My second time visiting CLI Conservatory, Penny and Oliver’s first. I was reminded of the magic of this place, in the charming western Massachusetts towns, the eclectic community and the supportive environment of CLI. The connections they made, their love of dance with new space to breathe and grow, their tired bodies easily jumping right back in six days in a row and being surrounded by others that love dance as much as them, that see their talents without comparison, they are coming away feeling seen, supported and renewed.
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On August 21, 2025 I walked away from him with tears in his eyes. Within an hour, another parent sent me a video of him filming a Tik Tok with his newly made friends. That put my heart at ease although it would become heavy for the next few weeks as I adjusted to his absence.
Porto is Portugal’s second-largest city and a historic, UNESCO-listed “Invicta” (undefeated) city known as the birthplace of the nation’s name and its famous Port wine. We stayed right in the city and spent most of the two days we were there walking everywhere, in and down alleys and past charming cafes, wonderfully surprised by the colors and age of every building. 
The Douro River Valley in northern Portugal is the world’s oldest demarcated wine region (since 1756) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, renowned for its dramatic, terraced vineyards along the river.
With fully intact 13th century walls, Obidos passed through the hands of the Celts, Phoenicians, Romans and Moors, was given as a gift from King Dinis I to Queen Isabel in 1282 and for 550 years remained the property of Portugese queens who sponsored the construction of churches, town improvements, and a 16th-century aqueduct and by surviving the 1755 earthquake is now a storied town housing 3,100 inhabitants within it’s historic walls. 
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