HomeMy WebLinkAboutPrsntatn - Starlight Dance Ctr DayWhereas, Patty Williams' Starlight Dance Center celebrated its 20th
anniversary in Palm Desert on June 11th, 2016; and
Whereas, Patty has built a successful business in dance and
theater performance with her three -studio center on El Paseo; and
Whereas, Starlight Dance Center's mission is to help dancers build
confidence and achieve excellence in technique and execution in the Art of
Dance, to gain a sense of accomplishment and to be inspired; and
Whereas, Starlight Dance Center has more than 50 classes each
week, serves performers ages 3 to 93, offers classes in multiple genres of
the arts, summer dance camps and intensives, and sponsors a competitive
Dance Team; and
Whereas, Patty's involvement in the Palm Desert community
includes the Golf Cart Parade, the McCallum Theatre Open Call talent
show, flash mob dances at Westfield Mall, engagement in the National
Dance Day Nationwide annual event, and participation in the American
Cancer Society's Relay for Life; and
Whereas, Patty hosts public safety events where a spokesperson
details the dangers of the internet and what parents can do to safeguard
their children; and
Whereas, Patty has opened her studio to the Desert Friends of the
Developmentally Disabled, allowing free space for dance classes and
student instructors volunteering their time to teach dance steps. The group
performs locally as the High Hopes Dance Troupe.
Now, Therefore, I, Robert A. Spiegel, Mayor of the City of
Palm Desert, California, Along With the Entire City Council, Do Hereby
Proclaim Thursday, June 30th, 2016, as
Starlight Dance Center Day
in the City of Palm Desert and urges all residents to join us in expressing
our appreciation for her contribution and service to our community, with our
best wishes for the future.
In 'Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and have
caused the officia(Seal of the City of (Palm vesert, carifomia,
to 6e affixed this .30th day of-7une, 2016.