vDANCING continued from page 21 a Zumba fitness class. Instructors keep busy teaching their 315 students involved with the studio. The Green Room inherited the Riverboat Days dancing tradition from the previous dance studio. Timera explained how the two dance studios alternate every other year between Friday and Saturday evening and Dakota Dance puts both studios together for Sunday’s performance. “It’s a cool opportunity to show the community,” she said, smiling. She continued, explaining how their Friday/Saturday performance includes every class that is part of the summer session and incorporates all styles of dance in the show. Their summer program for the students is a continuation of the spring program in a more condensed version. I asked who comes up with the ideas for their shows and they agreed that it is a combined effort. One of them will come up with an idea and the other will add to it. She laughed and said that they are already planning their next year’s show, but it’s a secret she can’t let out. I’ll have to come to the performance to see! donning a green dance skirt, she explained Tiffany’s last Riverboat Days dance. The dancers had been given homemade hats made out of cardboard to wear for their performance. She explained how the clouds came during the middle of their performance and a torrential rain shower sent the audience running for cover while a massive pool of water rushed onto the amphitheater dance floor. The wonderful Riverboat Days committee let them extend their performance the next day and Tiffany and the dancers proudly wore the previously wet and now misshapen hats and gave a beautiful performance without having their spirits dampened. Both studios have shown that the show will continue to go on despite the situation they might be given. The talent of their students is the important thing that will continue to shine through. More To Watch Riverboat Days isn’t the only performance that each studio holds to show off their students’ talent, both studios offer vDANCING continued on page 24 Mother Nature Can’t Stop Talent Both studios have memories from Riverboat Days performances with unpredictable Mother Nature playing a starring role. Though The Green Room has only experienced a few years of Riverboat Days performances, they can distinctly remember Mother Nature making an appearance for a couple of shows. One year they lost power during the middle of a performance and a father of one of the students left to get a generator. They were able to hook up the generator and finish the show. They’ve learned the importance of early dress rehearsals. A rainstorm one year caused the amphitheater floor to be too wet for a dress rehearsal the night before and they had to give the show without rehearsing first. The show continued as scheduled and the dancers performed very well for a wonderful show, though they now rehearse earlier. Dannenbring explained her most memorable Riverboat Days moment to me. As she showed me a picture hanging on the wall in remembrance of beautiful, young Tiffany Dutcher RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Carpet Cleaning • Upholstery Cleaning • Duct Cleaning • Power Washing • Auto Detailing • Janitorial 2 Rooms & Hallway $74.95 (up to 300 sq. ft) INSURED & BONDED REFERENCES AVAILABLE SERVING YANKTON & SURROUNDING AREA SINCE 1994 If your family suddenly needs surgical care, where will you turn? You want someone to ease your fears, lessen the stress, and take the time to comfort you and your family. No referral necessary. Call Yankton Surgical Associates, PC today for a consultation. 605-668-9670 22vHERVOICEvJULY/AUGUST 2016 2525 Fox Run Parkway, Suite 204, Yankton www.yanktonsurgical.com Kynan C.Trail, MD, FACS