On Sunday, June 12th, Hope House’s LEAP class had the pleasure of performing at the Discover Dover Day Festival. Fourteen boys and girls who had participated in the spring session entertained the audience at the festival with their jazz performance choreographed to the Glee version of “Don’t Stop” originally by Fleetwood Mac.
“It was really exciting that all the kids participated and that their parents attended and cheered them on enthusiastically,” said dance teacher and program coordinator, Amanda Keller, “they worked really hard on the dance and it showed.”
LEAP (Love Embrace and Perform) is a not-for-profit dance program that began in the winter of 2010. Many of the students are the children of Hope House’s clients who would normally not be able to afford dance classes. “It’s so great to work with these kids,” Keller said, “They are so well-behaved and appreciative of what we do.”
The students and their teacher hope to have an opportunity to perform many Discover Dover Day Festivals to come.
