Strong Self camp wrapped up today with a grand finale with a focus on girls empowerment. Our second summer camp, Strong Self Camp, focused on personal health and expression to help the girls develop confidence through self-expression. With so many new things learned this week the girls pulled their talents together to put on the first Full Circles Strong Camp Talent Show! The performances were a wonderful mix of all the art forms we covered in the past two weeks. The girls danced, showed visual art, performed music, and presented poetry they have been practicing all week.
Parents, volunteers, instructors, and guest gathered to watch our girls show off their talent. The talent show started off with a group hula-hoop performance from our youngest group, “The Big Girls”. The girls made hula-hoops earlier this week at Strong Self Camp. As a fundraiser the girls will sell the hula-hoops during Raleigh’s First Friday. The girls were taught how to do some daring and impressive moves that they showed off during the opening act of the talent show. Next we were impressed by our older girl’s talents. Mekiyah read a poem by Maya Angelou, Carrie played a smooth saxophone solo, Jekiyah showed off her drawing skills, and Niecee blew us away with her singing!
After those wonderful solo acts we had a contemporary dance from our older girls, and a Big Girl streamer dance. Both directed by our talented instructor Jessica Roy. Accompanied by streamers the girls made during camp, The Big Girls danced their hearts out and dazzled the crowd. The Big Girls showed us their acting skills with a play about a lioness and her animal friends. The play had the crowd cheering and laughing. Caitlyn played the great Leona the Lion, Chekiyah was the pig, Mackenzie the mouse, Kyla the porcupine, Jaydyn the water buffalo, and Zayana play the rowdy rhino.
The night ended with our new Full Circles song created by our girls and instructors. The girls sang with pride as our instructor Marcie played the piano beautifully alongside the girls. This was the official unveiling of our song and it was a hit! I give the Full Circle Talent Show 5/5 circles! OOOOO. The Full Circle girls have it going on, and I was empowered just watching them showcase their talents.
Full Circles Foundation Instructor
Elyse Harris
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