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On Thursday December 15, 2011, the Shining Stars Amateur Team donated to the Toys for Tots Tree. This is the 5th year that the team has donated their gifts exchange gifts to the tree in the lobby. I am proud of this team for all coming together and making others Christmas dreams come true. Children [...]
On Thursday January 5th, 2012 the UCDC Shooting Stars Challenge team served meals at Pickens County S.H.I.N.E soup kitchen in Easley. They also collected tea bags and sugar for the soup kitchen as well. The team members entertained the families by performing a competition clogging routine during their visit. This visit was part of the [...]
Jordan Chastain, a Senior Jazz team member, just returned from Los Angeles where he was signed on as a member of a new Pop Super Group the A List. Jordan is joined in this group by Savannah, who lives in Arizona. Multi-Platinum Producer and Songwriter Bryan Todd is their manager. He also had a hand [...]
On December 1st, the Beyond 212 Jazz Team Booster Club volunteered to run the concessions at the Clemson vs Illinois Women’s Basketball Game as a fundraiser. We had 14 volunteers who showed up eager to work the game. We were the only group running the concessions for this event. We ran a full concession stand [...]
On Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the Junior Jazz Team completed its very first Project 212 community service project. They were chaperoned by Janice Gordon, Deanna Leslie and Kim Compton. After a fun dinner at Nick Henry’s, they traveled just down the road to Marathon Church. The church has a Food and Clothes Pantry that is [...]
UCDC welcomed back Hip Hop choreographers, ‘Havic’ Gregory and Michele ‘Soulchild’ Garman on 18 – 20 November 2011. This creative and talented team choreographed a Hip Hop number for the Junior Jazz Company and a production piece for the Megas/Juniors and Seniors. It is truly an honor to have them choreograph such amazing dance routines [...]
Here is a letter from the organization: Dear UCDC “Peewee” Dance Team and Families, I cannot begin to describe to you the excitement the children felt when they saw the display of books you provided for them. One of the little girls grabbed me and said, “You brought the books!” The children around her were [...]
The Junior Elites clogging team helped serve meals to the SHINE Soup Kitchen in Easley on November 3rd, 2011. This is their one of their 212 community service projects for this year. They also entertained the crowd of 30 with an award winning clogging routine! They were a great hit and loved the opportunity to [...]
UCDC student Emily D’Ornellas attended the 12th annual Peg Leg Bates Tap Memorial. She was invited to open the show with her clogging solo “Blah Blah Blah” and close the show with her jazz solo “Fashionista”. Emily is a member of the Rising Stars Challenge Clogging Team and the Mega Motion Jazz Company. Thank you, [...]
UCDC Alum, Wesley Quinn returned on October 22nd and the 29th to choreograph Hip-Hop Routines for the Elite Stars and the Senior Jazz team. He began his technical dance training at the age of 6, studying extensive jazz, contemporary, ballet, and hip hop. He went on to win National titles at various dance conventions in [...]
