22 • The Beacon June 16 , 2022
Street dances at the artPARK held on Saturdays
By Marianne Austin
The weather was perfect for an outdoor dance on Saturday evening , June 4 . The Pomerene Center for the Arts presented the first in a series of four street dances at the artPARK on Main Street .
“ We need a little dance in our lives these days to give us a little
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positive energy ,” Anne Cornell said . “ Everything seems to conspire to drag us down . Music and dance and being together can be our help support . Several things came together to bring the dance series about . Last summer I was out here on a Saturday morning , and there was a man who stopped to talk and
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said , ‘ You should have a polka festival here .’
“ That just sounded like so much fun . So I thought , ‘ What if we did a street dance series ?’ If we get big enough , we could expand , but right now I just wanted to start and see how it goes . If you ’ re going to dance , you need to know how , so we ’ re having free dance classes on the other side .”
Cornell started talking to the dance community , and Carol Hampton knew Tim Cohen , a dance instructor originally from the Columbus area , where he taught dance professionally . They brought him in to teach dance classes scheduled ahead of the event .
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Columbus . The next week ’ s band is up in the air due to unforeseen circumstances , but a polka band will play the last weekend in June . “ This band got their start when they were still in high school ,” Cornell said .
There used to be rent parties with music on the lawn at the original Pomerene Center .
“ We needed something for this venue , and already this is a much more diverse crowd agewise , and that ’ s what I love about the art- PARK ,” Cornell said . “ It ’ s out and easy to step in if you are just walking by . The plan is to have food here too . We have perfect weather tonight . Tom Davis on guitar is from Coshocton and studied with Barry Hardesty . This band was formed at Capital Uni-
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• Half Full Grief Support Group meeting Thursday , June 23 from 1-3 p . m . at Central Christian Church , 731 Main St . Meetings Christ centered and biweekly .
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Dance instructor Carol Hampton and Tim Cohen are pictured dancing at the artPARK . of July and August from 6:30- 8:30 p . m .
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