By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
An annual dance event will return to the stage at the historic Missouri Theatre, helping raise money for charity.
Dancers will fill the stage for A Chance to Dance hosted by the Dance Arts Center in St. Joseph on Saturday as the event raises money for Voices of Courage Child Advocacy Center.
Dance Arts Center owner and director Marla Heeler says that the event will bring in dancers from dance studios all around the region, ranging from right here in St. Joseph to Lenexa, Kansas.
"It's kind of fun because we just ask audiences, or our dance studios around the area to bring in just some of their best of their best to come in," Heeler tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. "So, it's a little bit of a unique dance concert, and it has a lot of variety since we have so many different studios that come and participate."
It's the 16th year that Dance Arts Center has hosted the event. The program will begin at 7pm on Saturday.
Heeler says raising money for the center has been a cause near and dear to her family’s heart since she started this event.
"I went to them actually 17 years ago and said can I do this for you and they said yes, so we've just been kind of working together ever since," Heeler says "The advocacy center, they serve nine counties here in northwest Missouri, and all their services are free."
Heeler says everyone that comes to watch the program will see all types of different dances.
"Including even some clogging I think from our friends in Leavenworth, which is something that used to be kind of big in our area but we don't see a lot anymore," Heeler explains. "I know we have some production numbers, our studio will be doing a, we've got a whole little classic rock dance number that they'll do, so that's really fun our parents of course love it."
The event will be held for the 16th year. Dancers will start to take the stage to perform at 7pm
You can find out more information about the concert and Dance Arts Center HERE.
