Manuela's Review of the Year!
Manuela Veronese in Red with her Dancers
MANUELA´S REVIEW OF THE YEAR!
This was quite a special year for me, after having worked on and produced such wonderful events as the glamorous Charity Gala of The Children for Peace Onlus at the Villa Padierna in June, then there were the exams which followed, and the final show of the year at the Tivoli World of our school at the end of May. There is our summer dance school with the most interesting dance program with international dance teachers, and this month there was our recent Gala dance program for Concordia Marbella following an invitation to perform by the Princess Marie-Louise of Prussia and of course our Christmas show at the Las Lagunas Theater, which took place last Sunday, last but not least, our usual entertainment contracts at the Waterpark Mijas and Hipodrome,…….after all that I can only thank every single person who was on my side, supporting me throughout this year working and enjoying all these projects.
A huge thank you to all my students and their families who supported their kids, all the invited dancers and artists, all of the people who pushed and inspired me all the time, like Dario Poli and his Marbella Marbella Adelante team, Martyn Wood, Michel Guerillot, all institutions as Ayuntamiento Mijas, TV 340, and the Hipodrome.
Let’s not forget our visit to Paris with three talented pupils from my school, where we were involved in a special course with the principle dancers of The Opera de Paris, receiving a wonderful compliment from them, of being very well trained students with a good dance technique and considered hard workers; a  compliment indeed.
WOW! What a year! Could we have done more? But the best of all is to observe this wonderful dedication and disposition of all the kids, because we don´t have to forget that I mainly work with children, to be prepared and ready for any new projects coming up and be willing to give magic and illusion to our audience and to work ever so hard for this.
What I specially observed this year working so hard with so many children was how much these kids can learn in such a short time and how much they are willing to give and to share with others. What do we learn from all this? Give them all you want them to learn, expect everything from them, trust them, and push them all you can and you get it all back in wonderful results.
This was a wonderful year filled with hard work, but I am enjoying the positive results of all that stress. I promise to give you more and share all those wonderful shows with you if you want during the following year. You will hear from me again soon!!
I wish you all a harmonious Christmas time and very successful new year.
COMMENDATION FROM DEBRA MACE THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHILDREN FOR PEACE ONLUS ROME.
5 July 2011
FAMA
PopAcademia
C/Miguel de Unamuno N° 8 E-29640 Fuengirola
Dear Mrs. Veronese,
Please accept our heartfelt appreciation for the incredible performances by the children from your dance academy at our Benefit Gala in Marbella in June at the Hotel Villa Padierna. Their warmth and kindness for the children from the Askar Refugee Camp in the Palestinian Territories was felt by these children as well as their chaperones.
We are still receiving emails and telephone calls regarding the performances and the accolades contain statements about the professionalism by the children.
We sincerely hope that we will be able to work with you and the children from your dance again. It was a true pleasure and highly rewarding.
The President
(DEBRA ANN MACE)
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