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Empathy: The antidote to cruelty, bullying, and gossip

Empathy: The antidote to cruelty, bullying, and gossip

The classic bully is easy to spot. You will know him by his lunch stealing, name-calling, glasses breaking, push you in the dirt behavior. Unfortunately, most bullying just isn’t that obvious. Bullying is most commonly made up of small things like the...
Auditions and Emotions

Auditions and Emotions

“Results are in!” It was ironic that I was the one to discover the team lists posted on the PBD website when my son Eli had been refreshing that website every ten minutes for days. Within a few minutes, we were all gathered–me, my husband, and four...
Record Breaking numbers for auditions

Record Breaking numbers for auditions

In a series of 8 separate rounds, 150 kids from age seven to seventeen came to audition for the premier and show teams at Pacific Ballroom Dance during the last two weeks of June. (Last year, auditions drew 120 kids.) After the overwhelming success of creating a...
“Rise” concert celebrates 15 years

“Rise” concert celebrates 15 years

The Pacific Ballroom Dance Company presented “Rise” in three performances on June 1st and 2nd at the Auburn Performing Arts Center. Dancers performed 28 pieces of choreography featuring all styles of Ballroom and Latin dance. More than 120 students ages 7-18, and over...