Dance Center Celebrates 13th Year

The junior company performed a lovely lyrical dance on the competition stage.

The Broadway Bound Dance Center, with two locations - one on New Hyde Park Road in Garden City and the other on Merrick Road in Valley Stream - celebrated its 13th year with a rousing recital entitled "British Invasion."

Studio director and Garden City resident, Debbie Tavernese led the production where students from age 3 through adult were on stage dancing along to the Beatles, Elton John, Queen and more. Also featured in the recital were the school's four competition dance teams. Guests were treated to an array of jazz, tap, lyrical, ballet, modern, hip-hop and even acrobatics.

Broadway Bound had a very exciting year of competition. They competed in five regional competitions in the tri-state area, regularly winning Platinum and High Gold medals with countless first place finishes. The most exciting competition experience was in April when the teams traveled to Atlantic City to compete in the access Broadway competition. After turning in consistently flawless performances, Broadway Bound won the coveted "Best Studio" award and will be traveling to Orlando, Florida in July to compete in the Nationals. The competition students thanked Miss Debbie and Miss Aileen for a wonderful and memorable season.

The junior company performed a jazz and tap number.

Broadway Bound will be holding summer classes for all ages and is currently accepting registration for the fall dance season. For more information on both the summer and the fall, call 616-1601.

The Garden City Company was ready to perform their show-stopping jazz dance. The junior and senior companies in costume for Ballroom Blitz," a platinum-winning tap number that also won "Best Choreography." Casey Duff and Amanda Glenn with their platinum first place trophy for their tap duo. Casey Duff, Natalie Muscarella, and Amanda Glenn were ready to go on stage.