News Release
Date: November 15, 2006
Media Contact: Elizabeth Homan, 301-251-7970; Steve Simon, 301-251-7952
REVISED RELEASE: Montgomery College to Showcase Talent, Originality at Dance Performance
Students to Perform at Rockville Campus, Nov. 30
The talents of Montgomery College’s dance students will be on display at the annual dance showcase on Thursday, Nov. 30, at 8 p.m., at the College’s Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center, located on the Rockville Campus, 51 Mannakee Street in Rockville, Md. Students in the dance touring company, a select group of dancers who perform at Montgomery County high schools and community centers, will present its program entitled “Change: Variation, Modulation, Innovation.” For the second part of the evening’s program, students in the Dance Composition class will perform original choreographed works, accompanied by Professor Dawn Avery of the College’s Music Department. A $10 donation for the performance is suggested. The event is a fundraiser for the Dance Scholarship Fund at Montgomery College. For further information about the dance showcase, contact Dr. Gail Minor-Smith, Montgomery College dance coordinator, at 301-251-7506.
# # # Montgomery College is a public, open admissions community college with campuses in Germantown, Rockville, and Takoma Park/Silver Spring, plus workforce development/continuing education centers and off-site programs throughout Montgomery County, Md. The College serves more than 55,000 students a year, through both credit and noncredit programs, in more than 100 areas of study.