CCF provides transportation for 50 dance students from Kent Island Queen Anne’s County High Schools to attend a Jazz Masterclass at CCBC’s Essex Campus

On Oct. 14, 2024 the Carole Cascio Fund sponsored bus transportation for 50 dancers and their dance teachers, Amber Wright from Kent Island High School(KIHS) and Kristen Tyler from Queen Anne’s County High School (QACHS) to participate in a Jazz Masterclass taught by dance instructor Cynthia Gutierrez at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) […]

Congratulations to Sarah Harris! Carole Drake Cascio Dance Scholarship Recipient

Melinda Blomquist, Dance Program Coordinator at CCBC, Sarah Harris, Carole Drake Cascio Dance Scholarship recipient.

We are excited to share that she was selected as the first recipient of the Carole Drake Cascio Dance Scholarship atthe Community College of Baltimore County – Essex Campus Congratulations! On behalf of Melinda Blomquist the Dance Program Coordinator at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) and the Carole Cascio Fund. We are excited […]

We Honor Renown Local Dance Legend Wally Dashiell

Doug Bishop with Wally Dashiell

September 2024 – Local dance legend Wally Dashiell an inspiration to local dancers for over 60 years was a passionate and extraordinary advocate for local dance. Carole knew of Wally and admired her dance work in the community Just past her 100th birthday, Mrs. Wally Dashiell, of Stevensville, passed away quietly on Aug. 14, surrounded […]

Carole Cascio Fund Fall Events

We have many events planned this fall. If you have any questions about these events, please reach us through the Contact Page. Sept 17-Nov 21 Carole Cascio Fund Intern Gabby Pfeifer, Dancer/Choreographer will re-creating one of her dances for the QACHS Dance Company dancers. Sept 18 Executive Director Peter Pucci and CCF Teaching Artist Adrienne Kraus […]

The Carole Drake Cascio Bird Donation Wall Sculpture by Cambridge Artist Matt O’Connell is installed on the CCBC Essex Campus at the Carole Drake Cascio Dance Studio East

June 13 2024 – Over the last eight months CCF Trustee Ann Goodman and Executive Director Peter Pucci collaborated with Ann-Marie Thornton at the CCBC Foundation and CCBC’s Anne Lefter, Director of the Arts, to bring to the life a unique donation wall bird sculpture. The sculpture was designed by Matt O’Connell and loosely based […]