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Thursday, May 5, 2011

New Tiger Dance Company Performing For Charity Saturday


Bluffton High School has a new dance troupe, and the students will be strutting their stuff for the public Saturday, in an effort to raise funds for charity. 

 

English/Language Arts Teacher Amanda Berhalter started the group just after Christmas break. Saturday afternoon, they will be performing in an attempt to raise funds for the Andrea Rizzo Memorial Foundation in the first (of what Berhalter hopes will become an annual event) Tiger Dance Company Charity Dance Show. 

 

Over 30 dancers will be performing, and will showcase three genres of dance - hip hop, jazz and lyrical dance styles. 

 

Bluffton’s show choir, “Musical Entourage” will also perform at the show. 

 

The Andrea Rizzo Memorial Foundation is dedicated to Andrea Rizzo, who survived cancer as a young child but was killed by a drunk driver while attending graduate school for Dance Therapy. Through the help of donations, this foundation provides dance therapy to children with cancer and other special needs.  

 

“All proceeds from the show will be benefitting the foundation,” advised Berhalter. “We will have buttons and pamphlets for those who are interested in learning more about the Andrea Rizzo Memorial Foundation.”

 

The show begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at Bluffton High School. Tickets cost $5. The order of performance for the show is as follows:

 

1: Bluffton’s “Musical Entourage” (three routines)

2: Intermission (15 minutes)

3: Dance Opening “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”

4: Lyrical Dance - “It Doesn’t Hurt” by Katie Thompson (Dancers: Morgan Napier, Hope Gerber, Mykayla Rodenbeck, Saylor Roper, Megan Hunter, Sheridan Dove, Jenna Yonker and Alyssa Hunter)

5: Jazz Dance - “Life of the Party” by Idina Menzel (Dancers: Saylor Roper, Kasey Craig, Kassandra Gerwig, Kim Captain, Katherine Elliot and Alyssa Hunter)

6: Hip Hop dance mix (Dancers: Kristen Jennings, Aja Hurst, Emma Frauhiger, Saylor Roper, Lexi Garrett, Taylor Barker, Taylor Coratti, Kim Captain, Lakyne Napier, Hope Gerber, Rose Lima, Kendra Morey, Kassandra Gerwig, Allie Thayer and Katherine Elliot)

7: Jazz Dance - “I Drove All Night” by Celine Dion (Dancers: Emma Frauhiger, Kristen Jennings, Aja Hurst, Sheridan Dove, Megan Hunter,

Connelly Mettler, Kendall Shreiber, Mykayla Rodenbeck, Taylor Barker, Taylor Coratti and Hope Gerber)

8: Closing - “Firework”





  


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