Oh wow! That is very cool! I will tell her and I KNOW she will look him up! My dd is a pianist and is pursuing collaborative piano. Her friend who will be her roommate *is* a ballet dancer. It sounds like she is BOUND to meet him somewhere along the line. I will let you know for sure. :)

I'll be interested to hear if she meets Dr. Harbinson and how she likes his teaching. He used to teach dance in YWAM, and he also taught about the arts from a Biblical worldview. I still have that teaching on tape and I loved it! He is very passionate about it. He has a huge heart for young artists. And a very funny British sense of humour. He wrote a musical drama a long time ago, called Toymaker and Son (google it), and then trained hundreds of mission teams to perform it around the world in several languages (the narrator on the tape). He trained others to train teams, too. I performed on two of those teams for several months at a time - it was soooooooo much fun, and a powerful message in its time. Dh and I adore the guy! :)

HI Colleen! Somehow, I missed that your msg was around! Thank you for sharing about your connection to Belhaven. I told my dd and she was going to see what he is doing there now. She is very excited!!

Congrats on your daughter deciding on Belhaven! I used to work with a missions organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM), and one of my favourite leaders/teachers/creative arts pioneer at the former Cambridge, Ontario YWAM arts centre is Dr. Colin Harbinson. He now works at Belhaven, and he is a lot of fun. Maybe your dd will come across him sometime.