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KNOCK ON WOOD Studio News
|  Registration for the Summer Session has begun! We have some great summer fun in store for you. Everything from Little Rhythms (for ages 3-4) to Tap Tech, designed to improve your clarity and clean up your tap technique. We wanted to bring you even more TapHappiness this year so we've extended the Summer Session to run from July 6 to August 12 (6 weeks). There's something for everyone, so check out the Summer Schedule and register today! KOW Student Showcase - Sunday, June 13 at 2:00 pm, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School The students and faculty of Knock On Wood are hard at work preparing to put on a fabulous year-end show! You won't want to miss it, so mark your calendars and bring your family and friends to this exciting event. Rent Studio Space at KOW - Do you know someone who wants to rent studio space? Have them email us at kowstudiorental@aol.com for more information. Interested
in taking a private lesson? Need
a gift for your favorite tap dancer? Don't forget,
KOW faculty members offer private lessons to enhance your TapHappiness! Contact us for more information. |
| TAPPERS WITH ATTITUDE News |  As you know, the upcoming
performances of "The Percussion Discussion" at
Atlas Performing Arts Centerwill be TWA's final full-length concerts. In addition to our
awesome current cast, we are welcoming back 18 years of alumni dancers. These
historic, family-friendly shows are not to be missed, but tickets are going
fast, so don't delay. TWA richly deserves its reputation for fearless innovation
as well as classic stylings. After 19 seasons, many awards and accolades, we
promise you that we are going out with a bang, and hope you will join us for
what promises to be our most exciting performances ever! |
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - Last Season for Tappers With Attitude Youth Ensemble
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with great sadness that the Board of Directors of TWA, Inc. decided recently
that the award-winning Tappers With Attitude Youth Ensemble will be placed into
"inactive status" at the conclusion of this performance season. The
ensemble is no longer financially viable as the revenues from its operation
have fallen and will continue to fall while its costs inexorably rise year
after year. The ensemble will fulfill its remaining obligations,
including a performance in honor of National Tap Dance Day on the Kennedy
Center's Millennium Stage on Sunday May 23, two end-of-season concerts at the
Atlas Theater on June 19 and 20, and a series of shows at the Smithsonian's
Discovery Theater on July 6-9. Then, after 19 remarkable years, the
ensemble will disband. The Board of Directors and the Directors of the
ensemble are naturally crushed that this decision had to be made, and
simultaneously proud of the great successes and triumphs enjoyed by the
ensemble over its long and successful run.
The
Board of Directors is currently working to ensure that Knock On Wood Tap Studio
will continue to operate and offer the full array of youth and adult tap
classes that its students have enjoyed for the past 15 years. But
finances there are also challenging.
YOU
CAN HELP in
several ways. First, be sure to sign up - and get your friends to sign up - to
take classes at Knock On Wood Tap Studio over the summer and next fall -
schedules will be out soon. Second, alert your friends and organizations
you are familiar with that the studio space at Knock On Wood Tap Studio can be
rented for dance classes, rehearsals, small performances, meetings, and other
events that could benefit from our welcoming space located in the heart of
Silver Spring, a short walk from the Metro. Interested renters can obtain
information by emailing us, or calling
301-495-0395 and leaving a message.
And,
finally, TWA, Inc. continues to be a 501(c)(3) that relies on the generous,
tax-deductible donations of its many friends. Please consider making a
donation to TWA, Inc. by mailing a check to Knock On Wood Tap Studio or
donating by credit card by visiting our website. As you can well imagine, your donation at this time will be especially welcome.
If you
have questions about the information in this announcement, please feel free to
email the President of TWA, Inc.'s Board of Directors, Tim Daniel.
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Knock On Wood Tap Studio8700 Georgia Ave., Suite B
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-495-0395
Our programs are sponsored in part by funding from the
Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, The Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation,
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, and the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation.
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