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Summit
Dance Shoppe - Starquest - 2008 - Photo
Gallery Link (click on the photo)
Summit
Dance Shoppe - Hall of Fame -
2008 - Photo Gallery Link (click
on the photo)
Summit
Dance Shoppe - Showbiz 2008
Backstage - Photo Gallery Link (click
on the photo)
Summit
Dance Shoppe - Evening at the
Ballet - Photo
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Summit
Dance Shoppe - Showcase - Photo
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Courtesy of Frank Rowe
MPLS/St. Paul Magazine - August 2006
"Every Community needs a
full-service traditional studio with ballet,
tap, and jazz, classes for all ages, and yearly recitals. Summit
School of Dance (now Summit Dance Shoppe) (763-553-1870, 952-475-2667,
summitdanceshoppe.com) is the Twin Cities' sterling example. Famous graduates: Some have
attended Juilliard, and others have stayed here, including Colleen
McClellan Ueland, Megan McClellan, and Brian Sostek."
Press
Release 02/04/2007
Summit School of Dance and
The Hedberg Family have purchased the Dance
Shoppe Building and School. Summit took ownership on January 31, 2007
and will move into their new facility in July 07.
Summit School of Dance has
been owned and operated by Judy Hedberg for
50 years and was joined 20 years ago by her daughters, Jenny Roth and
Missy Goers. Hedberg says, “I am thrilled at the opportunity to combine
two nationally recognized and award winning programs.” The name of the
new Studio will be Summit Dance Shoppe.
Summit is a traditional
competition studio providing instruction in
tap, jazz and ballet. Summit also offers a pre-professional program,
the Summit Invitational, which supports the growth and development of
the dancer desiring a career in dance. Linda Muir-Finney, Summit’s
Ballet Program Director, says that “The studio works directly with the
area high schools to facilitate early release and independent study
credit for this unusually comprehensive program. This past summer, four
of Summit’s invitational students were selected for Juilliard’s summer
dance program. Muir-Finney was selected this year by The Outstanding
American Teacher’s Organization in New York, as a recipient of the
National Honor Roll Award. This award was established to provide
positive recognition to educators who have been identified by their
students as having had the greatest influence on their life.
Muir-Finney will remain as the director of ballet at Summit Dance
Shoppe.
Co-owner Melissa Goers
explains the decision to purchase The Dance
Shoppe as, “A great opportunity for our family. Not only do we now have
a top of the line facility, we are combining two amazing programs. All
of our students will benefit from this move.” Co-owner Jennifer Roth
adds, “It is an exciting time. We can’t wait to see what the future
will bring.”
Marv and Jan Miller will stay
on as consultants thru the end of the
2006-2007 dance season, to assist in the transition for the existing
students, staff and parents.
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