Unspeakable Joy!

This day is surprising to us!

I just can't let this night pass without posting my first "post" for 2014.. :)

Surprising indeed this day! as we arrived in the house from our job this afternoon, got this news from a friend that we are featured by Mandisa in her Facebook account because of our dance "Overcomer" which is originally sang by her.

We praise God to that as we didn't really expect that it will be noticed by her and by the other people on the other side of the world. It makes us really happy knowing that many people are blessed on this dance. indeed this song is very inspiring!

With this "unspeakable joy", we always remind ourselves that it is not for our fame but for God's glory alone. We continue to declare that all Praises be unto the King!

Speaking of "Unspeakable Joy", ....... "JOY UNSPEAKABLE" is one of the songs of Mandisa that i was thinking the other night which will be our next project for the upcoming celebration this February. Praying that God would speak to us more through this song and give us wisdom as we make the dance steps for this.

For now, i am settled on this! the excitement of hearing that Mandisa might come here in Thailand is overflowing in the brim of our hearts.... :)

We would really love to see you here Mandisa as you inspire us always with your songs and with your life!  May His glory shine upon you as always!

Allow me to posts all our "Overcomer" dance performances here... as we didn't start the "Unspeakable Joy" yet... :)

We dedicate these dances to God and to all our fellowmen in the Philippines who are currently affected by the typhoon Agaton and those who were affected by the typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan....we encouraged you our "kababayans" ....don't give up, don't give in... we will all overcome these trials in our lives and in our country through Christ who strengthens us! God bless you Philippines....praying for you!

God speed!

Before the year 2013 ends

oh hello there! i miss you simply gracious.. :))

Before this year 2013 ends let me post the dances i missed to blog here due to "busyness" as always..weeehhh...on another way around...the truth is because of ..............l.a.z.i.n.e.s.s. :))) laziness! well, at times i am like that...that's me..:))

so what did i miss posting here???

starting with, the ROAD TRIP 2013 with our dance "OVERCOMER" of Mandisa on every place where we stopped. that was really fun! memorable time with friends.. i did try editing it to combine all the videos taken from all the places but yah sorry it isn't good, but...but ...but...just allow me to post..okay? :)))

huahin beach

and this is in the deep south of Thailand...

Next on the row was the dance "Lord You are Good" last November in the church.. we were asked to perform one dance during the advance Christmas Celebration of the 5 churches here in Hatyai and was held also in Cornerstone Church.

December was full-packed with practice and presentations in the different places we went to.

Started with Dec. 7 morning @ Namnoi Community.

Dec. 7 afternoon @ Ranot Community

Dec. 8 afternoon @ Banharn Community

Dec. 13 @ Banpruh Community

Dec. 14 @ Hatyai Convention Center for the Joint Christmas Celebration of 5 Churches here in Hatyai.
we presented 2 dances, "Joy to the World -Tambourine Dance" and "Lord You Are Good Dance"

Lord You are Good, ending part

Lord You Are Good, Tambourine part

Joy To the World Costume- a pose before the event started

They're the guest singers from Bangkok on that event...had a chance to take a pose on their tarp..grateful that we able to perform with them at that night.

had our dinner before the event started and had our pose :)))

the thai dancers: Plew, Nafia, Wann & Plume...so blessed with the life of these young people

A pose with one of the singers after the event

In all the communities that we visited, we all had the same presentations.
1. Joy to the World
2. A skit - My Name is forgiven followed with our dance "Hello My Name Is" by Matthew West
3. Our Dance "Overcomer" by Mandisa
4. Feliznavidad Dance which we taught to the kids

some vidsss... Joy to the world at Ranot

Feliznavidad

"My name is forgiven" & "hello My Name Is" at Banpruh

Dec. 14 @ the same place- Hatyai Convention Center

The  Eksilah Dance Team was invited to present a Philippine Folk Dance in a Charity Show for Haiyan Victims. As a Filipino, I am thankful that i had been a part of this event as to extend a little help to our kababayans who suffered from the strongest typhoon-Haiyan/Yolanda. We decided to present Salidumay and ended it with "Kuradang" a famous folk dance in Visayas-the middle part of the Philippines where the typhoon Haiyan occurred.

