This is adapted from a wonderful children's book.

THE SILVER SLIPPER

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A TEAM OF HIGH SCHOOL DANCERS UNLIKE ANY OTHER. AS A UNIT THEY WERE CALLED THE _____________. A GIRL NAMED _________________WAS SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE TEAM. SHE PRACTICED AND PRACTICED SO AS NOT TO LET DOWN HER TEAM MATES. HER GOAL WAS TO LIVE UP TO THE RICH HISTORY OF SUCCESS THAT HAD COME BEFORE HER. SHE WORKED ON HER TURNS, LEAPS, AND KICKS. SHE STRETCHED AND STRETCHED TO BECOME MORE LIMBER. SHE LISTENED TO EVERYTHING HER COACHES TOLD HER AND TRIED DILIGENTLY TO BE HER BEST.
AS THE BIG DAY OF STATE SECTION COMPETITION DREW CLOSER, SHE STARTED FEELING NERVOUS. WOULD SHE LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF HER PARENTS, TEAM MATES, COMMUNITY AND COACHES? WOULD SHE BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE PRESSURE?
HER COACHES SENSED THIS AND GAVE HER A SINGLE SILVER SLIPPER TO DANGLE ON A RIBBON TIED AROUND HER NECK.
HER COACHES SAID...."THIS SILVER SLIPPER SYMBOLIZES YOUR DREAM, IT SYMBOLIZES ALL WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER FOR, BUT MOSTLY IT SYMBOLIZES OUR BELIEF IN YOU. WE KNOW YOU WILL SHINE, IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. SO WHENEVER YOU FEEL A TWINGE OF DOUBT OR A LITTLE FEAR CREEP IN, JUST GRASP A HOLD OF THIS SILVER SLIPPER. LET IT HELP REMIND YOU, THAT YOU HAVE MORE POWER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. YOU WILL DO WONDERFULLY! JUST KEEP BELIEVING IN YOURSELF!!! SUCCESS COMES TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN SUCCEED!
LOVE, Your Coaches
* Incidentally, these charms can be purchased from the JFK Dance Etc. catalog. order early as they do run out at times.