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Carole Cascio Fund Supports Students to Participate in a Masterclass

The Carole Cascio Fund made it possible for thirty dancers and their teachers, Amber Wright from Kent Island High School and Kristin Tyler from Queen Anne’s County High School, to travel and participate in a master class taught by New York City B-girl hip hop choreographer Ephrat Asherie at the Community College of Baltimore, Essex Campus.

Besides the QACHS dancers there were over 100 dancers gathered from various high schools in the Baltimore County Public School System.

Ephrat finished the master class with a huge fun jam session with the dancers.
She also spent time with the dancers informative Q&A session about her experiences in the New York hip-hop scene.

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