Sunday, September 11, 2005

Dance lovers crowd festival plaza for Ballet Under the Stars, produced by Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet

Dance fans of every age and type filled the vast space under Festival Plaza's big stage canopy Saturday night.

Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet, under the artistic direction of Adrienne Brooks and Kendra Feazel Meiki, brought together selected dance troupes and brought out a big slice of the art-loving public. This was the 10th annual open, free event, and SMB concessions were to be donated to Katrina evacuees, said Susan Gross.

SMB shared the stage with Louisiana Dance Theater, Cydni's School of Dance and Power and Grace.

What was the message behind such a big downtown crowd?
a) Shreveport Metro Ballet is a first-rate company. b) The city loves to watch dance.
c) Locals are ready to meet and greet after indirectly suffering through the Katrina disaster.
d) Festival Plaza is one of the city's most effective sites.


Somehow this successful event makes me think of the column on rebuilding our community by author Suzanne W. Morse in Sunday's Times. With New Orleans covered in toxic muck it behooves Shreveport and region to re-assess the quality of our survival.

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