Dance-Off
Competition will raise money for Bethesda Center
BY TODD LUCK
THE CHRONICLE
Everyone from the mayor
to Average Joes will take part
in "Take the Lead Winston
Salem." a dancing fundraiser
for the Bethesda Center.
Based on the popular ABC
show, "Dancing with the
Stars," the fundraiser will pair
dancers who will practice in a
variety of genres - from ball
room to hip hop. They will
then have videos of their
dancing skills posted online
(starting tomorrow).
Residents will be asked to
make a $10 donation to vote
for their favorite pair. The
winning pair will be
announced on May 6 during a
culminating event at the
downtown Embassy Suites.
The goal is to raise
$100,000 for Bethesda
Center, which serves the
city's homeless population.
At last Friday's fundraiser
kick off at Lite Fantastic
School of Dance. Bethesda
Center Executive Director
Mike Ryan said the funds are
sorely needed. The center typ
ically provides shelter for 100
clients in its night shelter. The
Center, through its self-suffi
ciency programs, annually
finds permanent housing and
employment for dozens of
clients
"It's a place of refuge and
a place of hope and a place of
opportunity," Ryan said of the
Center?
"Take the Lead" partici
pants include Mayor Allen
Joines. Wake Forest
University Field Hockey
Coach Jen Averill and Busta
Brown of 97.1 WQMG. Most
pairs will include one dance
professional - people like
Tonv Econ of the Kathy
Marino School of Dance in
Clemmons.
"We got a good group;
We're going to have lots of
fun, we got some good
dancers and some good teach
ers, we should have a great
show," said Econ. a ballroom
dancing instructor.
Kenny O'Neal, owner of
downtown's KO's Family
Fitness, will shake a leg as
part of the competition. He is
a fan of dancing and has led
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Actress Rosemary Harris dances with Arbor Acres CEO
David Piner, a " Take the Lead" participant.
hip hop workout sessions.
O'Neal is partnered with
Suzanne Ramm. a fellow fit
ness instructor.
"It's for a great cause; it's
for the community," said
O'Neal. "It's going to be a lot
of fun".
No Take the Lead partici
pant can appreciate the cause
more than Greg White, a
Bethesda Center client who
has called the shelter home
for the last six weeks. He's no
stranger to dance, hav ing been
a dancer on "Soul Train" in
the 1980s. Since then, he has
fallen on hard times and has
been chronically homeless for
more than five years, moving
from city to city and being on
and off drugs.
The 49-year-old says that
he's now clean and trying to
get back on his feet by taking
full advantage of Bethesda's
referral services. White, who
was slated to start GED class
es this week, said he's glad to
give back to Bethesda by tak
ing part in the fundraiser.
"Even if it's not to help
me. it'll help someone else
down the road who may need
that assistance." said White.
Actress Rosemary Harris,
a local resident best knovvn
for playing Aunt May in tTfr" ~
Spider-Man movies, also lent
her star power to Friday's
opening event and plans to
take part in the May 6 finale.
Event organizer Ann Guill
is a lawyer by day. but danc
ing is her passion. She teaches
ballroom dancing in the pub
lic schools through the non
profit Dancing Classrooms.
She said she jumped at the
chance to use her love of
dancing to benefit Bethesda.
"When you can take
something you love dearly,
like dancing, and combine it
with something you thorough
ly. 100 percent believe in, like
serving and supporting facili
ties for the homeless popula
tion. it doesn't get any better."
said Guilt.
To see videos of the
dancers and / or to vote, visit
www.taketheleadws.com .
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Kenny O'Neal
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Dancers Kathy Marino and Tony Econ.
I'NCSA Photo
Daryl Wade (squatting and holding a film reel) poses with other UNCSA leaders and stu
dents for this photo, which Chancellor Maurceri used for his holiday greeting cards.
Wade
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mark of UNCSA's legacy,
largely because the students
are so focused on their art.
Wade says. Maurceri
believes Wade has overcome
that challenge famously.
