There was a whole lotta dancing going on this past Saturday. The 6th annual Philadelphia Dance Day brought about 550 people out to dance, just topping our record from last year! Total workshop participation: about 810.
This amazing dancestravaganza would not be possible without the help of our sponsors, partners and volunteers, so we’d like to thank them again:
Partners
- Allarh Mast Jawani
- CEG Performing Arts Academy
- Christian Street YMCA
- Headlong Studios
- Koresh School of Dance
- Lindy and Blues (LAB)
- Major Moment Studio
- Modero Dance Company
- Philly Dance Fitness instructors
- Step by Step Dance Expressions
- Studio 1831
- Zoom Dance
- Independent instructors including Sarah Chung & Damien Lobato and Veronica Hudacek
Sponsors
- Professional Women’s Roundtable
- Real Time Pain Relief
- Philly Dance Fitness
- Ballroom Bliss
Volunteers
- Beverly Holskin
- Chuck Havranak
- Danielle Gray
- Janet Faulls
- Kirwei Lo
- Molly Pekula
- Wanda Neville
Extra special thanks to:
- Danielle Gray, who designed the programs
- Beverly Holskin, Sherrilyn Billger and Trina Lyons, who spent extra volunteer time choreographing and rehearsing with their students to perform in the evening showcase. Many of these adult students have been training just for fun and performing is a new experience for them.
- Cheryl and Norman Weiner, and Seth Weiner, who handled refreshments, set-up, sound systems and more.
And a huge thank you to everyone who attended and boogied all day long with us! Relive the day here by flipping through some photos and videos from the performances.
While you’re at it, mark your calendars now for Dance Day 2016. As usual, it will be the last Saturday of the month, which is July 30. See you then!
