June 2006 - The Parklander Magazine

Cynthia Gayle’s School of DanceWhat A United Night!Over 800 people celebrated at the inaugural Unity in our Community programpresented by One Planet United.The theme of the event was Celebrating Humanity, and a celebration it was.Dance and drama performances were presented by Cynthia Gayle’s School ofDance, Michael’s Academy of the Performing Arts, The Coral Springs Academyof Dance, The Fort Lauderdale Children’s Theatre and The Coral SpringsInstitute for the Performing Arts. Independent dancers Jaime Bloomfield andElisha Samaro performed a dance duet to the song Testify to Love. Judy Veliyathildid a music solo of John Denver’s moving song, It’s About Time, and Judy and hergroup that included Alice Price and Sharon and Paul Shuster performed I PledgeAllegiance, a song about world unity.The keynote speaker was Dr. Paul Veliyathil who addressed the crowd withLook Beyond What You See. The youth speaker was 8th grade student, Mateus Falciwhose topic was Unity Begins With Children.A special presentation for the First Annual Humanitarian of the Year awardwas presented to Karen Bossert, who runs Hatikvah House, a grouphome in Coral Springs that provides care to mentally and physicallychallenged adults.Sponsors for the inaugural event included The City of Coral Springs,Mars Research Company, The Forum Publishing Group, WassermanChiropractic, Pools by Ike, Inc., Puroclean, the Parklander Magazine,Bayside Graphics, Reinhardt Productions, Darby’s Florist, LTMGCreative Web Solutions, “A” Lighting Maintenance, CB Electric andSouthwest SensationsCoral Springs Academy of Dance - FinaleAlice Price, Judy Veliyathil,Sharon Shuster, Paul ShusterMichael’s Academy for the Performing ArtsMichael’s Academy for thePerforming ArtsCynthia Gayle’s School of DanceHumanitarian of theYear Presentation88 the PARKLANDER