Dance

CASCADE -- The phone calls have already begun. Jim Powers Sr.'s phone has been ringing like crazy as regulars of the Pen Mar Park summer concert series want to confirm The Headliners' date at the dance pavilion on South Mountain. The day after The Headliners' performance, his phone will begin ringing for two months as people request for the band to return, said Powers, executive secretary of the American Federation of Musicians Local 770. It's been that way for at least 15 years.

julieg@herald-mail.com MARTINSBURG, W.VA. - With a bison in a temporary corral and several people dressed in bright, multicolored Native American regalia dancing to the beat of a drum, the Berkeley County Youth Fairgrounds already looked like another world. It felt like another world for Brenda Silva as she danced, dressed in a red satin dress adorned with hundreds of beads in the middle of a makeshift arena, listening to the steady drumbeat. "It's an awesome feeling," said Silva, 42, of Greensboro, N.C. "When I dance, I dance for the ones that can't dance.

After making multiple box-like rounds of four steps to the right, four steps to the left, four heel kicks and as many "walk it by yourself" moves, the 20 first-graders in the Marlowe Elementary School cafeteria were a bit out of sorts, but a smiling bunch, nonetheless. "I'm dead!" one boy exclaimed after performing the "Cupid Shuffle" with his classmates and returning to sit on the floor, which was marked with tape to space the students a part for the popular line dance song. The youngsters in the venerable northern Berkeley County school joined near nearly 100,000 students at about 700 public schools across West Virginia who shuffled their way to a healthy heart on Thursday by simultaneously performing the dance, which coincided with the launch of the West Virginia Physical Activity Plan.  "At this level, we still have to have fun," said Marlowe Elementary Principal Amanda Stevens.

'Oldies but Goodies' dance set for Oct. 20 An "Oldies but Goodies" dance will be Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Martin Luther King Center. The funds raised will benefit Memorial Recreation Center programs. Proceeds from the sale of food and beverages will be used to support the For Our Kids Sake programs. For tickets, call 301-790-0203, Carolyn Sterling at 301-791-1155, Betsy Broadus at 240-313-8023 or Tish Mims at 301-790-0544. Fairgrounds 5K Run moved to the spring The fourth annual fall 5K run and 1- or 2-mile walk originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13, at Fairgrounds Park has been moved to a spring date.

Performers ranging from young children to adults will take the microphone to read poetry, play instruments, sing and dance Thursday, Sept. 24, at 5 p.m. at Antietam Academy High School's third open mic night. The school is in portable classrooms at 1151 S. Potomac St. on the South Hagerstown High School campus. Niki Perini, South High dance teacher and artistic director of Authentic Community Theater, will perform as will a trio of students singing a classic song from the group Destiny's Child.

Students in the Veterans Club and the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Hagerstown Community College are sponsoring a 1950s-style sock hop and dance Saturday, April 13, from 6 to 11 p.m., in the ARCC. The event will feature free dance lessons from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and performances by swing bands Rick K and the Allnighters and the Holders. Attendees are encouraged to dress in 1950s attire. Light refreshments will be served. Tickets cost $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased in advance by emailing veteransclub@hagerstowncc.edu.

The South Hagerstown High School class of 1959 will hold it 50-year class reunion Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Elks Lodge in Hagerstown. The event will start with a social hour at 5 p.m., dinner will be served at 6 and the dance will be from 7:30 to 10:30. For more information, call Donna Smith at 301-797-8761 or e-mail DSmith7119@aol.com.

1. A week at the carnival Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Co. Carnival continues through Saturday, July 7, at U.S. Silica Grounds, along U.S. 522, just north of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Parrotbeach Band, 7 to 9 p.m., baby contest registration 6 p.m., today; Joe Taxi, pictured, 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday, July 5; karaoke contest, 6:15 p.m. registration, Friday, July 6; Billy Thompson Band, 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, July 7. Food, amusements and games. Carnival opens at 6 p.m. nightly. Call 304-258-3449 or go to bsvfccarnival.tripod.com . 2. Inspired by water "Rivermaids"  will feature art photography by Dane Konop.

WILLIAMSPORT -Williamsport gears up for a Classic Car Days, which benefits Christmas in the Park and Springfield Farm Barn. The Williamsport Town Employees Classic Car Show will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Byron Park, off East Potomac Street. All makes and models are welcome. Dash plaques to first 200 entries. Trophy ceremony at 3 p.m. Rain date is Sunday, May 9. For more information, call Les Guessford at 301-331-0186 or Bobby Talhelm at 240-527-8302. A cruise-in and 1950s dance will be from 6 to 11 p.m. Saturday, May 8. Cruise-in begins at 6 p.m. at Springfield Land parking lot, off U.S. 11. Entry fee is $2. The dance begins at 7 p.m. at Springfield Farm Barn on Springfield Lane.

bonnieb@herald-mail.com MERCERSBURG, Pa. Mary Jo Shipe did lots of dancing and hugging Saturday evening. About 250 friends and family members crowded into the covered walkway at Whitetail Mountain Resort to eat, drink, dance, enjoy children's activities, and purchase raffle tickets and auction items. The exuberant celebration obviously was in Shipe's honor; nearly everyone in attendance either danced with the Mercersburg resident or hugged her. Yet she did not eat or speak the entire time.