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Founder & Director: Shavonda Pannell

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Shavonda Pannell:
YESTERDAY MY DREAM BECAME A REALITY AS I WITNESSED SUCH A POSITIVE SHIFT IN THE COMMUNITY UPON YESTERDAYS FIRST ANNUAL PRANCING PEARLS OF EXCELLENCE SHOWCASE. WORDS WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THE GRATITUDE I FEEL FROM THE LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY. I EXPECT GREAT THINGS FROM THIS DANCE TEAM BECAUSE I KNOW I WAS BLESSED WITH AN AMAZING GROUP OF HARD WORKING YOUNG LADIES. NO ONE WILL EVER UNDERSTAND THE HARD WORK THESE GIRLS HAVE PUT INTO PREPARING FOR THIS SHOWCASE. THEY HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO THE MAX IN A WAY THAT THEY HAVE PROBABLY NEVER BEEN PUSHED BEFORE BUT THE OUTCOME FROM IT ALL WAS PURE EXCELLENCE!! I AM BEYOND PROUD OF THESE YOUNG LADIES AND EVEN MORE PROUD TO BE THEIR COACH. I HAVE WATCHED THEM GROW SO MUCH WITHIN THESE LAST TWO MONTHS. NOT ONLY HAVE THEY GROWN TO BECOME MORE CONFIDENT AND BETTER DANCERS BUT THEY HAVE GROWN AND BECOME MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AS YOUNG LADIES. IT IS MY GOAL TO INSTILL HIGH SELF-ESTEEM CONFIDENCE POSITIVITY LOVE AND SUPPORT WITHIN THESE YOUNG LADIES. I ONLY WANT THEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR ENVIRONMENT NOR SOCIETY DEFINES WHO THEY ARE...THEY DEFINE THEMSELVES...SO IF ALLOWING THEM TO DEFINE AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH THE ART OF DANCE IN A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT WILL KEEP THEM FROM FALLING VICTIM TO ALL THE MADNESS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY THEN I WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH JUST THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOT ONLY THANK THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO EVERYONE WHO HELPED TO MAKE THIS SHOWCASE A SUCCESS!! THANK YOU TO MY ASSISTANT COACH AND BEST FRIEND Kendall Alexander FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND TIME YOU HAVE HELPED PUT INTO THIS SQUAD, MY PERSONAL ASSISTANT SHANIECE RANDLE FOR MAKING THINGS LESS STRESSFUL FOR ME AND KEEPING MY HEAD FROM SPINNING OFF MY SHOULDERS LOL MY ENTIRE PPE DANCE STAFF Ashley Sells Robert Washington Vashonda Sherra LaTonya Pinder Brittney Dorsey Micah Wise Karla Etter-Ricard FOR MAKING SURE THINGS RAN SMOOTHLY YESTERDAY Sonya Renee WITH SO LADYLIKE EVENTS FOR THE VIP SEATING AND SWAG BAGS..MAKE-UP ARTIST Marcenta Gaines AND THE PPE GLAM DREAM TEAM MARYBETH AND KELLY FOR MAKING MY PEARLS LOOK ABSOLUTELY AMAZING UPON YESTERDAY MY BEST FRIEND OF 18 YEARS Jamaal Dyer FOR KNOWING ME SO WELL AND BEING SUCH AN AMAZING EMCEE FOR THE EVENT..Nathan McKinney FOR EDITING THE MUSIC FOR THE TEAM D.j. Good Ground FOR BEING AN AMAZING DJ AND KEEPING THE CROWD ENTERTAINED Vivian Boyles Spencer King Anthony Pannell Jr AND Darrell Hutton FOR CAPTURING AMAZING PHOTOS AND BEHIND THE SCENE FOOTAGE OF THE SHOWCASE THANK YOU Candace Fields FOR BEING A VENDOR AT YESTERDAYS EVENT Shkendra Lethers FOR HELPING RUN THE CONCESSION STAND YESTERDAY... OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Shannon Guillory FOR CREATING THE PPE LOGO AND FOR CREATING ALL THE PPE DANCE FLYERS Donna A. Ross FOR THE PPE T-SHIRTS MY AMAZING PRANCING PEARL MOTHERS AND PARENTS FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS SUPPORT..MY MOTHER Mzv Beingme FOR NOT ONLY BEING SUCH AN AMAZING MOTHER TO ME BUT TO THE GIRLS AS WELL AND FOR MAKING THEM BREAKFAST YESTERDAY MORNING..MY DAD Anthony Pannell UPON KEEPING THE PEACE OUTSIDE OF THE EVENT (YOU ARE SO GREAT AT STAYING CALM) THANK YOU TO OUR SPECIAL GUEST THE Diamond Divas FROM OKC THEY SHOWED UP AND SHOWED OUT! I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE TULSA COMMUNITY FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT UPON YESTERDAY AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY AMAZING TALENTED BEAUTIFUL PRANCING PEARLS OF EXCELLENCE FOR PUTTING ON AN AMAZING SHOW!! YOU ALL ARE SIMPLY AMAZING AND I AM PROUD TO BE YOUR COACH! I AM JUST OVERWHELMED WITH THE AMOUNT OF LOVE WE RECEIVED YESTERDAY AND FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART I LOVE YOU ALL!!