Epic Dance Studios Fundraiser Gala dances through the decades

ELKHART, Ind. — Epic Dance Studios took the spotlight at The Lerner Theater in Elkhart Thurs. evening for its annual Fundraiser Gala.

The theme was “Dancing thru the Decades”, inviting guests to dress in their favorite historic attire, enjoy dinner, participate in a silent auction, and watch several performances that walked the audience through time.

The goal of the fundraiser is to continue providing over $27,000 a year in student need-based scholarships, as well as $15,000 a year for outreach programs for students with special needs, and after-school services for Elkhart and Concord students.

“I think dance is such a universal tool for so much of our youth, and yet it is also very expensive… Epic meets them in the middle, Epic meets them all the way and gives them these opportunities and lets them come and dance under these scholarships and stuff. And I think if it wasn’t for that program, I would have never found dance in the way I did and I would have never been in the career that I’m in now, I would not be the person I am today,” said Epic Dance Studios Alumni, Yeshua Hernandez.

Hernandez explained the annual fundraiser not only helps raise the money to give future students dance opportunities, but it also demonstrates the passion and expression dancers find in the art form.

“We are giving them the tools that they need to not only grow as people and as dancers, but also to express and to be able to find themselves within the medium and the craft,” said Hernandez.

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