June 24, 2012
Award-Winning
FUN
For ALL AGES!
Welcome to Darcee’s School of Dance! Offering a variety of classes Our dedicated staff is here to help your child explore the exciting world of dance. Our family style atmosphere promotes hard work, discipline, friendship, and most of all, FUN!!! At Darcee’s we encourage our children to celebrate the art of dance through movement to music and self expression.
for any dance enthusiast! • Acrobatics • Ballet • Hip Hop • Tap • Jazz • Poms/Cheer • Competitive & Non-Competitive • Each class has a great Teacher/Student ratio!
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816-238-6868
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Ages: 12-14 MEGA Gymnastics
The mind is perhaps one of the greatest factors in gymnastics; if one can't control his mind, he can't control his body. ~William Meade, USA
Coached By: Mandy Miller & Emma Lund St. Joseph News-Press June 24, 2012 3
Natalie Burnett
Age: 7 Experience: 4 years Dance Arts Center & MEGA Child of: Tommy & Jenny Burnett
Carly Woods
Age: 4 Experience: 1 year Dance Arts Center Child of: Charlie & Amy Woods
Briana Randolph
Age: 9 Experience: 7 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Kenton & Maleea Randolph
Briana Randolph
4201 N. Belt Hwy • (816)390-8400 3022 S. Belt Hwy • (816)232-9819 4 Center Stage June 24, 2012
Age: 9 Experience: 7 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Kenton & Maleea Randolph
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Danika Wattenbarger
Age: 6 1/2 Experience: 4 years Arising Stars Child of: Stacey & Bryan Wattenbarger
Brianna Powell & DeAnn Rene’ Martin 6 Center Stage June 24, 2012
Isabella Arnold
Age: 4 Experience: 2 years Inspirations Dance Center Child of: Sarah & Kyle Arnold
Age: 8 Experience: 4 years DeAnn Rene’ Studio of Dance Grandchild of: Francis & Joyce Starr
Miley Phillips
Age: 4 Experience: 2 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Erica & Anthony Phillips
Dare to be yourself. Emerge, Unfold, Unveil your possibilities, But be natural. Have no pretenses And show your softer side. Be content, But don't forget to dream. And when you do....SOAR!!!" ~ Author Unknown
Gemma Davidson
Lauren Rauer
Age: 2 1/2 Experience: 1 year MEGA Child of: Brett Davidson & Megan Creal
Age: 7 Experience: 5 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Tosh & Casie Rauer
Introducing Ballroom!
Introducing Introducing Ballroom! Ballroom! Now enrolling for
Age: 9 Experience: 2 years Darcee’s/ MEGA
Lilly Selecman
Child of: Sean Selecman & Becky Keys
our summer program. New options for 1st-6th graders!!!
The Dance Arts Center 1902 Jules Street St. Joseph, Missouri
The Dance Arts Center Home of DACPAC (Dance Arts Center Performing Arts Company)
The Dance Arts Center The Dance Arts Center Home of DACPAC Home of DACPAC Camelot Ballroom Formation Group
Camelot Ballroom, Overland Park, KS
Sharing the discipline, art and joy of dance for over 25 years.
Sharing the disci Home of DACPAC Adult instructors for all classes. of dance for o Call or visit us Hip Hop + Jazz + Modern on-line for more Tap + Tumbling + Lyrical information about Musical Theater + Ballet summer classes.
816-233-5442
Adult instructors Sharing the discipline, art and joy
of dance for over 25 years. Sharing the discipline, art and joy www.TheDanceArtsCenter.com Hip Hop + of dance for over 25 years.
