Finding community. The need to belong. The common/shared interest. I love finding ways to connect here in Portland, and my recent association with dancing has given me yet another sense of community. Not only amongst dancers, but to the community at large. Last Saturday my previous association with the sponsor, White Bird, and their Le Grand Continental (a wonderful gift to our community) was brought back to life for an ever so brief repeat at Union Station for National Train Day.
Our last rehearsal before National Train Day
To prepare for that performance, rehearsals have filled my days. It was well worth the effort, looking back, but though that performance is complete the rehearsals haven’t finished. Many of us from Le Grand Continental are continuing to dance – dedicated to rehearsals 3 times a week – to prepare ourselves for the launch of the Portland Rose Festival with the Starlight Parade on June 1. Known for being a ‘zanier” parade, we’re practicing our hearts out to make sure we’re ready. Of the 100 or so that committed to this, there are about 70 who have stayed the course. Yet another community, and for many of us this will be our third performance together. We shivered through another chilly and wet evening last night as we ran through the paces. We may never look like these two professional dancers but we’re ready to bring fun and frivolity to the people of Portland 15 days from now. Will you be there?
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