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Beauty, Power, and Glory

IN A MOST UNEXPECTED PLACE!

by Randall Hinds

The Hinds family officially began Christ
In The Arts as a 501-c3 non-profit in
2006. Presently all seven children
and (all but the youngest of) eleven
grandchildren are involved with the
organization in some capacity. The
spouses are involved in dancing, teaching,
public relations, costume design and
sewing, and/or serving on the Board or as
a Partner.

ou’re sitting in a large years – most often from men. And I MEANINGFUL IMPRESSIONS
auditorium with a thousand smile to myself because, years ago,
Yother people, patiently that man would have been me. I I have had the privilege of viewing
waiting for the program to begin. had no connection with dance of this journey close-up. And though
You’ve come with minimal any kind. I simply didn’t get it. But I’m not a dancer myself, there are
expectations. Your child, or my kids did. And their passion to some things that have definitely
grandchild, or friend’s child is express the deep things of the soul impressed me through the years.
performing, and it is sort of your through skilled, beautiful, physical For one thing, ballet is tough! (Ballet
duty to attend. movement ultimately won out, is the dance genre that forms the
thank God!
It takes all of fifteen seconds to foundation of our training.)
realize something else is going on. THE BEGINNING And dancers are real athletes! This
For one thing, there are men on the part I do know because I have taken
stage, along with the girls and young About 20 years ago, my oldest their conditioning classes. (Some of
women. And the colors! The music! daughters began teaching ballet to these kids have abs of stone!) But
You’re immediately caught up in some of their fellow home schoolers. it’s equally an art form – graceful,
something completely unexpected. They had only been taking ballet beautiful, symmetrical.
It’s beautiful. It’s heartfelt. It’s themselves for a few years, and
something you can’t put into words. the classes they taught were small, Strength and beauty! Together they
conducted in borrowed or rented
In short, you realize that this isn’t a rooms of various kinds. form a powerful, dynamic energy!
simple dance recital. The production But there’s more. And this is where
is telling a story – one that’s deeply Since that simple beginning, a lot it becomes difficult to capture in
meaningful, one that you actually has happened. Our present school of words because this art form holds
relate to. It reaches down deep. Tears dramatic dance houses roughly 150 the potential to touch the heart in a
fill your eyes. “Dang it! I didn’t students, a rich history of many full- unique way. Perhaps the best way to
bargain for this!” you think. length, original productions and a express what I mean is to use music
tight-knit community of people who
I’ve heard some variation of this love to be together. as an illustration.
scenario multiple times through the

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