Adult instructors
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Rodney & Charlene Loyd
Experience: 30+ years Camelot Ballroom, Overland Park, KS
Kelsie Bothof
Age: 8 Experience: 5 years Denise’s Dance Studio Child of: John & Kristin (Ferguson) Bothof
Paige Perry
Tori Blevins
Taylor Blevins
Age: 7 Experience: 4 years Darcee’s School of Dance
Age: 18 Experience: 12 years Darcee’s School of Dance
Age: 19 Experience: 16 years Darcee’s School of Dance
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Children of: Erin Perry
Saige Eaton
Age: 9 Experience: 7 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Richard & Kim Eaton
Samantha Barton
"To dance is to reach for a word that doesn't exist, To sing the heartsong of a thousand generations, To feel the meaning of a moment in time." ~ Beth Jones
Age: 6 Experience: 3 years Dancing In Grace Child of: Scott & Michelle Barton
Age: 10 Experience: 4 years
Selina Weatherford
Dance With Me... Dance Studio
Child of: Jackie & Dirk Weatherford
Maria Bickford
Age: 15 Experience: 10 years Stage Crew Performing Arts-Gallatin, Mo. Child of: Jodee Bickford
Taytum Banks
Age: 8 Experience: 6 years Allison’s Dance Studio Child of: Valerie Banks
Katana Bigham
Age: 3 Experience: 1 year Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Terena Driggers & Bronyn Bigham
Dance is used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words. Age: 18 Experience: 4 years
Tiffany Weatherford
Dance With Me... Dance Studio
Child of: Jackie & Dirk Weatherford
Age: 13 Experience: 4 years
Shara Koenen
Dance With Me... Dance Studio
Child of: Jeane Koenen
Alyessa Patton
Age: 4 Experience: 1 year Allison’s Dance Studio
~Ruth St. Denis
Child of: Valerie Banks & Rickey Patton Jr. St. Joseph News-Press June 24, 2012 9
Age: 16 Experience: 4 years
Jessica Burton
Dance With Me... Dance Studio
Child of: John Burton
Makayla Lockard
Age: 5 1/2 Experience: 2 1/2 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Natalie Henson
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Kylie Miller
Age: 14 Experience: 10 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Bob & Kristin Miller
"I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself." ~ Mikhail Baryshnikov
Kat Hudson
Kelsi Clark
Age: 7 Experience: 2 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Scott & Stephanie Hudson
Age: 14 Experience: 6 years MEGA Gymnastics Child of: Nicole Clark & Aaron Clark
Brook Paxton
Jillian Weisenburger
Age: 8 Experience: 4 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Gail & Joy Paxton
Age: 4 1/2 Experience: 2 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Matt & Courtney Weisenburger
Age: 9 Experience: 4 years
Anna Richey
Turning Pointe Dance Academy
Child of: Chris & Janey Richey
"While I dance I can not judge, I can not hate, I can not separate myself from life. I can only be joyful and whole. This is why I dance." ~ Hans Bos
Payton Moore
Zoey Hayes
Age: 13 Experience: 8 years Dance Arts Center Child of: Mike & Kim Moore
Age: 8 Experience: 4 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Lance & Susan Hayes
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Katherine Knapp
Age: 9 Experience: 6 years Allison’s School of Dance Child of: Dustin & Heather
Kylie Phillippe
Age: 5 Experience: 1 year Dancing In Grace Child of: Brian & Tiffanie Phillippe
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Caitlyn O’Neal
Age: 12 Experience: 7 years DeAnn Rene’ Child of: Steven & Jamie O’Neal
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Emma Jackson
Age: 14 Experience: 10 years Dance Arts Center Child of: Richard & Erika Jackson
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Brionna Frans
Emma Weiland
Age: 10 1/2 Experience: 8 years MW Mo Academy of Dance
Child of: Brandy Wrenn & Danny Frans II
Age: 9 Experience: 6 1/2 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Jimmy & Amy Weiland
Adelyn Hux
Clair Jobes
Age: 5 Experience: 2 years Dance Arts Center Child of: Ashley Espeseth
Age: 7 Experience: 4 years Dance Arts Center Child of: Brian Jobes & Kristen Conroy
Ravyn Blanchard
Age: 16 Experience: 12 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of:
