Happy Birthday Lauri!!

Today is the birthday of one of the most amazing women I know, Mrs. Lauri Gregoire! Lauri and I first met when I was a Sophomore in HIGH SCHOOL - she was hired to choreograph our spring musical, Kiss Me Kate. However, it was very clear very early on that Lauri was going to be the star of that show - the boys could not stop drooling!! We have been friends ever since, and have performed together in numerous Boiler Room productions together - Beauty and the Beast, Grease, H2$, Working, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Billy Bob's Holiday Hoedowon,
Will Rogers' Follies, and currently Jesus Christ
Superstar!

Lauri has taught me so much about what it means to be a friend, a Christian woman, and a performer. She and I have laughed, cried, vented, griped and grubbed our way through heartache, love, weddings, lost friends, long rehearsals job changes. She is one of the strongest people I know - she owns her own business, Bellevue Dance Center, an admirable feat in and of itself. But on top of that, she teaches private lessons, performs at Opryland, directs summer camps at the Boiler Room, and finds time to be a wife a
fantastic friend.

Lauri, you are such an inspiration to me! The dedication to your work, your family, your friends, and God - all the things you love - is amazing! I am so blessed to have you in my life and don't know what I would do without you! You are like a big sister to me and I am blessed to have a front row seat to all that God is doing in your life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MISS LAURI! :)