Dancing for a Cause: A Night of Hi-Hats, Heels and Helping the Arts

Feb. 10, 2012 - PRLog -- Contact: Mariska Jordan               
Phone: 410.728.1199
Email: mjordan@jubileeartsbaltimore.org


Dancing for a Cause: A Night of Hi-Hats, Heels and Helping the Arts
Fundraising gala hosted by Jubilee Arts to celebrate the art of urban dance and to support arts programming for underserved youth and families in Baltimore City

Baltimore, MD – On Friday, March 23, Jubilee Arts will host Dancing for a Cause: A Night of Hi-Hats, Heels and Helping the Arts. The semi-formal event, to be held at the luxurious 1840s Plaza in Downtown Baltimore from 8pm to midnight, will benefit Jubilee Arts – community arts program partnered with Baltimore Clayworks and the Maryland Institute College of Art to offer classes in ceramics, visual arts, creative writing and dance to underserved people of all ages.

The event will feature great R&B and Soul music, gourmet catering and raffles, door prizes and silent auctions of hotel accommodations, spa treatments and more. Most importantly, there will be special dance presentations of Chicago Step, Hand Dance and Urban Line Dance by Jubilee Arts instructors and adult participants.

These dances find their beginnings in the Swing era, and are a rich part of the African American tradition and American history. Jubilee Arts is located on the historic Pennsylvania Avenue once home to the legendary Royal Theatre, Sphinx Club and others, where many of these dances, Baltimore/DC Hand Dance in particular, were first enjoyed. Formerly the hub of African-American arts and entertainment in Baltimore, this area has been struggling for decades to regain its former glory and combat the ills of poverty, drugs and violence. Jubilee Arts is working to restore the rich cultural heritage and vitality of this famous corridor by providing arts activities, hosting cultural events such as open mic nights and concerts, offering opportunities for local artists to instruct sessions and host exhibitions, leading public art projects and more.

For more information about Jubilee Arts and this event, please call 410.728.1199 or visit http://www.jubileeartsbaltimore.org. Also, visit the Facebook and YouTube pages, which are linked from the official webpage. Tickets for this gala are $50. Sponsorship opportunities are available.

Jubilee Arts is a program of the 501(c)3 nonprofit Newborn Holistic Ministries, Inc. founded in 1996 by life-long community resident C.W. Harris.  Newborn, recently awarded the Inaugural Henrietta Lacks award by Johns Hopkins, follows a mission to preserve and enrich life in its communities by providing services that will enable residents to meet their material, social, and spiritual needs.  In 2000, Newborn created Martha's Place, a transitional program to meet the need for long-term recovery services for women. In 2008, Newborn continued its work to enrich life in the community through the development of Jubilee Arts.

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Jubilee Arts, in partnership with Baltimore Clayworks and MICA, offers affordable quality classes in ceramics, visual arts, creative writing and dance to people of all ages ages in the underserved Sandtown-Winchester, Upton and surrounding communities.