CPAA is making a team for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) walk that will be held on Saturday, April 5th (8:30am) at Carowinds. I would love for all of my Dance Company and Kidz Crew to participate. We will walk (or run!) in the 5K.

On Sunday, September 22nd, the CPAA Dance Company performed at Festival In The Park. Festival In the Park is a fun-filled event to promote and stimulate interest in the arts. There were over 180 artists and crafts people who demonstrated and displayed their art. There is also many food vendors and rides for the kids, just like a fair or a carnival. It was held in Freedom Park. 

Miss Siara and the ladies at Festival In The Park

Hello everyone! National Dance Day (NDD) will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2013 this year! Launched in 2010 by “So You Think You Can Dance” co-creator and Dizzy Feet Foundation (DFF) co-president Nigel Lythgoe, National Dance Day is an annual celebration that takes place on the last Saturday in July. This grassroots campaign encourages Americans to embrace dance as a fun and positive way to maintain good health and combat obesity.

Each year DFF creates instructional dance videos for people to learn, perform and share with others as part of NDD. Created by some of your favorite “So You Think You Can Dance” choreographers and featuring some of your favorite dancers from the show, their videos aim to cater to a range of dance abilities so that anyone can take part.

This year, DFF co-presidents Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman choreographed an “Everybody Dance” routine for people of all levels of ability, and SYTYCD choreographers Napoleon and Tabitha Dumo have created a “Hip-Hop Master Class” routine for those who want to challenge themselves.

On Friday, June 26th, at 6:00pm, Miss Siara and Troy will be teaching a free class to ANY and ALL students who would like to learn the Hip Hop Master Class routine! We'd love for all of our students, and any friends or family that would like to participate to come and take class with us that Friday. On Saturday, June 27th, we will all come together at 2:30pm to rehearse and video our routine for National Dance Day. I've attached our video from last year. This year, we are planning an even bigger and better display of our love of dance to celebrate National Dance Day, and we want you ALL to participate.

If you are taking summer classes during the week of July 22nd, we will be teaching the routine in classes during the entire week.

Let me know if you have any questions. I can't wait to see you all to celebrate National Dance Day!

On Saturday, May 20th, member of the CPAA Dance Company and the CPAA Kidz Crew completed a community service project for a ministry called "Moved by Compassion".

"Moved by Compassion" focuses on helping provide food and day to day items to homeless men and women. They collect items and bags and pass them out to the homeless on Sunday afternoons. Our goal was to make 50 total kits. The kits included everyday items such as deodorant, lotion, toothbrush/toothpaste, underwear, socks, tuna/chicken kits, vienna sausages, canned fruit, breakfasts bars, and many other items as well.

After practice on Saturday, around 6:00pm, we all brought whatever we purchased to the studio and began to sort and pack bags. We listened to music while the girls and the parents went to work. The girls were so excited to work on something that helps others. They had such a sweet spirit that made them feel so special for helping the less fortunate.

50 kits completed!

A big thanks to all of the students and moms that came to help out! It is so awesome that our girls can make a difference. Also, a big thanks to Drea, Cameron's mom, for putting this community service event together!

The girls posing together after their community service project