{"id":4245,"date":"2017-01-24T01:54:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2017-01-24T01:54:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T01:54:27","slug":"christmas-spotlight-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/blog\/events\/christmas-spotlight-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Spotlight Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2017\/01\/Holiday-Collage-Blog-2016.png\" alt=\"Holiday Collage Blog 2016\" width=\"945\" height=\"756\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4633\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Christmas Spotlight Night was an evening of dancing, dining and delight as Fred Astaire Memphis students and instructors danced to everyone&#8217;s favorite Christmas songs. \u00a0This event took place on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Fred Astaire Memphis studio. \u00a0Guests were asked to bring a dish for a potluck dinner celebration and afterwards\u00a0the showcase kicked off. \u00a0Enjoy some amazing shots by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.photosbybunches.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tillman Bunch Photography<\/a><span> from the show above.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Our Spotlight show has two purposes:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>To feature our brand, new students demonstrating what they have been learning on their lessons.<\/strong> \u00a0All of these students have had less than 15 private lessons. Some have had as little as 1 private lesson. \u00a0It takes a lot of courage to get up and dance in front of a large group of people, so let&#8217;s show our appreciation with lots of applause.<\/li>\n<li><strong>To highlight our Spotlight students.<\/strong> All of these students are enrolled on Bronze or Silver level programs, and all have a well-established foundation for good social dancing. \u00a0Through Spotlight Exhibitions, students have the opportunity and freedom to discover and create their personal contribution to the world of dance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Dancing is not just about the steps and music. It&#8217;s a perfect combination of physical activity, social interaction, and mental stimulation. Dancing enhances your life in so many way including health, confidence, creative outlet, social life and fun!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the benefits of dance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/benefits-of-dance\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Spotlight Night was an evening of dancing, dining and delight as Fred Astaire Memphis students and instructors danced to everyone&#8217;s favorite Christmas songs. \u00a0This event took place on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the Fred Astaire Memphis studio. \u00a0Guests were asked to bring a dish for a potluck dinner celebration and afterwards\u00a0the showcase kicked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,67],"tags":[63,33,64,65,66,61,68,69,42],"class_list":["post-4245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-exhibitions","tag-ballroom","tag-ballroom-dance","tag-christmas","tag-classes","tag-events","tag-fred-astaire","tag-holiday-party","tag-lessons","tag-memphis"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/memphis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}