Camp Ta-Kum-Ta
3rd Annual Benefit Partner Dance Showcase
The third annual Camp Ta-Kum-Ta Benefit Partner Dance Showcase has been set for Friday, September 15th, 2006. The show promises to be even better, and more successful, than last year!
On Friday September 15th, 2006, 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.
Dance performances by First Step Dance
Group Cha Cha
Group Viennese Waltz
Details
Friday, September 15th
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
$20/person
Tickets available at the door and at www.Flynntix.org
Scheduled to appear:
Group Merengue - Katie O'Connor, Carlos Rodriguez and friends
Como Baila by Grupo Mania
International Foxtrot - Bill and Carolyn Pedrick
"Every Time We Say Goodbye" - Words and Music by Cole Porter
Performed by Rod Stewart
Cha Cha - Rachel Smith and Jason Kirkpatrick
"El sol de la noche" from El agua de la vida
Waltz - Joe LaRose and Sarah LaMothe
Moon River by Henry Macini
Tango Vals - Doug and Noe Currier
"Pedacito de Cielo" (Homero Esposito/H Stamponi - E Francini) sung by Hector Vila
Group Samba line dance - Ballroom Nights
Ray and Sylvia Kingsbury, Corin Blanchard, John & Jane Corning, Miriam Granat, Rick Codling and Joanne Winter, Ormond Mongeon, Elizabeth Philips, Rachel Mergens
Hermano by Artist Unknown
Nightclub 2-step - First Step Dance
Jenny Lynch and Toby Fuller
One Thing by Finger Eleven
Group Lindy Hop - Vermont Swings
John Antram, Dennis Bache, Rain Banbury, Diane Colucci, Avram Halperin, Mark Hauser, Megan Heidkamp-Young, Marilynne Johnson, Kathie Kretzer, Ken Kretzer, Sheila Kunkle, Larry Levine, Nicole Losch, J. Bradley Materick, Shirley McAdam, John Nichols, Christian Nickl, Brenda Smith, Don Stevens, Vickie Trihy
"Whadaya Want?" recorded by Casey MacGill & the Spirits of Rhythm.
Choreography: Shirley McAdam & Chris Nickl
Milonga - Gerd Herschman and Tregea Bevan
Song 3, 6 or 8 from Carlos Di Sarli instrumentals
Bolero - Ballroom Nights
Elizabeth Phillips and Richard Codling
"Laplaya" by Mr. Guitar
Group Viennese Waltz - First Step Dance
Katie O'Connor and Amit Gupta, Jim Mullally and Kathy Campbell, Tim and Deb McCanna, Sarah Davis and Allan Cruz, Cartwright LaBerge and Marcus Martinelli, Toby Fuller and Ruth Brown, Eric Hanson and Jenny Lynch, Carmen Cormier and David Lansky
"Skin" by Rascal Flatts
--- Intermission ---
Group Arg. Tango - Queen City Tango
Hugo Martinez Cazon and Darienne Oaks, David Lansky and Carmen Cormier, Doug and Noe Currier, Patty Stock and Dennis Bache
"Tanguera" by Mariano Mores, arranged by Raul Jaurena
Salsa - Salsalina
Tammy Foster and David Nicasio
"Tambori" by Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Group Rumba - USADance Board
Bryan Bishop, Diane Colucci, Katie O'Connor, Ray Sokol
"Le Tu Parole" by Andy Fortuna
Quickstep - Joe LaRose and Sarah LaMothe
Let's Face the Music and Dance by Nat King Cole
West Coast Swing - Faye Grearson and Jean-Sylvain Negre
"unchain my heart" by Ray Charles, interpreted by Joe Cocker
Samba - Bill and Carolyn Pedrick
"Under The Sea" Words and Music by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
From the movie "Little Mermaid"
Viennese Waltz - Ballroom Nights
Rachel Mergens and John LaRochelle
"I'll be" by Edwin McKain
Group Cha Cha - First Step Dance
Katie O'Connor and Pradeep Thiagarajan, Jim Mullally and Kathy Campbell, A. Gary Reid and Deb McCanna, Sarah Davis and Allan Cruz, Cartwright LaBerge and Marcus Martinelli, Toby Fuller and Jenny Lynch, Mike and Melaina Oak
"Kiss" by Tom Jones
American Tango - Rachel Smith and Jason Kirkpatrick
"Tango Italiano"
Group Salsa - Salsalina
Judy Charles, Tyler Crandall, Tish DiRuocco, Tammy Foster, James Grier, Theresa Jean, Debbie Knapp, Sara LaCount, David Nicasio, Charles Norona, Nicole Norona, Patrick Ortiz, Steve Poulcot, Tanya Wheel
"La Pantera Mambo" by La 33
Lindy Hop - Shirley McAdam and Chris Nickl
"Walking the Chalk Line" recorded by The Starline Rhythm Boys.
Sponsors
First Step Dance
Associates in Periodontics
Patrons
Rice Lumber
Hanson Investment Management, Inc.
CruzCurrier
Friends
Bernie Trembley
The Champlain Club