Stars Dancing for CASA announces dancers
FREMONT – Local celebrities will help dance in the annual Sandusky County Stars Dancing for CASA fundraiser on April 11.
The event is at 7 p.m. at The Heights/American Legion, 200 Buckland Ave.
The six Sandusky County dance competitors vying to win the People's Choice and the Judge's Choice Awards are:
• Jon Detwiler, Lakota Local Schools superintendent.
• Dinah Dwyer, CASA volunteer and a project manager for Whirlpool Corp.
• Dr. Kurt Harrison, obstetrics and gynecology doctor.
• Dallas Leake, operations director at the Sandusky County Juvenile Justice Center.
• Jill Simpson, program specialist for United Way of Sandusky County.
• Bridget L. Smith, Ed.S., Washington Elementary principal/gifted program supervisor for Fremont City Schools.
Funds raised from this event will benefit CASA of Seneca, Sandusky, and Wyandot Counties, a local nonprofit organization.
This organization recruits, screens, trains and supervises volunteer, who are independent "voices" for children who have been victims of abuse and neglect. They provide objective information to the judges of the juvenile court so that an informed decision can be made about the child's future.
The People's Choice Award will be presented to the star dancer who has secured the most donations. Each dollar donation equals one vote.
Tickets are $30 per person and can be purchased at the CASA office in Fremont. Tables of eight can be reserved. Hors d'oeuvres are included in the price of the ticket, and a cash bar will be available.
In order to purchase tickets for the event or to cast your votes for the dancer of your choice just call the CASA office in Fremont 419-355-1442 or in Tiffin 419-448-1442. Or mail your donation to CASA of SSW, 500 W. State St., Suite D., Fremont. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted.
Additional voting will take place on April 11. Guests in attendance will have an opportunity to cast their vote with their dollar donations after each dance performance.
Dance professionals and instructors who have choreographed and will be performing are: Dr. Steven Velazquez, Cassie Velazquez, Trisha Meier and Brentton Fuller from "Dance Suave" Ballroom and Latin dancing by Steven, Tiffin; Heidi Vander Boon, owner of The Ballet Academy of Fremont; and Gil Aromas, a professional instructor at The Ballroom Company in Maumee.
A panel of judges will critique and score each dance performance. Then at the end of the evening, the couple with the highest score will win the Judges Choice award.
Judges are: Tina Melchiori, Retired nurse and former CASA volunteer Tim Cullin, Bishop Hoffman Catholic Schools superintendent, and Jose Hernandez, Superintendent of Gibsonburg Schools.