"Daryl has been able to
maintain his student life as an
artist and somehow find the
time and energy to represent
the students and take the
Student Artists Association to
a level that it's never been
before." Mauceri said "He's
articulate and passionate and
enormously persuasive. With
all of those things plus his tal
ent, I think he has a really
great future ahead of him."
Among Wade's crowning
achievements as president
was the staging of the
"Mighty-O" benefit party, a
collaborative effort among
UNCSA. Salem College.
Wake Forest and 'Winston
Salem State universities. The
party, which drew more than
100 local students to the
Millennium Center last fall.
served as a fundraiser for
three student-led initiatives.
Wade says he has also
worked to increase the visi
bility of other student activi
ties, such as Big Man on
Campus, a mock male pag
eant. which he won in its
inaugural year, not long
before his election.
Wade, who as SAA presi
dent serves as an ex-officio
member of the UNCSA Board
of Trustees, makes it a point
to push issues that matter to
his fellow students. He has
worked since the summer to
convince the School to end its
ban on skateboarding and
skating on campus, arguing
that such forms of "recre
ational transportation" should
be permitted. Last year. Wade
led a successful campaign to
have the cafeteria list its
menu items according to
ingredients, to protect stu
dents with food allergies.
"That was a pretty big wi
for us," he said. "It was an
excellent example of what
students can do."
Wade has excelled at
UNCSA academically as
well. Last year, his short film
was one of a handful picked
for a special screening at the
Warner Grand Theatre in Los
Angeles, and another of his
films is again being consid
ered for the 2010 screening.
After Spring Break,
Wade, who will graduate in
May. is slated to travel to
Miami, where he will oversee
the opening of a new Vector
Marketing office. The compa
ny hawks cutlery, and Wade's
ambitious goal is to sell more
than $1 million of it before
heading to Los Angeles in
September to follow his
dreams of becoming a film
producer.
As for the SAA. Wade
says he is hopeful someone of
similar fervor will succeed
him as president.
"(The SAA) is in its first
stages of being comparable to
the (other) student govern
? mcnts in the UNC system;
that's probably what I'm most
proud of." he related "We
have to walk the line between
being a quirky art school and
being a student government
that takes itself seriously "
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in removing lead-based
paints and outreach and edu
cation about the dangers of
lead-based paints The proj
ect will also establish
Winston-Salem's first Lead
Safe Home registry .
City officials are partner
ing n* ith the Forsyth County
UNCSA
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Liberty."
McCullough, also a
School of Design &
Production grad. has illumi
nated the stages of the San
Francisco Opera, the Opera
Theatre of Saint Louis, the
Glimmerglass Opera and the
Metropolitan Opera
Other L'NCSA alumni
connected to the upcoming
Kennedy Center production
include Shayne Doty (School
of Music. High School Class
of 1979). Director of
Development for the
Washington National Opera:
Sara Henley (School of
Dance. High School Class of
2002), Assistant Manager of
Development at the Kennedv
Center; Christina Gould
(School of Design &
PriKluction. Class of 2006).
Lighting Director at the
Kennedy Center: and
Gregory Goldsmith (School
of Drama. Class of 1976;
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Health Department. the
Winston-Salem Slate
University Center for
Community Safety. Hispanic
Interaction. CH.AN.Gh
and Imprints to implement
"the program
Residents interested in the
program should contact
Neighborhood Services h\
calling Citx Link at 33b- 727
HOOtJ.
McCullough
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1977), Master Technician at
the Kennedy Center In addi
tion. Kenan Fellows at the
Kennedy Center for 2009-10
include Ryan Gastelum
(Design & Production 2008).
Molly e Maxner (High School
Dance 1993. Drama 2009).
Paolo Rodriguez (Design <t
Production 2009). and Ryan
Wineinger (Design A;
Production 2009)
Rep. Larry Womble
NC House of Representatives
71st District
Tel (336) 784-9373
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