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Carole Cascio Fund October 2022 Fundraiser
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Carole Cascio Fund October Event Was a Big Success

The Gathering to Celebrate Carole Cascio’s contributions to the community and to benefit her newly formed foundation went beautifully. It was a spectacular sunny fall day at the Mark Cascia Vineyards in Stevensville. Mark and Kim Cascia old friends of Carole’s were our gracious hosts. Many of Carole’s friends were there to help celebrate her legacy. Dance teacher Kristen Tyler from Queens County High School brought her dancers to perform a

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October 15, 2022
Kent Island High School and Queen Anne’s County High School Dancers Travel to NYC
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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

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October 7, 2022
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Hands-On Movement Workshop with QACPS Teachers

Executive Director Peter Pucci and Advisory Committee member Anna Rider worked closely with Michael Bell the Supervisor of Instruction for Queen Anne’s County to create a hands on movement workshop with twenty five K-12 teachers from QACPS as Professional Development session. The teachers worked with Anna and Peter as they explored numerous ways of using movement in the curriculum. Together they collaborated and worked to discover creative movement choices that they

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August 24, 2022
Photo of Carole Tribute video on stage
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A Celebration of Life to Honor Carole Drake Cascio

The CCBC Performing Arts Program directed by Anne Lefter and the CCBC Dance Company presented performances and videos for A Celebration of Life to honor Carole Drake Cascio’s contributions to the CCBC Dance Program. The Dance Company revived one of Carole’s many dances that she created for the company, Black Dust. The dancers did a wonderful job it was a heartfelt performance. Carole created the Dance Department and was the Dance

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August 9, 2022
Melinda Blomquist and Peter Pucci
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Official Launch of the Carole Cascio Fund Mind Movement Dance Connections

From the stage of the F Scott Black Theatre where Carole Drake Cascio directed hundreds of dance performances and lecture demonstrations over her twenty seven year career, newly appointed Executive Director Peter Pucci officially launched the Carole Cascio Fund Mind Movement Dance Connections on April 29, 2022. With the current Director of the Dance Company Melinda Blomquist by his side, Mr. Pucci spoke of his humble beginnings as a dancer on

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August 7, 2022
Carole Cascio Artwork Donated to CCBC's permanent art collection
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CCF Donates Five of Carole’s Artworks to the CCBC’s Permanent Art Collection

Nicole Buckingham Kern the Gallery Coordinator for the permanent collection was delighted and happy to receive the works. She intentionally chose a wide variety of works to show Carole’s versatility as artist. The college was thrilled and honored to have Carole’s work be a part of the collection. The five newly acquired works were displayed for the first time together in the lobby of the F Scott Black Theatre at CCBC

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August 4, 2022
Jazz Master Class
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Jazz Master Class

The CCF makes it possible for 40 dancers and their teachers Amber Wright from Kent Island High School and Kristin Tyler from Queen Anne’s County High School to participate in a Jazz master class taught by dance instructor Tommy Parlon at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Essex campus.  After the class Melinda Blomquist the Director of Dance Program and the CCBC Dance Company took the dance students on a

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August 2, 2022
Peter Pucci teaches a contemporary modern dance class to dance students at Queen Anne’s County High School
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Queen Anne’s County and Kent Island High School Contemporary Dance Class

Executive Director Peter Pucci Teaches Contemporary Modern Dance Class Newly appointed Executive Director Peter Pucci teaches a contemporary modern dance class to dance students at Queen Anne’s County High School in Centerville and Kent Island High School in Stevensville. Peter, a renown dancer and choreographer had the opportunity to introduce the Carole Cascio Fund (CCF) and have an informal Q&A session with the dance students. Peter also had the opportunity to meet

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August 1, 2022
Kent Island senior center
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Kent Island Senior Center Pilates Classes

Peter visits Amy Goldsborough the Manager for the Kent Island Senior Center in Stevensville. Amy worked closely with Carole coordinating her Pilates classes. Over the course of four years Carole taught a modified class that was geared for the seniors using large rubber exercise balls. Amy said Carole’s class was very popular at the Senior Center and her classes were always pack with 40-50 seniors.

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July 31, 2022
Todd Center for the Performing Arts #6 News
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On Bringing Dance to Chesapeake College

Part of Carole’s wishes in her estate plan for the creation of CCF was to somehow bring dance and dance classes to Chesapeake College. Peter and Ann Karwacki Goodman meet with Dave Harper, Vice President of Workforce and Academic Programs and Kevin Brown, Executive Director of the Todd Performing Arts Center (TPAC). Dave and Kevin were incredibly helpful and very interested in the CCF proposals and many other possibilities were discussed.

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July 30, 2022
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