Stories of Impact

Little Ms Katie, preparing for her performance debut to "Good Ship Lollipop" This month's story of impact isn't about a competition, a performance, or a community event. It's about me. Over the past month, I've spent a lot of time reflecting on the kind of coach I want to be. Coaching high-level athletes is one of the greatest privileges of my life, but it comes with an unexpected challenge that I never saw coming. Excellence quietly becomes normal. The first time an athlete

When people walk into one of our productions, they see the finished product. They see castles, villages, forests, and entire worlds built inside a gymnasium. What they don't always see is the work that happens before the curtain rises. For Belle, every backdrop began as a sketch. I spent weeks drawing the village both on a computer and onto the flats, the castles, and the details in the village that would eventually transform our gym into a storybook world. The vision was the