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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Dancing for Parkinson's class coordinator: 'You feel so empowered'

January 7, 2017 By Meagan Beck

GRAND HAVEN, MI - A new dance class coming to the Grand Haven-area will get Parkinson's patients up and moving.

The first Dancing for Parkinson's class, based off the international program, will be Wednesday, Jan. 11 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30.

Classes will be held at Spotlight Dance Academy at 1445 Columbus Ave. in Grand Haven.

Coordinator Janice White said she heard of the program from a friend and attended a class at the flagship studio in Brooklyn, New York in 2014.

"It was just an amazing experience," White said. "I thought, 'I've gotta keep doing this.'"

The closest classes to White at the time were in Grand Rapids, so she made the trip often to attend. But her goal was to start a program close to her hometown of Spring Lake.

White applied for, and received, funding from the Parkinson's Association of West Michigan to get the program off the ground.

With the funding, White and her team, which includes head teacher Cathy Gumby, assistant head teacher MiMi Dunne and accompanist Karen Frederiksen, attended training at the Brooklyn studio.

The classes will include many different styles of dance and are free to attend at this time.

"It's just so fun and you feel so empowered," White said.

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2017/01/dancing_for_parkinsons_classes.html