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Blog posts are written by members of the Celebration Youth Council, made up of 10 Young Men & 10 Young Women in the Draper and Oquirrh Mountain temple districts.
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ReplyDeleteThis Celebration was truly incredible. I don't want to ever forget it. The music, the dances, the messages, the fact that we got to perform for the prophet, it's all so over-whelming! I'm so very grateful that I got to be in it! I WILL "continue on that journey"!
ReplyDeleteI attended a broadcast tonite, and brought my children. It was a night to remember. The Spirit was strong, and it was FUN, too. Thank you all so much for all your hard work. It was a wonderful blessing to be able to watch this celebration.
ReplyDeleteWill the music to the finale be made available anywhere?
It was AMAZING tonight! I haven't felt the spirit so strongly in a long time. I'm so grateful I got to be in this. One of the best parts was when the congregation started singing "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet" as he walked on-stage. Thank you all for bringing me closer to Christ and Heavenly Father.
ReplyDeleteI'm extremely sad its over. Last night was the best thing ever!! I cried!! And the Conference Center was extremely packed!! President Eyring waved at me, he looked at me and I waved all excited and he smiled and waved really fast right back! It was the greatest ending to my night. I'm really sad the preparations for it are over, I loved going to my Stake Center every Sunday to practice singing. But I'm not stopping now. I will still attend the Temple once a week (my What Will I Give? project) and I plan on learning piano to play church hymns. MY FAVORITE SONGS(: Anyways, I would just like to thank all of those who sent out the text messages and posted blog posts on here. They really helped me and I really enjoyed reading everything they had to say. So thank you for this wonderful experience that I will NEVER forget!
ReplyDeleteThe celebration was one of the best things I have ever done! It was sooooo amazing! This was so much fun! Good Job everyone!
ReplyDeleteThis celebration is the most amazing thing I have ever been apart of. I am so grateful that I was able to be apart of it.
ReplyDeleteI have honestly never felt the spirit so strongly. When the temple came up out of the mountain everyone in my row had tears in their eyes. Even the guys cried..
It was an honor to have the prophet watch me dance. He is an inspiration to everyone. When he went and talked to the handicapped participents it made tears come to me and my best friends eyes. I know that him doing that made their days. He is an amzing person. I love him.
Since we started I have thought more about my actions. I feel like i have become a better person. And i hope that I can continue improving.
Thank you to everyone who made this happen, I know it changed MANY people's lives. Thank you.
My name is zach and i was in the oquirrh mountain one and what i lerned out of this temple celebration is that i can change my life around and when thomas s. monson came out every one stood up and it was so quit and then the choir sang veary softly (We Thank Thee, O God, For a Prophet) and then every one sang along and right there i felt the spirt and every one did so good it was better then a broadway play i think. Also i lernd that heavenly father and jesus christ really do love you and bless you for so much and my favorite dances were the indian dance and my dance the polynesian one so i hope all of you who were in it that you lernd something out of this and the youth that was in the conference center they help me so much like i only open my scriptures once in my life but now i am opening them every day and i used to listin to bad music but now i do not listin to bad music anymore i am so thankful for this whole experience becuse with out it i would be lost so thnkyou so much for this and always remember come up to the mountain of the lord! :)
ReplyDeletesaturday night was one of the best nights ever! It was seriousl so awesome!! I had so much fun and the spirit I felt was amazing. I am so greatful for this temple celebration experience. It was so coo to see all the youth participating, as well as all the people who came to watch. I loved seeing the prophet!
ReplyDeleteI sang with the choir and was amazed at the performance on stage. Then I turned around and saw the thousands of youth moving to and from their seats in the Conference Center. It was almost as exciting to see that part of the performance. How did it all come together? I guess at that moment I realized just how much work went into putting this together. Thank you to all the leaders who saw the vision of what this could be and how it would help us become more committed to the Gospel and especially the Temple. I know many of us were sometimes tough to work with and weren't as good as we could have been, but thank you for sticking with us. My life will never be the same. I will never look at the Temple the same way. I love the Savior. I love to see the Temple.
ReplyDeleteI was able to attend the Saturday night Celebration & watch 6 of my grandchildren perform. I just wish that they youth in the Jordan River & Salt Lake Temple districts had had the privelege of seeing it. It should have been put on twice for each group.
ReplyDeletei was an indian and at the end of our dance i could not stop smiling. i felt the spirit at the end of my dance so much that i started crying. and i almost started crying at the end of the whole program. yhe spirit was so strong fo r me that if you tried to cut it with a knife, the knife would break. i got a warm feeling i nmy heart and it kept on getting warmer and warmer until i thought my heart would explode it was so warm. at first i didnt want to do the celebration. no that ive done it i wish that i could do it again. I LOVED IT! i said a prayer and thanked the Lord a Jesus Christ that i got this once in a life time opportunity. it was one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. I WAS AWESOME!! I LOVED IT!!
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I'm crying as I read these... My name is Jarom Norris, and I was in the Choir for the Oquirrh Mountain Celebration. I really loved this celebration- the spirit, and the excitement of knowing that I was helping to celebrate the temple. I'm a teacher, and I'm really disapointed that I can't help with the Open House.
ReplyDeleteThe Dress rehearsal was really spiritual, too. During the last couple dances the first time around, during the Asian Dance, I wondered, "This Celebration seems to be more about differant Cultures than about the Temple. Why aren't we focused on more Spiritual Topics?" Almost instantly, the answer popped into my head, a line from the Finale: "Come all Nations, hear the call - join together one and all - Sing as one the song of truth - gather in the strength of Youth" I thought "These dances beneath the mountain represent all nations coming to the Mountain of the Lord." It was cool how the spirit was so strong that I got the answer to my question instantly.
