WEEKEND: Port Townsend students to dance in annual show today (Saturday)

Young tap dancers can be seen through a window practicing recently at the O'Meara Dance Studio. More than 130 dance students will perform tonight and Saturday in Port Townsend. O'Meara Dance Studio

Young tap dancers can be seen through a window practicing recently at the O'Meara Dance Studio. More than 130 dance students will perform tonight and Saturday in Port Townsend. O'Meara Dance Studio

PORT TOWNSEND — Marking the 49th annual “big show” by the O’Meara Dance Studio, “Remember Us” will be performed tonight (Saturday) at 6 in the Port Townsend High School auditorium, 1500 Van Ness St.

Tickets — $15 for adults, $10 for children and seniors, and free for children younger than 4 — will be sold at the door.

The first performance was Thursday.

More than 130 students, ages 3-19, dance in the show, which will feature a variety of styles: ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, musical theater and lyrical.

“Remember Us” is a tribute show to the forefathers, and foremothers, of dance. It will include pieces evoking Shirley Temple, Michael Jackson and others.

A special fundraiser show also is scheduled at 1 p.m. today in the high school auditorium.

It will feature adult dancers as well as award-winning routines by the company.

Admission to the fundraiser show is a suggested donation of $5.

The funds will support the Senior Company of the O’Meara Dance Studio, which will compete at a national level for Move Productions in Palm Springs, Calif.

The dance studio is at 1110 Lawrence St. in Port Townsend. The phone number is 360-379-4951.

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