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To everyone who participated in the 10th Alaska Visitor Industry 4K ” Walk for Charity.”

Starts at 6:00 Friday, May 11th at the Immaculate Conception Church parking lot. Finish at the Celebration Station with more food, yummy desserts, live music, games, prizes and more. A perfect way to spend  balmy a May evening!

Raise money for North Star Ballet as you feast on fabulous food on this fun 4k walk! Adults must raise a minimum of $25 and children $15. (avoid a late fee by registering by May 6th). Online registration begins April 8th. Go as a group, a family, or as an individual.

Bib Pickup and Onsite Registration will be May 7 from noon – 7 pm at the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center. Late registration will be May 8 – 10 at the Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center from 9 -4.

Download the 2012 brochure/registration form. Make sure to list the North Star Ballet as the “Designated Registered Charity.”

For more information on the Charity Walk, please contact Charity Gadapee at cgadapee@explorefairbanks.com

To everyone who made the Spring Gala a huge success:

the dancers
the stage crew
the volunteers (behind the stage and in the front of the house)
the staff
and our Sponsors:

Fairbanks Cancer Care Physicians and ICHARR

The North Star Ballet will be closed if the temperature is 50 degrees below zero or colder as verified by calling 844.  Parents should use discretion in determining when other weather conditions such as ice fog influence safe travel.  In this case students may schedule a make-up class.  Classes cancelled because of bad weather will be rescheduled.

The North Star Dance Foundation is pleased to announce our new Executive Director, Anne Ruggles, who will join us on August 22, 2011.  The former Executive Director of the Alaska Bird Observatory will bring extensive experience in organization management, administration and development.  She has earned degrees in biology from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Alaska Fairbanks and law from the University of Colorado Boulder.

The North Star Ballet and Norman Shelburne received the 2011 Interior Alaska Mayor’s Award for Youth Arts at a presentation ceremony at the Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts Theater, Thursday, May 19.  The event was sponsored by the Fairbanks Arts Association.  The award recognized the significant and ongoing contribution of the North Star Dance Foundation, the North Star Ballet School and the North Star Ballet to education and development of youth in the community for more than 30 years