Alain L. Locke Elementary School - P.S. 208 » Ballroom Dance http://alainllocke.org Alain L. Locke Elementary School-PS. 208, Harlem New York Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:23:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 5th Annual Content in Arts Festival http://alainllocke.org/2011/03/5th-annual-content-dance-festival/ http://alainllocke.org/2011/03/5th-annual-content-dance-festival/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:16:44 +0000 Ms. Burns http://alainllocke.org/?p=1429 CFest

The 5th Annual Content in Arts Festival will be held Thursday, March 24th at 9:30AM and 4PM.  Students will be performing dances related to the Social Studies curriculum and artwork will be on display throughout the school building.  The dress rehearsal wll take place on Wednesday, March 23rd at 9:30AM.

We cannot wait to see you there!

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Dance residencies started at PS 208 last week.  Third, fourth and fifth grade students are all starting work to bring their social studies curriculum to life.  Stay tuned for details about this year’s Content in Arts Festival!

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The following opportunity is available for fifth graders who participated in this year’s Ballroom Dancing Residency:

Announced at the culminating event this past March, students will have the chance to attend a weekend program during the next school year.  This weekend program is a great opportunity for students to continue their ballroom education in the Dancing Classrooms professional studio, with their gifted teachers and fellow Dancing Classrooms students from around the city.  Tuition is less than $3.00 a class…equal to only 3 movie tickets a semester!   Registration is in June.

 Registration information is also located in the Parent Coordinator Room.

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Alain L. Locke Elementary was the proud host of Dancing Classroom’s semifinal ballroom dancing competition.  Fifth graders from all over New York City met at PS 208 to show off what they had learned over the past semester.  Our school’s team finished the event with a bronze medal!

Video:

Ballroom Dance 1, Ballroom Dance 2,

Ballroom Dance 3, Ballroom Dance 4

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This is also the final day for the Alain L. Locke Book Fair.  Come out to support our students!

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]]> http://alainllocke.org/2010/03/event-reminders/feed/ 0 Ballroom Dancing http://alainllocke.org/2010/02/ballroom-dancing/ http://alainllocke.org/2010/02/ballroom-dancing/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:04:32 +0000 Ms. Burns http://alainllocke.org/?p=478 This winter the 5th grade at Alain L. Locke is taking part in a ballroom dance residency!  Students are learning the moves to dances such as the polka, waltz, swing, fox trot, rumba, and merengue.  Stay tuned for details about our March 10th performance.

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