Both she and husband, Sean Feeley, are singing members of the Millennium Choir, a choral group that symbolizes peace in the world and the determination to enter the New Millennium with renewed hope for a better world and prayer to the Supreme Spirit. The choir is a multi-ethnic group of approximately 1,000 male and female singers.
Daughter of Ivy Bethune.
For her continuing efforts with disabled children through dance she has been commended by the White House (Presidents Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush) and cited by Los Angeles Mayors Richard Riordan and Tom Bradley and Senator Dianne Feinstein.
In 1980 she founded the Bethune Theatredanse, a multimedia performance company which has been designated as the official resident company of the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
On 11 February 2011 while driving in Los Angeles, she saw an injured animal by the side of the road, which turned out to be a dead possum. She got out of her car to check on the animal and was struck by two cars.
On May 17, 2006, USA Today, a newspaper that reaches millions worldwide, held its first annual USA Today Hollywood Hero Award gala at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. The first annual Hollywood Heroes Award this year was bestowed upon Ms. Bethune for her work with mentally and physically disabled children.
She founded Bethune Theatredanse (now Theater Bethune) in 1980 and Infinite Dreams in 1980. Theater Bethune is a nonprofit dance and drama company that has toured internationally and performed at the White House in Washington D.C. Infinite Dreams is a dance and performance program that has tutored over 8,000 children with disabilities in Southern California.
She is survived by her husband, Sean Feeley, and mother, Ivy Bethune.
She was diagnosed with scoliosis as a child and overcame it with dancing.
Stepdaughter of Stuart Lancaster.