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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.