Celebrate The Beat are Back!

PEACE is ready to welcome the team from Celebrate The Beat once again this year. They arrived this weekend, and started working with the children at the primary school of Corral del Risco. We are so excited for this years performance!

A little background of "Celebrate The Beat"...

Celebrate The Beat (CTB) is a not-for-profit Colorado-based organization. Their mission is to teach inspirational music and dance classes that help children discover their potential by motivating them to believe in themselves, to value artistic expression, and to develop a personal standard of excellence; to use dance as the medium to teach children a valuable life lesson: that energy, discipline, hard work, commitment, and joyful concentration can lead to success; and to set high standards, and support children as they learn to meet those standards by trying their hardest and never giving up.

During and after school hours, this team of teaching artists serve entire grades, or an entire school, by creating a music and dance extravaganza inspired by that year's education theme. The artists are professional dancers, choreographers, musicians, and composers, who believe that the arts should be an integral part of every child's education. They have traveled all around the US and also to Mexico to share their program with grade-school children. We are lucky enough to have had the opportunity to work with them last year with the children of the primary school of Emiliano Zapata, and it was a huge success! This year, the team in Corral del Risco will be led by artistic director Tracy Straus, musical directors Tim Ribner and Marc Malcuit, and CTB teachers Heather Kratz and Jon Swarthout. The CTB students will learn dances inspired by Dr. Suess's "Horton Hears a Who" and create a 15-foot banner also inspired by Dr. Suess. So much fun!

We have two amazing opportunities for you to see the children and their grand performance. The first is for parents and family friends on Friday, February 19 at the primary school in Corral del Risco; the other is an evening performance at the Hotel des Artistes Sky Bar in Anclote on Saturday, February 20 at 5:30pm (Jalisco Time), which will include cocktails, live auction, music and a performance by these amazing children. Please join us if you have the chance... it will be an experience to remember! Details on the event will be coming soon. If you have questions, contact Nicole at nicole@peacemexico.org

For more information on Celebrate The Beat and their amazing project, please visit their website at http://www.ctbeat.org/

Photos by Nikhol Esteras-Roberts and Nicole Majewski