Elementary students to take part in community ballroom
dance
Students at A.W. Becker Elementary
School will be putting on
their dancing shoes later this month – but they won’t be
dancing to the likes of Kanye West, 50Cent or Rob
Thomas.
Rather
the students will be waltzing, doing the rhumba
and other
ballroom dances to the sounds of Big Band and other
early and mid-20th century artists.
The
school will host a Community Ballroom Dance on March 27,
from
7-8:30 p.m. to allow the approximately three-dozen
students who have learned ball room dancing as part of a
program to showcase their talents.
The
event is open to the public and adults are
encouraged
to attend to dance alongside the students, organizers
said.
Students who take part in A.W. Becker’s ballroom dance
program meet twice a week after school to learn dances
ranging from the foxtrot to the rhumba, jitterbug,
cha-cha and waltz.
The program is designed to help young students gain
poise and grace as well as encourage teamwork and
coordination.
“The dance program is unique that the structure of this
opportunity will empower our students in so many ways
throughout their life,” said Board of Education member
John Vadney,
whose
son, Joshua, is a participant in the program.
