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Save the date!
This year's Dancing with the WMU/Kazoo Stars scholarship fundraising event will be on Friday, November 13, 2015.
Community Dance Advocacy Award winner announced
Western Michigan University’s Department of Dance and Partners in Dance are proud to announce the recipient of this year’s Community Dance Advocacy Award, Patricia Plasko. The award will be presented at a special reception on Thursday, February 5, 2015 prior to the opening night of the Department of Dance’s annual Winter Gala Dance Concert at WMU
2014 Dancing with the WMU/Kazoo Stars celebrity dancers and judges
2014 celebrity judges
- Bobby Hopewell, Mayor of Kalamazoo
- Lori Moore, Host of The Lori Moore Show on the CW7
- Kathryn Williams, Award-winning musical theatre choreographer
2014 celebrity dancers
- Dre Ballines, Personal Trainer at West Hills Athletic Club
- Marcie Kobriger, Morning Anchor WWMT
- Chris Markin, Owner, Sahr Building Supply, Inc.
- Joy Markin, Owner, Little Biscuit Property Management and Preschool Teacher, The Gagie School
- Michele C. Marquardt, Attorney, DeMent and Marquardt, PLC
- Joe Reish, WMU Dean of Libraries
- Christopher Tremblay, WMU Associate Provost for Enrollment Management, WMU BA '94, MA '99
- Von Washington Jr., The Kalamazoo Promise, Executive Director of Community Relations