The Rotary Centre of the Arts was the epicentre of the Kelowna celebration, where the rooms came alive with dance, music and laughter.

Instructors travelled from as far away as India to teach at the two-and-a-half day event which kicked off Friday night.

“Dont listen to those people. You can do anything. I mean that for everybody,” she says. “It is going to be okay and you will get over it and you are stronger. No matter what anybody says, you are capable.”