALLY WERE IN MY FAVOR...

IF IT WAS JUST ANOTHER ORDINARY

"DAY AT THE OFFICE"

 ( A ROUTINE SNOW PERFORMANCE),

I WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO WRITE ABOUT HERE, WOULD I? CERTAINLY NOT THE "HEROICS" OF FORGING ON THROUGH A PERFORMANCE IN A "BLINDING SNOWSTORM", DANCING ON DANGEROUS SNOW HEAPS ON THE GROUND, ETC., ETC., ETC.!!!

 

WHICH JUST SEGUES US

INTO ANOTHER QUOTE:

 

"WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU LEMONS,

MAKE LEMONADE"!!!

 

 



HUNGER GAMES: THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN FEAR IS HOPE!!!

 

"HOPE. IT IS THE

ONLY THING STRONGER THAN FEAR."

(QUOTE FROM THE HUNGER GAMES)

 

WITH MY MOM'S ILLNESS, AND WITH ALL THE CHALLENGES I'VE GONE THROUGH IN MY LIFE, I REALIZE THIS QUOTE SPEAKS TO ME IN A REALLY POWERFUL WAY.

 

MY MOM'S DOCTORS THOUGHT SHE WOULD DIE IN ONE MONTH BUT SHE HASN'T!!

 

AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM MY EARLIER BLOG POST "MY GUIDING LIGHT", I FOUND INFO THAT DIRECTLY HELPED WITH HER MEDICAL CONDITION!!

 

EVERYONE TRIED TO TELL ME SHE WAS IN A "HOPELESS" STATE AND TRIED TO MAKE ME HOPELESS,TOO.

 

AS MY BLOG POST SHOWED, I FOUGHT AGAINST THE TIDE OF HOPELESSNESS AND FOUND NEW CONCRETE ANSWERS TO HELP HER...

 

WHAT A POWERFUL QUOTE FROM SUCH A POWERFUL AUTHOR.

 

THANK YOU, SUZANNE COLLINS, FOR ARTICULATING WHAT I WAS STRIVING FOR ON MY OWN.

 

(PHOTO SHOWS A WALL HANGING

 FOUND ON ETSY FROM STEPHIISHOP)

 

FRIDAY...DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S CALLED FRIDAY???

DO YOU KNOW WHY IT'S CALLED

"FRIDAY"??

 

BECAUSE YOU ARE SO "FRIED" FROM DEALING WITH ALL OF THE

 STRESS OF THE WEEK!!

IN FACT, IT COULD EVEN BE PRONOUNCED
"FRIED-AY" AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.

 

BUT NOT TO FEAR, BECAUSE AFTER "FRIDAY", THERE COMES

THE "WEEKEND"!!!

 

DO YOU KNOW WHAT

THE "WEEKEND" MEANS?

 

IT MEANS YOU WILL STOP FEELING "WEAK" FROM THE STRESS OF THE "WEEK"...IN OTHER WORDS THE "WEAK" WILL FINALLY "END"!!

 

THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!!!

 

THEN COMES "MONDAY",

BUT DON'T ASK ME

WHAT "MONDAY" MEANS,

BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA.  :)

 

THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS SHOW ME FEELING RELAXED:

 

THESE SHOW ME RIGHT

AFTER WINNING MY

NATIONAL DANCE TITLE!

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS!

 

 

FAMILY VACATION AT DISNEY WORLD!

 

 

RELAXING AT THE

BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

BEFORE MY WORLD PREMIERE

OF MY ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE

"POE BALLET",

THE TELL-TALE HEART,

A TRULY "POE-ETIC" BALLET!!!

 

 

 

RELAXING BEFORE MY UNIQUE CONCERT: ARIAS AND ARABESQUES,

"THE CARMEN SUITE".

(LIVE OPERA AND

MY DANCING AND CHOREOGRAPHY!!!!)

 

 

RELAXING AT

CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY

TELEVISION STATION

AFTER GIVING AN INTERVIEW AND PERFORMANCE AT THEIR TV STUDIO!!!

 

 

RELAXING IN THE STUDIO

WITH MY

 REGIONAL DANCE COMPETITION TROPHY!

I WON A TITLE AT

A REGIONAL COMPETITION

AND WON

PLATINUM AWARDS FOR MY DANCING!!!

 

 

RELAXING IN THE STUDIO

FOLLOWING THE PHOTOSHOOT

FOR MY

RISING STAR WEBPAGE

ON CAPEZIO'S WEBSITE!!

 

 

RELAXING BEFORE MY

SOLD-OUT CONCERT:

ARIAS AND ARABESQUES

"THE DIE FLEDERMAUS SUITE"!

I PERFORMED ON

THE PIANO DURING

THE DANCE FINALE!!!!

 

 

RELAXING IN THE PARK

NEXT TO

THE ACADEMY BUILDING

WHERE I WAS ASKED TO TEACH

CREATIVE MOVEMENT FOR CHILDREN. HIRED BY THE THEN

 DIRECTOR OF THE

MASSACHUSETTS DANCE FESTIVAL

FOR HER OUTREACH CLASS IN

THE ACADEMY BUILDING.

 

 

 

RELAXING WITH MY DANCE PARTNER!!!

WE WENT ON TO A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WHERE MY CHOREOGRAPHY SAW US RECEIVING MORE THAN 28,000 VIEWS OF US DANCING TOGETHER!!!

 

RELAXING AT THE

PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AFTER WINNING

A SPECIAL AWARD

FROM THE JUDGES

FOR MY "BEAUTIFUL TURNS"!!!

 

 

RELAXING AFTER MY SUCCESSFUL PHOTOSHOOT FOR

STUFF MAGAZINE'S

"ONE NIGHT IN BOSTON"

 (ONLINE EDITION)!!!

 

 

RELAXING IN SEATTLE

AFTER FINISHING A 2-WEEK

NATIONAL CHOREOGRAPHIC INTENSIVE WHERE I ENDED UP BECOMING

DANCE TEACHER MAGAZINE'S

EDITORS' CHOICE

VIDEO OF THE MONTH

FOR WORK I DID THERE!!!!

 

 

 

 

THE PURE JOY OF MOVEMENT-

THE BEST RELAXATION THERE IS!!!!