November 29th rehearsal for the 50th Jubilee celebration for April 29th 2011

Filipino cultural dance with the young men

Ballroom Dancers
Scarf Dance

Bamboo Dancers

Primary age childern doing a cultural dance.

Choir and dancers

Single Adult dancers

Even though it is five months before the Jubilee celebration the church here in the Philippines have been practicing for the big event. Today was a run through of the dances being practiced for some time and the choir rehearsal. It was held in the Ynara Sports Stadium but the big event will be held in the Araneta center which is quite large. The Ynara Sports Stadium has a capacity of 3 thousand people and there were 5 thousand that were there. It was a concern for the stadium officials. We had about five of our Security Staff there helping with the security and emergency medical there. We were told that there were 15 medical incidents by the time we got there at noon. Mostly incidents were dehydration and lack of air. It was crowded. When we got there we were offered water and food. We had ground floor seating so we could see the dances. The organization of the rehearsal was very good. Right on target. The dancers and choir performers came from about 17 stakes around Metro Manila. There were a great many busses that came with members arriving as early as 5 am this morning.