Fourth Annual Dance Across America Event to be held at Connecticut Dance School

Fourth Annual Dance Across America Event
to be held at Connecticut Dance School

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Students organize fundraisers to help raise money for children fighting
cancer and with special needs

FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT—April 21, 2014—
For the fourth consecutive year, the Connecticut Dance School, located in
Fairfield, CT, will be hosting “Dance Across America”. Dance across America is
an event that helps to support the Andréa Rizzo Foundation, an foundation that
provides dance therapy to children with cancer and special needs. On the
weekend of Saturday April 26, 2014 and Sunday April 27, 2014, there are plenty
of events that dancers of all ages can participate in.

All
three-seven year old girls who have ever dreamed of being princesses are
cordially invited to attend a “Princess Party”. While there, the “princesses”
will have royal crafts to create and music to dance to. And what should they
wear to the Princess Party? Why a costume of course! Any costume fit for a
princess would be the perfect attire. Two princess parties will take place on
April 26, 2014, that way even a princess with the busiest of schedules can go,
no fairy godmother needed! The first Princess Party will be held from
11:15am-12:00pm (noon), and the second will be from 12:30pm-1:15pm.

For older
girls between the ages of eight and eleven, a “Jazz Party” will be held on
April 26, 2014 from 1:45pm-2:30pm. This will be a jazz class that dancers with
basic-to-intermediate training can attend. And for students twelve and older,
there will be a Master Ballet Class taught by Leslie Browne—a former
principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre and star of the film “The
Turning Point.” This class is for ballet dancers with intermediate-to-advanced
level training. This class will be held on Sunday, April 27, 2014 from
10:00am-11:30am.

Instructions for signing up for classes:

. -To sign up for a Princess Party or the Jazz Party, pick
up a pledge form from the Connecticut Dance School office and raise a minimum
donation of $20.

-To sign up for the Leslie Browne Master Class, you must set
up a Firstgiving page and raise a minimum of $25.

Link to Donate:

https://www.firstgiving.com/DreasDream/CDS2014/

About the Connecticut Dance
School 

The
Connecticut Dance School is a not-for-profit 301(c) (3) organization serving
the state of Connecticut.  The dance
school offers a variety of classes including ballet, modern, and jazz for
students ages 3 through adult.  For more
information about the Connecticut Dance School visit www.ctdanceschool.com or call
203-384-2492 or e-mail:  ctdanceschool@aol.com

About the Andréa Rizzo Foundation

The Andréa Rizzo Foundation is a
not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that supports dance therapy for
children with cancer and special needs in pediatric hospitals and public
schools.  The foundation was started in
memory of Andréa Rizzo, a young graduate student in dance therapy, who survived
childhood cancer, but was tragically killed by a drunk driver. “Dance across
America” is one of many fundraising efforts created by the Andréa Rizzo
Foundation.  For more information about
the Andréa Rizzo Foundation visit http://dreasdream.org/.