This year’s Dance for Hunger showcase from Dance Images by BJ is once again offering a great opportunity for dancers to demonstrate their talent and give back to their community in one fell swoop.
On Mar. 24, at 6:30 p.m. at Peacock Auditorium, the showcase will be highlighting over 100 dancers from the studio, showing off their skills and achievements before heading into their busy competition season, with a generous atmosphere; admission at the door will be $5 and patrons are asked to bring a non-perishable food item as a donation to the Moose Jaw & District Food Bank.
Last year saw a packed auditorium and raised almost 3,000 pounds of food, which is the largest donation in the showcase’s history. This year Shauna Bzdel, assistant director of the studio, hopes the show will be bigger and better, with the support of the community.
“I think that this is just a really important event, our studio is very community-minded, and we always like to find a way of being able to give back to the community,” said Bzdel. “It’s great for our kids too, because they get the opportunity to perform on stage, and they also end up learning really important qualities like giving back to the community and just doing something that they love.”
“And hopefully, by us being able to raise as much food as we can for them, it allows people that are needing to use the Food Bank to know that there are people out there that really care about them too,” Bzdel added.
Featuring an acro-dance performance involving over 100 dancers from ages 5-18, the studio promises an exciting performance that is sure to be entertaining. All the performers have been working very hard to prepare and Bzdel promises a good show.
“I think that it will be a really exciting evening and anybody that comes out to watch will definitely not be disappointed with the talent, and at the end of the evening, it'll be great to give a nice big food donation to the Food Bank as well,” said Bzdel.
The studio will be collecting donations from its dancers through the weekend, and of course donations the night of the showcase, but anyone wanting to contribute a donation but can’t make it to the Mar. 24 show are welcome to bring them down to the studio.
“If they'd like to [donate], they can bring them into the studio, Dance Images by BJ — it’s 177 Iroquois St W — and we would definitely accept donations if they weren't able to come to the show,” said Bzdel.