Salidumay Costume

Kuradang Costume

A pose with the other dancers and with the Emcee of the event

here's the video of all the dances presented on that night...we were the first who presented.

Dec. 22 Christmas Celebration @ Cornerstone Chapel Hadyai
we presented " Mary Did you Know Dance"

Dec. 25 @ one of the schools in Songkhla

with the elementary pupils

talking with the kinder pupils

we only presented one dance in this school, only the Joy to the World..here's the video of it..

Dec. 29 YES CHRISTMAS and New Years Party!

Time to go to church!!!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

OVERCOMER Dance Tutorial

Problems and trials are unavoidable part in life. Broken relationship, death of loved ones, losing jobs, natural disaster or any other unpleasant scenario that happen to us are all circumstances in life. We might question God why is it happening. And this line, "why me" may cross to our minds. yep, painful and difficult to face it. We might have negative responses to it.. we may say unfair....and we may say i surrender..i give up.... But the reality is, we have the control to how would we react in all of these to make us a better person...to make us stronger...to turn things which are best for us.. We cannot change the past but we have the chance to make things right for the future.

1 Thessalonians 5:18  give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

It isn't easy i know, but we can overcome all of these circumstances in life as we trust and cooperate to God's plan for us.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

1 Peter 5:7 says, Cast all your cares upon Him for He cares for you!

Yes, He does care for us more than how we do care for ourselves....

So whatever situation you are having right now, have HOPE! You can overcome cause we are always victorious in Jesus name!

Time to dance.... :)) and declare that we are all "overcomers"!

OVERCOMER song of Mandisa sums it up....Don't Quit , Don't give in.... You're an overcomer!

here's the dance tutorial... :))

here's the whole dance with music...

we did have our second practice after the Sunday worship...having fun while practicing..:))

God bless!

"This is the Day" Tambourine Dance Tutorial

Glad to be back in Tambourine Dance mode again!

 i was asked by a friend from the Philippines to have a simple tambourine dance tutorial for her students which they can use as an opening salvo for a thanksgiving celebration in school. this is the school were i worked for 9 years as a math teacher way back in the Philippines before i came here in Thailand.The school that i am talking about is my beloved Enfant Cheri Study Centre, Inc. They will celebrate its 21st founding anniversary this month of October! I am grateful for a chance to share a little help in this celebration. They will only have a week to practice for this dance so i was asked to make this dance very simple for grade school students! :))

So here it is, 4 STROKES for the whole dance...  ;)

-intro(1x)
-Isaiah (revised) (2x)
-intro action(1x)
-Isaiah (2x)
-Genesis (2x)
-Proclamation (2x)
-intro action(1x)
-Isaiah (2x)
-Genesis (2x)
-Proclamation (2x)
-Dancing (2x)
-Intro action (1x)
-clapping (1x)
-bridge action (4x)
-Circle formation (1 1/2x)
-Proclamation (2x)
-Intro action (1x)
the end... :))

Here's the whole dance with music!

OVERCOMER Dance

Yahoooooo!!! just so excited to be back on my blog post...

Need to overcome my boredom in creating dances nowadays....just felt so weak again and seems everything is so tiring.. i thank  GOd for reminding me after hearing this song n KLOVE! :) "OVERCOMER" by Mandisa.

As i ponder on this song, i realized that i did overcome a lot of trials in life and that is because God was there and is always there for me, holding me up high!

My prayer that "YOU" who could watch this dance will be blessed and be reminded that YOU are an OVERCOMER! Don't QUIT... DON'T GIVE IN! JESUS is there for you...

Here's the first video attempt for this dance... try to make the tutorial of this later with the other girls!

got some probs on this vid, it won't play in mobile...mmh..hope someone could tell me how to make this available in mobile..can't view this in my ipad..:((

Anyway God bless everyone!