The Portage District and Arts Centre (PDAC) held their end-of-season dance recital yesterday at the Glesby Centre. PDAC Marketing and Events Coordinator Lee Beaton.

"We have Ukranian, Highland, Jazz, Tap, Hip-Hop and Ballet," says Beaton. "We have a wide variety of classes and it's great to see how far the kids have come in the 26 weeks.  Some of them even started as beginners, having never taking dance before."

A trio of young performers dance to 'Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo'. Sunrise Performing Arts Centre or, The SPACE, is a group who teaches most of the classes at the PDAC.  SPACE Executive Director Wendy Bobby talked about why she loves teaching dance.

"It's always just a thrill for me to see the kids," says Bobby. "Dancing, just like any other art form, brings something out of someone's personality or fills something in their person they may not get anywhere else.  To me, my passion is being able to have these opportunities for kids.  It always has been."