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Dance students to perform at book fair

 

Lee Vinson and his West Hawaii Dance Academy hip hop students will perform 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at the Kona Coast Shopping Center. (Photo courtesy West Hawaii Dance Academy)

Lee Vinson and his West Hawaii Dance Academy hip hop students will perform 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at the Kona Coast Shopping Center. (Photo courtesy West Hawaii Dance Academy)

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West Hawaii Dance Academy is offering a special “Mixed Plate” dance performance 1 p.m. Saturday, April 25 during the Kona Coast Shopping Center Book Fair.

Academy students, coached by  WHDT artistic director Virginia Holte and academy instructor Midori Satoh, will perform selections from the classic ballet “Sleeping Beauty,” including the famous “Garland Dance.”  A tap dance duet will be performed by Kim and Keli Jackson, hula by Keahi and Jeanne Kapela, and hip hop by Lee Vinson’s students. Emcee and guest vocalist Gregg Knapp will keep the performance “rock and rolling.” 

The performance is free; proceeds benefit Friends of The Library.

West Hawaii Dance Academy and Theatre is a non-profit organization and is supported in part by the state Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawaii Community Foundation, Vance Wall Foundation, and our local businesses and families.

For more information about West Hawaii Dance Academy programs and class schedule in Kona and Waimea, call 329-8876 or visit www.whdt.org.

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