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Look for
more KBSD
community performances throughout Monmouth County.
KBSD is proud to be the rehearsal home of the
Say Dance Collective, a semi-education-based contemporary
dance company that encourages a collaborative experience across the
spectrum of the arts. Conceived to give young, adventurous artists an
opportunity to create, perform, release, and grow within their arts, Say
Dance also envisions its future in being a home for dancers with physical
inequalities that in other situations would possibly prevent them from
performing. Since its inception in 2009, Say Dance has performed its first
full-length evening concert, in benefits, festivals, and alongside other
artists; most notably with Pacific Encore Performances in their June 2010
Evening of Opera at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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As part of a continued
commitment to give back to the community, the Kathryn Barnett School of
Dance performed at the
2nd Annual 5k Run/Walk & Community Day on Sunday, September 18, 2011 in
Neptune. This all day event hosted by the Jersey Shore University
Medical Center included a 5K run through the Gables neighborhood in
Neptune, kid’s races, a children's health fair, and lots of kid’s
activities including jumpies, music, food, and free screenings. All of
the activities supported Jersey Shore University Medical Center and K.
Hovnanian Children's Hospital.
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Kathryn
Barnett School of Dance performed in July 2011 at the “Thursday Night
Lights” in Rumson. This once a week event initiated by Rumson – Fair Haven
boys basketball coach Chris Champeau includes three games per night for
six weeks through August 18.
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KBSD dancers participated
in a community effort for
Dancers Love to Give Back, a non-profit organization that supports
dance education in the spring of 2011 at the Oxford Valley Mall in
Langhorne,
PA. This celebration of National Dance Week raised over
$2,000 dollars for national charities, including St. Jude's Hospital,
among others. |
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The Barnett Traveling
Troupe, for one month each year,
is proud to be known
as 'the
Holiday Express Dancers'. Through
Holiday Express,
a non-profit organization that brings Christmas cheer to the
underprivileged, KBSD dancers travel to places to bring some holiday
happiness and smiles wherever the organization needs them. |
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KBSD performs at
Kensington Court,
bringing their talents and entertainment quality to the assisted living
community in Monmouth County, proud to share smiles with all people. |
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Luftman Towers, an assisted living community in the Red Bank
area, enjoys an annual performance of the Barnett Traveling Troupe thanks
to FOUR generations of KBSD family: Alice Neville, resident; Alice Wenzel,
KBSD office manager; Cathy Hendricks, KBSD dance mom; and Hayley
Hendricks, KBSD dancer. |
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Hi
Kathryn, I just wanted to tell you I volunteered at Saturday's Holiday Express
event in Wyckoff and was on the bus with your dancers. I was so impressed by
them; the discipline, respect, and training you've given them were obvious (ok,
they have good parents too!). They were extremely mature, polite young ladies.
And then they were incredible at the event ... not only their always-great
performance, but how they interacted with the mentally / physically disabled
adults that made up the audience.
The girls were more at ease with them than I was. They didn't stop for a
minute, walking around the room with huge smiles on their faces and bringing joy
to everyone after they'd performed. They showed poise and maturity well beyond
their ages. Since you weren't there, I wanted to share this with you.
(...and they even offered to share their potato chips with the adults on the
bus even though the adults couldn't share their beverages with the girls!).
My
friend Cathy has always raved about the experience her girls have been lucky to
receive over the years from you, and the added bonus of being able to
participate with Holiday Express and be exposed to people they normally likely
wouldn't have the opportunity to and be part of the fabulous volunteer
experience that Holiday Express is. I was happy to tell her, and now you, about
what I witnessed yesterday watching girls I didn't know but very quickly came to
be extremely fond of.
You do great work! -- Loren |
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