Also at the Rehearsal, I was watching the missionaries as we sang "I love to see the temple." I looked up, and the temple was already on the mountain. I went from totally content watching the dance- to crying uncontrollably. I burst into tears, the spirit was that strong.
Another cool moment- after the preformance, President Monson went up on stage with the banner carriers, took one of the banners, and waved it above his head. The crowd Exploded. They went nuts. There were cries of "We Love You, President Monson!" and cheers and applause. I love President Monson.
This has been such a great experiance, and I'm sorry It's over. But Our Youth Conferance is based on this and the Temple, and I'm teally excited. Thanks to everyone who helped put this together!
I am so grateful for this oppertunity to participate in this celebration to show my Savior how grateful i am for His Temples and His Gospel. I loved this performance and I am sad its over. im going to miss all of the practices my spear i got to carry for our indian dance the texts that come during 1st period but most of all i will miss all the wonderful people i met. i wish i could feel the Spirit that i felt when Pres. Monson and Pres. Eyring came in that quieted thousands again
ReplyDeleteCan't believe it's done.
ReplyDeleteAt first when we started this celebration I really didn't realize how lucky I was to performing and celebrating the new Oquirrh Mountain temple. The thought really didn't hit me until the night of the performance. This is the house of the lord's temple were celebrating and this will always be my temple. The feeling I've had during this experience was better than I have ever imagined. I mean the thought of celebrating two new temples here in Utah is even more exciting than ever!! We should all be proud and happy for doing this and remembering the house of the lord, Jesus Christ.
ReplyDeleteThe Temple Celebration was soooo much fun! It was probably the most amazing experience I have had in my whole life!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't really that nervous (at first) and then as it got closer and closer to our dance I started to get shaky legs and my stomach was constantly flipping and turning upside down.
When we stood up, I almost fell because I was so nervous (I get nervous really easy). And then when we got down there, my friend, who "wasn't nervous" walked onto the stage, saw all the people, and her eyes grew HUGE. We both skipped down to where we were supposed to be and we both concentrated on smiling and doing our jobs.
Out finale was the best one up there that we've ever done and we all had a ton of fun! We seemed to feel the spirit that was in the air and moved together harmoniously. It was our best performance ever!
I loved the whole Temple Celebration and I am so glad that I got the amazing opportunity to participate in it!
It's so great to be able to read all of these comments and testimonies. I'm with you on this one, Jarom, and I don't cry very much! I can't say that I have ever felt the Spirit like we all did that night...it was indescribable other than I have never felt anything so beautiful. We are so lucky that we were willing to go and do this, for the temples, for the youth that didn't get this chance, for our Father in Heaven. And it was soo cool to be able to share this experience with my family! It was amazing to see this temple celebration turn out. Thank you to all the committees that pulled this together, and the patient leaders, and the people who put together the texting and blog. Thanks for giving us a chance to have this "June Rose in the December of our lives"-it was sooo cool to have Pres Monson there. Thank you to all the amazing youth that participated!!!
ReplyDeleteZach- i felt the same thing when the incredible prophet came out!!!! i really love heavenly father. i am just so grateful my blessings! you know its just been so hard roight now because i can feel the devil tempting me. but with god anything is possible.i know i will get thourgh this!!! love, camille beck Qquirrh temple performance 50's girl
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ReplyDeleteI am colby it was a incredable event. i was in the draper one. I felt the spirit it so much. When we sang I love to see the temple I could not stop crying and the rest of it
ReplyDeletethe celebration was soooooo much fun! i was in the farmer dance for the oqurrih mt. temple and at every practice everyone was so cheerful and i could really feel the spirit from the first practice to the performance on stage.
ReplyDeletei had so much fun performing in the celebration! i was in the 40's dance in the oquirrh mountain celebration! im just sad it's over. :( i miss dancing. i wish it was for like more than once.
ReplyDeleteTwo months later, and I still think of the Temple Celebration often. Can't wait for our stake gathering to receive the DVD and reminisce. Thank you to all who made this very amazing experience one I will always remember. It changed my heart. It changed my understanding of the temple. It changed my appreciation for great people and sacrifice for important things. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThe Temple celebration was one of the most amazing things I have ever done. I will never forget the spirit I felt and the fun I had. Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteI have a question though... is the celebration going to be made into a DVD? I really hope it does. I have the DVD from the Day of Celebration and it would be fantastic if i could be able to watch the Temple Celebration again. If i could find this out that would be great! Thanks :)
I was so inspired that I will not be the person who rejects the spirit, I will be the person who invites it.
ReplyDeleteThis experience was so amazing! I will never forget how the Spirit touched me that night. I'm so grateful that I got to be apart of it! It was hard work, but it totally worth it!
ReplyDeleteI was in the Draper Celebration. It was AMAZING! I can't believe how mucht the Sprit touched me that night! I wish it never ended!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Spencer Holt. I didn't know how powerful songs and dances could be. I really think we gave our best. I hope we can do this again sometime. I wish it could have lasted longer, or maybe we could have done another preformance. This was more fun than any thing I'v ever done before!!
ReplyDeleteok, even though the temple celebration was almost a year ago i still love immersing myself in the feeling of it. i like to visit the web site every once in a while just to bring back those feelings. i love all the feelings i got! all the friends i made, all the experiences i had, all the spirit i felt during everything!
ReplyDeletei'm so grateful for the leaders and everyone for giving up an immense amount of time to give us youth an amazing experience. it made us appreciate the temple a lot more, it made us feel like it was our temple because we spent so much time preparing for it. and to perform in front of our prophet was amazing!