Would you like to see a show

similar to the Radio City Music Hall Christmas show, with kick-lines,

great music and even a visit from Santa, without trekking all the way

up to New York City?

If the answer is yes, you're

in luck. Carla's Dance Factory in Fayetteville is staging such a

Christmas show this Saturday at Sams Auditorium, "From Broadway to

Fayette Square," and the best part is that the proceeds will benefit

The Joseph Sams School and the Hope House Respite Center for Special Needs

Children.

The first act will be a tribute

to Broadway with the Fayette Showstoppers performing a tap number to "Will-A-Mania"

from "The Will Rogers Follies." They will also perform the famous

Hand Drill number from the show as well.

The Fayette Showstoppers are

the largest of the four adult companies at Carla's Dance Factory

and feature 26 dancers. The group performed the number at this year's

Festival of Trees in Atlanta and was invited to audition for the opening

of the Citrus Bowl Super Holiday Parade in Orlando.

The Dancin' Dan Trio will

also perform in the first act. The group, which features dancer ranging

in age form 58-72, has been national champs several times.The second act

will feature selections from "The Nutcracker" but will be jazzed

up a little bit.

The thir act will feature lyrical

dances to Christmas classics like "O Holy Night" and "Silent

Night," while the fourth act will feature more traditional Christmas

songs, a visit from Santa and the Toy Soldier Dance, which features formations

and kicklines and is very reminiscient of the Rockettes. There will be

a brief intermission between the second and third act and the show is

expected to run just under two hours.

The idea to do a benefit show

came from one of the dancers who had a daughter attend the Joseph Sams

School for over a year. She saw the need for funds up close as a lot of

the teachers at the school took voluntary pay cuts to keep the school

open.

The Joseph Sams School, located

in Fayetteville, is a private, nonprofit school serving children ages

two through fifteen who have mild to severe intellectual and/or physical

disabilities or diagnosed developmental disabilities. The school provides

intense educational training as well as speech and language therapy for

its students.

The Hope House Respite Center

for Special Needs Children provides temporary relief for families and

caregivers and helps people from all over the metro Atlanta area. It provides

the children's parents a few hours rest from the near 24 hour care

their children need and it is also a time for the children to be with

other children and meet new people.

There will be two performances

of "From Broadway to Fayette Square" Saturday, at 2 p.m. and

5 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and senior citizens.

Phone 770-461-6057 or visit www.carlasdancefactory.com for more information.

Carla's Dance Factory

presents "From Broadway to Fayette Square"

Saturday, Dec. 20, 2 and 5

p.m.

Sams Auditorium in Fayetteville

$5-$10.

Phone 770-461-6057

www.carlasdancefactory.com

Back

to the Top of the Page