Tickets on Sale for High Sierra Swing Dance Club's Annual Spring Ball
High Sierra Swing Dance Club invites the public to its seventh-annual Spring Ball dinner-dance on April 26 at the Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City.
The semi-formal/formal-attire evening begins with hors d'oeuvres and no-host cocktails at 5:30 p.m. and continues with dance performances at 6:30, buffet dinner at 7, open dancing 8-11 pm to West Coast swing,
nightclub two-step, country two-step, waltz and Latin tunes.
Raffle prizes of tickets to dance conventions and of services and goods from local merchants and individuals will be awarded throughout the evening. The last day to purchase tickets is April 19.
A variety of dance styles will be highlighted in the cabaret. Matthew Leszczenski and Shanna Porcari-Nysen, of the Bay Area, will perform a West Coast swing number. Porcari-Nysen has been competing in West Coast swing since 2009, and has taught ballroom and Latin dancing since 2006. Leszczenski has been dancing West Coast Swing since 2011, and has a background in technical theater, music, figure skating and social ballroom dancing.
Jonah Deitz and Michelle Crozier, of San Jose, Calif., will also perform a West Coast swing number. Crozier started dancing ballroom at a Monterey, Calif, studio and became an instructor at age 16. She is now an instructor for Dance Boulevard in San Jose. Deitz began dancing at a ballroom studio in 2005, and has competed in Latin and Standard dance contests.
Namira will perform a traditional Egyptian dance. She has performed Middle Eastern-style dances since 2004. Her dance specialty is Modern Egyptian, a fusion of traditional Egyptian style, classical ballet and modern dance.
She is the director and choreographer for the award-winning Middle Eastern Dance groups Jaouahir Tahoe and for Diva Latina. She is the producer and director of the annual Jewel of the Sierra Belly Dance Competition and teaches classes in Carson City in ballet, Zumba, Pilates, and belly and Latin dance.
Diva Latina, a women's Latin dance group, will perform a Bachata fusion dance, choreographed by Namira. She will be joined by Nikki Munger, Cecilia Gasca and Lilliam Camacho DeJesus.
A burlesque number will be presented by Emily Judkins, of Reno; Amy Hadrich, a 3-year veteran dancer of many styles and Zumba instructor; Jo Ann Grace, longtime Carson City Latin dance instructor and West Coast swing dancer; Idie Zaman, a Carson City West Coast swing and salsa dancer; and Lisa Huffman, of Carson City, a dancer of West Coast swing, ballet and tap who will perform in Western Nevada College's Musical Theater production of "Chicago" in May.
The cost is $35. To reserve a will-call ticket, call Rika at 530-307-8937 or Idie at 775-443-8870 by April 19; no tickets will be sold at the door. Tickets are also on sale in Carson City at the Artsy Fartsy Gallery, the Purple Avocado and Yaple's Ballroom. For more information, go to www.highsierrasdc.org or call the numbers above.
The nonprofit High Sierra Swing Dance Club hosts monthly social dances at the Brewery Arts Center and informal swing dancing every Tuesday evening at El Charro Avitia Restaurant in Carson City. For information, call 775-629-9369 or go to www.highsierrasdc.org.
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