Sandra Lee Studio Of Dance Presents Music Is The Movement

The Sandra Lee Studio of Dance is excited to present their 34th annual dance production, and Sandy Martinkus of the studio says they’ve got quite the show planned.

“We have a really exciting program. It’s about how music affects our physical movements and emotions and takes us back to special times in our life and different generations. We’ve got an exciting big band number, a humorous musical theater production loosely based on Alice in Wonderland, we’ve got tiny tots that are into country-western dancing and nursery rhyme blues, and petite ballerinas, and beautiful lyrical dancers, enthusiastic dancers of today, and an all-boys dance group on the Beach Boys’ 409 Impala,” said Martinkus.

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Miss Sandie’s Dance Students to Present Recital this Weekenie

Sandie Martinkus

Students of Miss Sandie’s Dance Studio will present the 33rd recital this weekend at the Knox High School Auditorium. The performances will be Saturday, May 21st at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 22nd at 2:00 p.m. CT. There are 125 students in the recital and the theme this year is “Dancing Through Life”.

“It’s about life’s experiences from childhood to adulthood, the happy times and the sad times and the good and the bad times,” explained Miss Sandie. “You’ll be seeing creative musical theater numbers, dynamic jazz, really cute tiny tots, beautiful lyric and ballet, humorous novelty numbers, some tap, and ethnic dance. There will be serious moments and deep spiritual expressions.”