Kentridge hosts Thunderstruck! Dance for Heart benefit, other programs
Published 12:29 pm Monday, February 2, 2015
For the Reporter
Thunderstruck! Dance for Heart – an entertainment-filled charity event to support the American Heart Association – returns Friday, Feb. 13 to the Kentridge High School Performing Arts Center, 12430 SE 208th St.
Proceeds benefit the AHA.
The program raised more than $3,000 last year, with the goal of raising more than $5,000 this year, according to Denise Wiskow, a sports medicine instructor at Kentridge and the show’s director.
The entertainment lineup includes performances from the Chatelaines, Sparkles Cheerleaders (special needs kids), gymnastics and multicultural dancers from salsa to hip hop, Yoga Club, Steppers and Ballers, Little Charger Preschoolers, and Rockers who sing, dance and play the drums.
The program is part of a month-long devotion to heart health. A school-wide Red Out Day is on Friday, National Heart Day, when many students and staff wear red to support the AHA. Kentridge also observes Heart Awareness Week, Feb. 6-13. Students will host awareness events each day during lunch.
“We feel this is one of our most important events since heart disease is the No. 1 killer in the U.S.,” Wiskow said. “We also share the importance of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and the AED (automated external defibrillator) and demonstrate the skills in a reenactment in the show.”
Show admission is $10 donation and includes a “heart” T-shirt.