Ashlynn Wattenbarger
Jeremy & Darcee Blanchard
Krimzyn Starr Blanchard
Age: 5 Experience: 4 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Jeremy & Darcee Blanchard
Vance & Dana Plowman
Age: 5 Experience: 1 year Dance Arts Center Child of: Stacey & Bryan Wattenbarger
Experience: 20+ years Camelot Ballroom, Overland Park, Ks
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Age: 3 Experience: 1 year Dance Arts Center
Jane Krauskopf
Child of: Kevin & Hannah Krauskopf
Jaylyn Ann Marie Gardner
Age: 5 Experience: 2 years MEGA Gymnastics Child of: Becky Barbano & Jody Gardner
Anastasia Ausmus
Age: 8 Experience: 4 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Deborah Borchers & Mark Ausmus
Sofia Schoeberl
Age: 4 Experience: 1 year Dance Arts Center Child of: David & Jennifer Schoeberl
"After I perform, I hope the audience is excited, inspired, and taken away from their everyday grind or work. Perhaps even inspired enough to get up and dance themselves." Mia Weiser
Age: 4 Experience: 1 year Darcee’s School of Dance
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Child of: Macala & Michael Weiser
Lacey Dillman
Age: 7 Experience: 2 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Jesse & Shiela Dillman
Age: 10 Experience: 4 years
Grace Richey
Turning Pointe Dance Academy
Child of: Chris & Janey Richey
~ Lenore Pavlakos
I am a dancer. I twirl, leap, and spin. I jump, pirouette, and tap. I am a dancer. I feel pain and fear. I feel defeat and failure. Yet, I keep going. I smile, I practice, I perform. I have grace and beauty. I do not dance because I am happy, I am happy because I dance. I hear the applause. I perform and do my best. Sometimes I fail. I don’t give up. For I am a dancer. I am brave and strong. I dance not for fame and glory. But for how I feel inside. I am happiness, joy, love, and excitement. Strife, talent, joy. Determination and beauty. I am a dancer. — Author unknown
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Great dancers are not great because of their technique. They are great because of their passion." ~Unknown
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Vivion Meyer
Age: 3 Experience: 1 year Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: John & Tiffany Meyer
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Addison Nance
Age: 6 Experience: 4 years Arising Stars Gymnastics
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Child of: Ronnie & Ashley Nance
Miranda Wright
Age: 6 Experience: 4 years Arising Stars Child of: John & Mary Wright
— Anonymous
Annemarie Ausmus
Age: 9 Experience: 4 years Arising Stars Gymnastics
Evvie Logan
Child of: Deborah Borchers & Mark Ausmus
Age: 9 Experience: 5 years Darcee’s School of Dance Child of: Talea Logan & Darby Logan
Brianna Powell
Age: 8 Experience: 4 years DeAnn Rene’ Studio of Dance Grandchild of: Francis & Joyce Starr
It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer.
Paul & Chris Stickler
Experience: 20+ years Paul Chambers
Lillion Meyer
Age: 5 Experience: 2 years The Dance Arts Center Child of: John & Tiffany Meyer
Kailyn & Rilynn Guck
Age: 9 & 7 Darcee’s School of Dance Children of: David & Jami Guck
~Shanna LaFleur St. Joseph News-Press June 24, 2012 17
Dance is the only art of which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made. Kaylin Silvey
Gracie Bradley
Age: 12 Experience: 8 years Dance Arts Center Child of: Danielle & Matt Silvey
Age: 8 Experience: 5 years Dance Arts Center Child of: Steve & Tammy Bradley
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Kenna Reynolds
Kayton Reynolds
Age: 5 Experience: 3 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Angela & Aaron Reynolds
Age: 10 Experience: 8 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: Angela & Aaron Reynolds
Jackson & Jonathan Stickler
Madison Meyer
Experience: 10 years The J-Boyz
Age: 8 Experience: 5 years The Dance Arts Center Child of: John & Tiffany Meyer
~ Ted Shawn
Lillion Meyer
Age: 5 Experience: 3 years Arising Stars Gymnastics Child of: John & Tiffany Meyer
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