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Ron and Kathleen Jones are ballet teachers at the Columbia County Ballet (Augusta, Georgia), which they have run for 25 years.
Since its first year, the school has performed the Roar of Love, based on C. S. Lewis’s novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The next performance is scheduled later this month.
“A lot of children in the area have learned to love C. S. Lewis as a result of this,” Charlotte Carr said.
The Joneses started performing the Roar of Love when they found a record with the same title and got the rights to use the music. The production has grown over the years. Today, students perform at Bell Auditorium.
They continue the tradition because they love the story and its message. Outside the school is a statue of a lion representing Aslan, the lamp post from Narnia and an entrance sign that reads “You are entering Narnia.”
When Ron asked Kathleen to marry him, the first present he gave her was C. S. Lewis’s series The Chronicles of Narnia. He had read the books when he was touring with the Atlanta Ballet.
“The Roar of Love has served as a foundation for us. It gave our students a vehicle, and they could look forward to going into Narnia again and going in to the next character,” Kathleen said.
You can learn more about Ron and Kathleen’s love story, as well as the ballet school’s history, here.