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The Power of Shine! This is a charity that all your dancers at your studio can participate in. Wear Sequins For A Cause! Elizabeth Barry and Associates has teamed up with Sequins Direct, a division of the sequin manufacturer that we have worked with for over twenty-five years – Sequins International, located in Queens NY, to promote this project.

You and your dancers can help raise money to fight AIDS and Cancer with The Power of Shine!

If you missed my April Newsletter at satinstitches.com, I featured this partnership. The Power of Shine is helping to reach dancers from around the world. That means YOU! Two big charities that can help dancers such as yourself, are Dancers Responding to Aids or DRA, and Dancers Care Foundation or DCF. The Dancers Care Foundation is fighting cancer.

In our shaky economy of today, let’s not forget about our less fortunate friends in the dance world that can benefit from these two fine charity causes.

How can you help? Check out sequinsdirect.com and click on ‘The Power of Shine’.

Inspired by the plastic or rubber bracelets that other charities have promoted, you can show your support by purchasing a sparkling sequined wristband, something that dancers naturally like! The Power of Shine sequin wristband is a powerful statement, worn on the streets, in the dance studio, in rehearsals and on the stage to vividly express support for your charity of choice!

This month, our production staff at Satin Stitches cut and sewed 500 of these wristbands for a dance company to sell. The sequin trim is provided by Sequins International, also know as Sequins Direct. We provided the production labor for this project, for a minimal credit with Sequins International – which basically covered our thread and electricity costs.

Choose your sequin color and charity, and show your support. Red for DRA and florescent cerise for DCF. Dancers Responding to Aids was founded in 1991 by former Paul Taylor dancers Denise Roberts Hurlin and Hernando Cortez. Read more about their efforts on sequinsdirect.com. Dancers Care Foundation was founded by Sandy Coyte, a dance industry maven, to help raise funds to aid doctors who are working with cancer research.

Here is how it works: Log on to sequinsdirect.com and choose which color sequin band and charity you wish to contribute to. Purchase the wristbands in bulk, starting at 2 dozen minimum. Buy them for $3 wholesale. For every wristband purchase, $2 goes to charity. The wristbands have a retail value of $5 each. If your organization sells them for $5, you can either use the additional $2 for studio needs or give this money back to The Power of Shine.

If you REALLY want to make a BIG difference and statement, you can arrange to purchase the rights to a certain color, and promote The Power of Shine on tour, with your dance company or competition company. Promote The Power of Shine at your studio. Help all your dancers to have the opportunity to make a difference.