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Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS)
Date: February 24, 2009
John McGlone, 606-326-2400; john.mcglone@kctcs.edu
Ashland Community and Technical College will present 'Dancing for Your Soul - a Hip Hop Dance Revue
Ashland Community and Technical College will present 'Dancing for Your Soul - a Hip Hop Dance Revue' Saturday, Feb. 28, at 2:00 p.m. in the J. B. Sowards Theatre at the College Drive Campus.
Since its origin in the 1970s in New York City's black and Hispanic neighborhoods, hip hop music has become popular throughout the world.
This revue will include a variety of hip-hop dance routines performed by students from Armstrong Studio in Ashland, KY; Tammy Jo's Studio in Greenup, KY; Cyndi's Dance Studio, Huntington Dance Theatre, Jeslyn Performing Arts Center and Mirror Image Dance Studio from Huntington, WV; Cyndi's Dance Studio and Yvonne Dekay School of Dance from Ironton, OH; I-Town Soldiers from Ironton High School; and N-Step Troupe from Chillicothe, OH.
The program will start with a song by the Thomas Sisters from Christ Temple Church in Ashland and a poem by ACTC student Endria Barrett.
The free program is sponsored by the college and presented by the Multicultural Student Organization (MSO) in celebration of Black History Month. For more information, contact MSO Advisor Jackie McAfee, 606-326-2109 or email:
jackie.mcafee@kctcs.edu.
For most Kentuckians, higher education begins at KCTCS. Our statewide system of 16 colleges and 65 campuses provides citizens throughout the Commonwealth with a quality education that is both accessible and affordable.