
August 20, 2011
Eight-year-old Thea Dardanis learns a new dance from instructor Nora Parker during an Irish Dance Class at the Elevation Dance Studio Thursday evening. Parker is opening her own studio, a chapter of the Bennett School of Irish Dance, next week at Excel Gymnastics.
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Dancer to open local chapter of Bennett School of Irish Dance in Steamboat
Thea Dardanis was breathing heavily as she walked over to the barre and took a long sip of water. āIām exhausted,ā the 8-year-old announced. Behind her, high school freshman McKendrey McGown and dance teacher Nora Parker were practicing a complex jig in front of the mirror at Elevation Dance Studio.

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