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Dances
Last night out Stake was in charge of hosting our regional multi stake dance. We have a Stake Youth Committee that gets together and plans out each task. The dance we put on yesterday was themed Red, White and Blue. Each ward had an assignment and the Stake Young Men and Young Women presidencies where the chaperons. The dance normally starts at 9:00pm and goes till 11:00pm. Youth generally start arriving around 9:00 to 9:30pm but last night, there was a whole crowed of kids there even before 9:00pm.
There might be some people out there in the world wide web that don’t know that Mormons can dance. One of the wonderful things that the Mormon Church does is to plan and carry out wholesome activities for teenagers. Not only are they fun activities, but they are always supervised so that parents can feel comfortable dropping off their youth and know that they will be safe and that everything will be kept within certain guidelines that reflect gospel principles. Some of the dress standards that are followed are found in the “For Strength of Youth” pamphlet. In our Multi Stake Region, we ask all youth to ask their Bishop for a Dance Card. The dance card simply details out the standards that are kept at the dance and has a signature that states that the young man or young woman will abide by these standards. If someone doesn’t have a dance card, they are generally not turned away unless they are not abiding by the standards.
As I walked around the building (until my feet ached) I thought about how wonderful it was that church leaders would freely give of their time to host and chaperon a dance so that youth could mingle, dance and socialize in a safe environment. As a Father in an LDS Family, I am very thankful for the youth programs that train my kids and offer them opportunities to socialize, grow and prosper.
