On Friday March 23rd, 2012 from 8-10 PM, The Quinnipiac Ballroom Society held its first annual Dancing with the QU Stars event in Burt Kahn Court on Quinnipiac Mount Carmel Campus. That evening, Quinnipiac faculty and staff coupled up with student experts from Quinnipiac Ballroom Society to compete a set of routines against one another. There was a buffet dinner, general bleacher seating, an open dance floor during intermissions, a live DJ, and professional lighting. The event was very professional, entertaining, and a huge success.
Our goal was to raise money for both Quinnipiac Ballroom Society and Camp Sunshine, http://www.campsunshine.org/, an organization that runs free camps for children and their families undergoing life threatening diseases and receiving treatment.
The Dancers (from Right to Left) Chris Flaherty (Master of Cermonies), Vittoria Ricotta, Jaclyn Croyle, Catherine Makuch, Muhammed Bey,Chelsea Hood, Chadwick Nehrt, Ethan Pandolfi, Cindyu Long Porter, Danielle Martin, Stanley Rothman, Lisa Kaplan, Steven Jean-Paul,Courtney McKenna, John Midy, Cristina de Jesus, Ken Marshall (missing from photo)
Front row: Alex Scott and Karen Pfrommer, coaches from Dance in Rhythm
Chris Flaherty, the Master of Cermonies, poses with some of the dancers!
Danielle Martin talks about Camp Sunshine and presents them with a check for over $2000.
QBS Co-presidents, Vittoria Ricotta and John Midy, perform for the audience.
A friend of QBS, photographer Debbie Meole, snapped some great pictures of all of the dancers. Go to her website, ShutterArt by Debi and click on Blog to see them.
Quinnipiac Ballroom Society Mission Statement: The Quinnipiac Ballroom Society is a student run organization out of Quinnipiac University in its third academic year. QBS's goal is to provide ballroom dancing instruction to all of its social and competitive members that will enrich each individual’s life socially.
