Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Spring 2015 | Page 12

Celebrating
the
Arts

This winter, Thornton Academy
named its newly-renovated dance
studio after Leonard G. Johnson
’47, an 1811 Society member who
has made a significant donation to
support TA.

In January, a reception in Hyde Library brought
together Leonard G. Johnson’s family members,
trustees, staff, and students to celebrate the naming
of the renovated dance studio in the Emery
Building.
Beginning at 13 years old, Leonard was practicing
dance steps from illustrations in a Dale Evans dance
book, preparing himself for the many barn dances
that he would attend in high school. He was voted
best dancer for the class of 1947 and went on to
teach ballroom dance in Denver at the Ernie Miller
Dance School. The love of dance runs in the family