2nd Annual Camp Ta-Kum-Ta Benefit
Partner Dance Showcase
The second annual Camp Ta-Kum-Ta Benefit Partner Dance Showcase has been set for Friday, September 16th, 2005. The show promises to be even better, and more successful, than last year!
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta
On Friday September 16th, 2005, members of the Vermont partner dancing community will come together to put on a dance showcase to support Camp Ta-Kum-Ta, Vermonts cancer camp for kids. The event will showcase local partner dance enthusiasts and will include performances by instructors, students and groups of students dancing Tango, Swing, Salsa, Rumba, Waltz and other dances.
All net proceeds will be donated to support Camp Ta-Kum-Ta a week-long resident camp for children between the ages of 7 and 17 who have or have had cancer. Founded in 1984, Camp Ta-Kum-Ta is located in Colchester, Vermont, and enjoys a breathtaking location on the shores of beautiful Lake Champlain.
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta is a one-week-a-year-jam-packed magical happening. There are traditional program offerings in activities like swimming, athletics, ropes course, arts and crafts, and music, but Ta-Kum-Ta's true calling card is "special events": boat rides and lakeside cookouts with the Vermont State Police, dance parties, rock climbing expeditions, theme carnivals, ballgames and an annual formal dinner/dance.
Camp Ta-Kum-Ta is independent and self-sustaining, and is financed completely through private donations and fundraising. With an all-volunteer staff of 70, Ta-Kum-Ta accepts all of its children tuition-free. This dance Showcase will raise money to offset the cost of materials and equipment used at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta.
Details
Friday, September 16th
Showcase: 7:00 - 8:30
Dance lesson: 8:30-9:00
Open dancing: 9:00 - 10:00
Elley-Long Music Center at St. Michaels College in Colchester, VT
MC: Ginny McGehee of WJOY
$20/person
Tickets available at the door and at www.Flynntix.com
Scheduled to appear:
- Jason Kirkpatrick and Rachel Smith - Cha Cha -"Sway" by Michael Buble
- Joe LaRose and Sarah LeMothe-Viennese Waltz - "Second Waltz" by Johann Strauss
- Samir Elabd and Rachel Phillips - Rumba - "Comme Toi"
- David Nicasio and Tammy Foster - Salsa - "Mama Guela" by The Spanish Harlem Orchestra
- Kevin Laddison and Jenny Lynch - Nightclub 2-Step - "Amazed" by Lonestar
- Carlos Rodriquez, Katie O'Connor and others - Merengue Group - "Una noche mas" by Olga Tanon.
- Chris Nickl and Shirley McAdam - Balboa Rhythm - Casey MacGill And The Spirits Of Rhythm
- Samir Elabd and Elani Elabd - Am. Tango - "Tango Passion"
- First Step Dance students - "Fever" - Peggy Lee
- Intermission
- Samir Elabd students - Cha Cha Line Dance - "Havana"
- Doug and Noe Currier - Milonga - "Milonga de mis amores" by Pedro Laurenz
- Jason Kirkpatrick Rachel Smith mambo "A Puro Dolor" by Son by Four
- Kevin and Laddison - Bolero -
- Joe LaRose and Sarah LeMothe - Quickstep - "Billy-a-Dick" by Bette Midler
- Bob and Carol Drawbaugh - Samba - "Bailamos" by Barry/Tailor
- Salsalina Students - Cumbia - "A San Lazaro (Babalu)" by Yolanda Rayo
- Samir Elabd and Elisabeth Phillips - Disco-Hustle - "That's the way I like it"
- Kevin Laddison and Katie O'Connor - Waltz - "Open Arms" by Journey
- Chris Nickl and Shirley McAdam - Lindy Hop - "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Sponsors
First Step Dance
Associates in Periodontics
Patrons
Macomber Barton Malow
Spotlight On Dance
Friends
Hettena Wright & Horton, CPAs
Aarron Goldberg, Attorney at Law
Bernie Trembley