Contact: Melanie McCormick, Roseville Just For Kix Director
763-784-7112
August 7th, 2013
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ROSEVILLE Dance Director Gets Local Youth Ready to ‘Dance to the Music’ in 2014 by Attending the
2013 Just For Kix Annual Convention
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Brainerd, MN – Melanie McCormick attended the 2013 Just For Kix Annual Convention with over 147 Just For Kix Youth Program Directors from Minnesota, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado and South Dakota. The 2013 Directors Convention was held at Forestview Middle School and The Legacy at Cragun’s Resort on July 28th – 30th.
Melanie McCormick has been the Roseville Just For Kix Director for 3.5 years. “Directors Convention is our place to set the standards of Just For Kix and to also give the best of us to each and every one of our dancers.” At Just For Kix, doing your best is more important than being the best!
The Convention offered multiple educational and programming classes to assist in furthering the Director’s dance curriculum and sessions on resources for program development. One of the Director favorites is learning choreography for the upcoming performance season. Classes offered included: Hip Hop, Jazz, Kick, Lyrical, Pom, Tabata and Novelty.
Julie Davidge, the Just For Kix Youth Programs Manager said the overall experience allows for the Directors to come to Brainerd to collaborate and engage with the Directors from across the country. “Bringing all of our Directors together is a highlight of our year. We take care of business for the upcoming season and discuss ways to continue to enrich the teaching and performances for our youth dance teams,” Davidge said.
For 29 years, Just For Kix has held a Directors Convention. Just For Kix orchestrates youth dance programs in ten states at nearly 200 locations engaging over 20,000 youth dancers.
The Roseville Just For Kix Dance program offers KICK, JAZZ, HIP HOP, LYRICAL, BALLET, TAP, AND ADULT dance classes for youth ages 3yrs to adult. Students can enroll at anytime. To learn more, visit: JustForKix.com/danceclasses/roseville_mn or contact Melanie McCormick at: roseville_mn@justforkix.com
About Just For Kix
Based in Brainerd, MN, Just For Kix is a full service dance organization with four divisions including: Youth Dance Programs, Dance Camps, Special Events and Dance Supply Online/Catalog Sales. For more information, please visit JustForKix.com
