Creation Studio

EEEK it's RECITAL DAY!!!!

Please join us in praying over all our dancers for health and safety, calmness of nerves, that they would have so much FUN! Pray that God's presence would pour out over the theatre today, and that God would be glorified in all that we do!

Today we get to honor our graduating seniors: Aubrey Harris, Hannah Howig, Lucia MacLean and Olivia Emmons. Congratulations ladies! May God direct each of your steps!

RECITAL DETAILS:
https://www.oswegocreationstudio.com/wordpress/recital/
• Recital – show starts at 1pm
o Doors open at 12:30pm
• Dancers arrive 11:30am to prepare
• OLDER DANCERS - Sapphire, Pearl, Topaz dancers will meet at the stage at 11:30 for prayer and warm up.
• Opal dancers – will go to their dressing room to get their first costume on. Then at noon these younger dancers will meet on the stage with Miss Jessica for prayer and stretching. (RUBY dancers ONLY will stay in audience with a parent until intermission).
• 12:15 all dancers should be finishing hair, first costumes on, use the bathroom etc.

SEE YOU AT THE STAGE!

GREAT job tonight dancers! I'm so proud of your hard work! Can't wait to see it all come together tomorrow! A couple of updates and reminders:

1. It was HOT tonight...I've done everything I can to talk to those in charge...but I'm not ultimately in control and have no idea if A/C will be working fully tomorrow or not. Pray with me that it is. But plan accordingly with water for your dancers!! We will have bottles for sale as well.

2. A message from Backstage Managers: Please make sure that dancers who need to be stage LEFT are stage LEFT and RIGHT are stage RIGHT and they CANNOT walk at the back of the stage where the white curtain is for lighting, it shakes it and is visible from audience. Please have all dancers use the hallway to cross from one side to the other. Miss Erin will be there to do her best to direct this tomorrow. Parent helpers don't stress so much about have them in order, wait until we get them to the wings them order them. We will help backstage.

3. If you preordered flowers for your dancer they will be availble for pick up, we still have lots left, but just buy them when you get there don't email me because I may not see it! When you pick up state your name and that you preordered. They will be set aside for you. Reminder $20 for each bouquet and cash or check made out to OCCS will be payment methods.

4. Make sure your dancers eat/drink healthy snack/lunch on their way to recital tomorrow.

5. Times to arrive:
11:30 Sapphire, Pearl, Topaz wil will stretch warm up and pray back stage, just come in comfy clothes dance shoes
12pm Opal dancers backstage
1pm Ruby dancer only stitting in audience with a parent until intermission

If you are helping tomorrow reminder of times to arrive:
Backstage Parents:11am

Buns Helpers: arrive by 11am to your stations.

OCCS table - Flower/water sales - 11am Saturday

Ticket door sellers:
You will report to Kelly Cullinan on Saturday morning by 11:30am to get directions and training.

THANK YOU ALL! Please pray health over all our dancers especially those who were feeling sick today!

Miss Jessica

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Pointe work is so incredibly hard! It takes sacrifice, endurance, hard work, and determination. Breaking down strongholds in our lives and taking our thoughts captive is the same. It doesn't happen magically, you have to work at it, replacing lies you've believed with God's truth. Repeatedly, diligently, with prayer, with determination. Changing the neural pathways in your brain to go a new way, God's way. Making your thoughts become obedient to Christ.

All but 2 of our our pointe dancers are first year pointe students. We're pretty sure you're going to be blown away by how far they've come and how beautifully they dance. But remember to achieve that beauty and grace took a lot of time, hard work and perseverance (even some blood sweat and tears at times).

We hope you recital tomorrow challenges you to not give up on taking your thoughts captive!

Tickets will also be available at the door.
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/40448889/creation-studio-recital-2026-captive-oswego-waterman-theatre

12 hours from now Grace's Crew dancers will be taking the stage to challenge us to take our thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ 2 Corinthians 10:5. Will you be joining us? We're especially excited about our opening dance, so make sure you're seated by 1pm so you don't miss a thing!

Often the best way to take our thoughts captive is to celebrate all that God has given us and focus on our blessings!

We hope you enjoy Opal Jazz's dance to "Celebration"!

Got your tickets for tomorrow's show at 1pm?
Don't worry you can buy them at the door too!
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/40448889/creation-studio-recital-2026-captive-oswego-waterman-theatre

In our society we are under constant assault. Each day we are confronted with anywhere between 4,000 to 10,000 advertisements and messages in the media.

This endless exposure is rewiring our brains, programming discontent as our default state.

In reality God doesn’t want us to compare ourselves to others, he designed each of us uniquely in His image.

He didn’t make any mistakes when He created us, and he didn’t make any mistakes in the way he created you either.

Galatians 1:10 says
“Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.”

As Topaz Jazz's song "Photoshop" says, "We’re not meant to look alike, we are meant for standing out and burning bright."

We hope this fun and spunky jazz dance inspires you to burn bright just the way God created you!

Did you get your tickets yet? Don't worry you can buy them at the door too!
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/40448889/creation-studio-recital-2026-captive-oswego-waterman-theatre

Want to preorder any flowers? Email me by tomorrow Friday at 9pm! [email protected]

Did you know that you can bring all your thoughts and feelings to God?

In Topaz Ballet's dance to “Overthinking” the song writer demonstrates this to us and encourages us that God will never leave us, even in the midst of troubling times and spiraling out of control thoughts. God will meet us THERE and show us that He cares.

"Do I tell You I feel hopeless?
Do I tell You that I'm scared?
Do I ask You for some clarity and say this isn't fair?
When I think that You don't notice
Is when You show me that You're a God who cares
When I'm sinking, overthinking, I know
That You won't leave me there"

God doesn’t want us wasting time worrying about the things of this life and trying to do things ourselves.

We hope you are encouraged through their dance on Saturday June 6th at Waterman.
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/40448889/creation-studio-recital-2026-captive-oswego-waterman-theatre

Dancers - Miss Jess wants to know - ARE YOU PACKED?
Rehearsal is TOMORROW, Friday at 4:30pm Waterman Theatre SUNY Oswego in Tyler Hall

Successful Recital Packing List:
1. All shoes
2. Rehearsal Tights & Recital Tights
3. Undergarments - n**e leo/black leo for Opal Tap, and bras that don't show!
4. Costumes AND HAIRPIECES for each dance
5. Water bottle - that doesn't leak if it tips (no other drinks backstage please!)
6. A healthy dinner/lunch planned that you can pack eat on the way to rehearsal/recital
7. Clean snacks packed that you could eat on a white couch
8. Calm activities to chill out with backstage
9. Bun supplies, hairbrush, hair spray
10. Makeup (not required)
11. Your SMILE!

All Rehearsal & Recital Details can be found here - https://www.oswegocreationstudio.com/wordpress/recital/