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Blockbusters at the movies are a summer tradition. We love our iconic stars and scenes from the silver screen. In celebration of the Summer Blockbuster we present our ballroom student showcase: “Hooray for Hollywood” in which our talented professional and amateur dancers create choreography that re-imagines memorable personalities and performances from Hollywood history through ballroom & Latin showdances.

Be a part of this inaugural event as even the audience gets to participate in the glamour of hollywood! Guests are invited to come dressed to the nines as award show attendees. They can participate by walking our red-carpet though cocktail hour, sit to enjoy the performances, vote on their favorite performance, then re-unite at the Affinity Ballroom Studio for the “after-party” with drinks and social dancing.

Hooray for Hollywood! dancing we loved from the silver screen..

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“We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle...” Marilyn Monroe

Saturday, August 24, 2013Montgomerry College Theater

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“A Night at the Oscars”The Chance to Perform

• Professional production team: management of all aspects of event

• 300 seat theater

• Professional theatrical lighting

• Stage Management

• Dress & Tech Rehearsals

• LED screen to augment performance: to be used for setting a scene, presenting clips from movie scene, showing humorous clips from rehearsal, etc.

• Use of four back-up dancers

• Website highlighting dancers/performers-marketing of event

• Online ticketing/Box office management

• Professional DVD of event

• Master of Ceremonies

• Pre-show party: VIP red-carpet, cocktails & photo ops

• Post show after party with drinks & social dancing

• Lunch for cast members day of show/rehearsals

• Awards for “most likable performance” to be voted on that evening by audience

www.roundrockevents.com

Tony Smith, CEO and founder of Round Rock Events Company is our producer. His management team has 20 years experience creating, producing & marketing entertainment events.

Performing on Stage

Give your students the opportunity to expand their dancing by becoming another charcter--perform a showdance.

Dancing in a theater is an experience no dancer should miss. The stage provides lessons that simply cannot be learned on a studio floor.

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Red Carpet Cocktails: 6:30-7:30

• VIP guests enjoy hand passed h’orderves & sparkling cider (no alcholic beverages before performances)

• Walk the “red carpet” complete with paparazzi photo ops

• peruse participating studio “booths” • notice participants (cast members) “stars” on

our own walk of fame• Meet and greet the performance “stars”

Dress code: formal/cocktail

Program of EventsRed Carpet! Oscar-themed Showcase! After-Party!

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Vote for your Favorite Performance! The award show is not just a theme--during the performance audience members and incognito judge decide the winning showdance of the evening a la “Dancing with the Stars”...

Performance 7:30-9:30

• Awards-themed show

• Hosted by professional MC acting as awards presenters

• Performance DVD

• Surprise awards presented throughout the showcase

• Audience participation

After-Party: 10 PM to Midnight!

• Join us back at the Affinity Ballroom for the swanky after party

• Food & Drinks • Social Dancing • Participation Awards• The after-glow of a great show

Production Company managing all aspects of a theatrical showcase event: from online marketing and ticketing to tech rehearsals and catering. You bring your students to enjoy the event and focus on helping them present the best possible performance . Everything else is taken care of.

SHOWCASE MONTGOMERRY COLLEGE AUGUST 24, 2013

Ballroom Dance as TheaterWhy isn’t ballroom seen onstage?

We are dancers. We teach great lessons and (hopefully) inspire great performances from our partners and student body. But great performances require more than great dancing. Most of us as independent teachers or studio owners are not experienced or rich enough to produce a dance performance--a full theatrical show--and our students miss the great experience of performing onstage. Instead, we hold in-house studio recitals and pursue competitive events, where our dancing and students are seen amid throngs of other dancers and our performance may be overlooked. How often has a great student dancer said, “I love dance, but I really don’t like to compete.” Or how often has a student wanted to perform, but did not yet have the repertoire required for attendance at a competitive event. How often do in-house student showcase lack in production value and overall experience for the performers? It does not have to be so.

The franchise dance studios have discovered how lucrative showdance performances can be. Several studios pool their resources of performers and capital to create a theatrical event. The students revel in their opportunity to be onstage as a star. The better the experience is, the more apt that student is to continue in his dancing pursuit: investing in lessons, coaching, costuming, etc.

Affinity Ballroom believes that like-minded independent studios and instructors can do likewise. We have employed a production company to manage our showcase as a theatrical event. We invite others join us. Help us bring Ballroom to your community stage, and give your students the experience of a lifetime!

Pricingproduction fee: $600 per showdance piece

Includes: for the performer(s): professional theatrical management of piece (i.e. professional

theater, stage management, production notes, lighting, dress/tech rehearsal, etc.),

headshot/bio of performer(s) on event website, VIP passes to pre-show red-carpet party, Invitation to the post-show after party, catered lunch on event date, discount code for online ticket purchase of friends & family

Opportunities for participating studio/independent teachers: ad in program, ad on event website, booth on the “red-carpet” generate lessons for choreography/coaching (create your

own package)