Stewart Fusion Dance Team To Entertain During Idol Night
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The Lee Anne Stewart Fusion Dance Team will provide entertainment during the K21 Health Foundation’s Idol Night at the Wagon Wheel Theatre Friday at 7 p.m. Young dancers ranging from 8 to 19 years of age and representing seven area communities, including Warsaw, Syracuse, Nappanee and Kimmell, audition every August to perform on the Stewart Fusion Dance Team. The dancers attend extra practices each week and also attend their regular ballet, tap, jazz and ballet technique classes. Some of the dancers also attend pointe and hip-hop classes each week at either the Syracuse or Nappanee Lee Anne Stewart Dance Studio locations. The Fusion Dance Team will perform three of their group numbers from the February Dance America competition in Chicago in which they brought home two first-place awards and a second-place award as well as a special honor for “Best Emotional Execution”. The Dance Team also qualified for the Dance Olympus National Competition in July. “Big Doll House” from the Broadway hit “Hairspray” will be the team’s first number before the Idol Night contestants begin their performances. The Fusion Dance Team primary and junior group, grades second to fifth, will present “Popular” from “Wicked” and the intermediate and senior group, grades 6 and up, will present “Weird Science” during the Idol Night intermission.The proceeds from the K21 Health Foundation’s Fourth Annual Idol Night will go directly to the Kosciusko County Cancer Care Fund to benefit local individuals affected by cancer. Tickets for the event are $14 for adults and $8 for children, and may be purchased at the Wagon Wheel box office.
