Organization: DALTON DANCE COMPANY
Mission: THE DALTON ARTS PROJECT IS COMMITTED TO THE PRESENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALITY DANCE AND ART PROJECTS IN OUR NORTHWEST GEORGIA COMMUNITY. THROUGH OUR ANNUAL NUTCRACKER PERFORMANCES AND ARTREACH PROJECTS, WE DESIRE TO TOUCH THE LIVES OF YOUTH, AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
Activities: (CODE - 711120) NUTCRACKER PERFORMANCES ATTRACTED OVER 4,200 PEOPLE FROM DALTON AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHO ATTENDED EIGHT NEAR CAPACITY PERFORMANCES AND ONE FREE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE FOR LOCAL 4TH GRADE STUDENTS. DALTON ARTS PROJECT BROUGHT IN PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS AND MORE THAN 350 LOCAL PERFORMERS,CHILDREN AND ADULTS, FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA'S PREMIER HOLIDAY EVENT. THE TICKET SUBSIDY PROGRAM ALLOWED MANY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES AND CHILDREN TO ATTEND, WHO WOULD NOT OTHERWISE BE ABLE TO.
(CODE 711120) - DALTON ART PROJECT'S ARTREACH PROGRAMS AGAIN OFFERED A FREE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE OF THE NUTCRACKER FOR THE 4TH GRADERS OF DALTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ADDITION TO OUR 8 PUBLIC PERFORMANCES. THROUGH OUR ARTREACH AND TICKET SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR NUTCRACKER AND THE DDC "WHERE WE BELONG" DANCE CONCERT,WE PERFORMED FOR AND PARTNERED WITH THE FCA'S LADIES NIGHT OF WORSHIP, ST. MARK'S PRE-SCHOOL, FRIENDSHIP HOUSE, CHEROKEE ESTATES, DALTON WHITFIELD DAYCARE, DALTON WHITFIELD SENIOR CENTER, THE CRISIS CENTER AND OTHERS. OUR CLUB D SERVICE GROUP, COMPRISED OF OUR DALTON DANCE COMPANY MEMBERS, SENT OVER 300 HOLIDAY CARDS TO SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN, COLLECTED OVER 400 CANS OF FOOD FOR OUR LOCAL FOOD BANKS, AND HELD A CLOTHING DRIVE FOR CHEROKEE ESTATES. THEY DONATED TICKET SALES FROM THEIR IN-SCHOOL PERFORMANCES TO THE DALTON HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT AND NORTHWEST WHITFIELD HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA DEPARTMENT AND RAISED OVER 3,300 FOR BIG RED READS WITH THEIR STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE. THEY PROVIDED MORE THAN 3,000 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
Religious classification: None