The Grove Project

7th Annual Arts Sensation

A benefit performance for Good Shepherd Center sponsored by the Forward Motion Dance Company

Thursday April 17, 2008 - 8:00 pm
City Stage, 21 North Front Street, Wilmington, N.C.
910-342-0272
General admission $10.00, $8.00 for children under 12, students, seniors and GWACA members.

From the press release:

An exciting evening concert that features local musicians, choreographers and dancers. Live music will be performed by Rick Tobey and the Chickenhead Blues Band and the newly formed band Stable Hands with rhythm guitarist/lead vocalist Frank Bruno, who has toured with Bruce Springsteen as a member of the Sessions Band. Dance performances include “ Company T” tap dancers, Vatra Gitana Bellydance, Shea-Ra-Niche African dance, Forward Motion Dance Company, as well as works by students, instructors from The Dance Cooperative and Glory Academy of Fine Arts. Choreographers include Melanie Haulman, Linda Larson, Shea-Ra Nichi, Tracey Varga and Marcy Whipkins. Modern contemporary, jazz, tap, Middle Eastern and African style dance forms will be presented. Please come join us for a unique evening celebrating local talents uniting to support a very important Wilmington community organization.
Proceeds of Arts Sensation will go to support Good Shepherd Center and its mission to feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, and foster transition of those in crises to independence in the community.