I would like to share a beautiful event that happened in 1983 when the story of Dodoland (Journey to Dodoland) was taken to the Organization of American States Conference in Guatemala for Teachers who taught challenged children from South and Central America.
I designed some costumes specially for this show – one being the Singing Tree who is represented in Dodoland from a dream I had of a Tree of Life and people young and old climbing it and singing angelically. Paula from New York became the Singing Tree in Guatemala. Without my dream and honoring it this would not of happened.
With synchronicity today in 2020 I was in the Dream Retreat group and the topic was the visit to the Tree of Life. Many dreamers shared their visions they had in journeying. It made me realize – “yes the trees were there 40 years ago when I dreamt of the Singing Tree and still here today and we must love and take care and sing to them too! Love and protect the trees! They like us and as I was told in a dream like Dodoland have the depth of the Earth and also Light and Freedom. We are all one!”
Della Burford
| Milestones | People | Dreams | Results | |
| 1983 Della Burford took Dodoland to Guatemala. Made new costumes and large canvases. Also made a silk Bird Helmet that became wondrous cape to do the secret to go home “ caterpillar to butterfly” I performed the part of the Lotus One. Representing spiritual growth ..transformation. The Dodoland Cooey who represents love and kindness is present ( part nauticulus, part unicorn) Julie Lieberman is the Cooey in Gautamala. The Singing Tree which I saw in a dream as people climbing young and old and singing an angelic song became part of Dodoland. Paula from N.Y.C. ,an opera singer, wore a Singing Tree costume and sang the Singing Tree song in Guatemala. | Dale Bertrand Tedrian Chizik Vern Harper Pauline Shirt Luana Harper Les Harper Deanna Harper Julie Lieberman (Smithsonian) Mirabai Merian Soto Rafuel Fuentes Paula Virgil Scott Denise Howard Jerome Alice Brownlee (Ananda) Summer Festival at Inner City Angels. – St. Gaspar, St. Anne Elisa Lodge Ray Harrell – (Tedrian’s Wise council) | Dreams: “Sitting in a Medicine Wheel” “Unicorns jumping out of the sea” “Elisa moving around the Medicine Wheel” “Told the Bird Helmet is the symbol of peace” “book .. girl who opened the door” “Flowers had enchantment, beauty and life” “Was old in Dodoland in the depth of the earth and the light and freedom” When in Guatemala we went on a pilgrimage to Tikal. | Dodoland is performed at Smithsonian Institute Dodoland at Ananda Ashram. Performed Dodoland in Guatemala at the ‘Magic in Me” Conference for teachers who taught handicapped children organized by the Organization of American States. Also went into a hospital and local communities in Guatemala. Also did a project at Wandering Spirit School in Toronto Inner City Angel project Open City District 6 N.Y.C. saw performances of Dodoland and created an Activity Guide. |
Create a Dream, with Della Burford 
Yuo, there we were on stage in the National Theatre, Guatemala City, along with Disney’s Goofy, Minnie Mouse, Burl Ives and Della along with Tedrian Chizak and the whole wonderful Dodland crew frim NYC
Yes, an amazing event to be part of. it was called the ‘Magic in Me’ and it certainly had the magic of knowing each and every one of us is magical – “Be what you want to be’ in Dodoland”. Privileged to be part of something so wonderful. I remember when the NYC group arrived in Guatemala and being handed bouquets of Birds of Paradise, and after our event going into the hospitals where children were dying as they did not have refrigeration for vaccines and the “Dodoland’ team went in with smiles for the sweethearts and Julie who played the Cooey (Unicorn) played the most soothing lullaby music to them on her violin. I was proud of our group.