Elysian Charter School performing arts students get holly jolly opportunity

Elizabeth Barry & Associates produced an exclusive event in honor of Elysian Charter School students recently.
On Monday, Dec. 7 from 3:30 to 4 p.m., Arts to Grow Teaching Artist Patricia Runcie, along with Mallory King of Arts to Grow and 16 lucky students, participated in a Holiday Tribute for gendance the first global email magazine for performing arts, published by Elizabeth Barry & Associates.
A media sponsor for Arts to Grow, gendance designed this celebration as part of their annual non-profit support. The event took place during Arts to Grow’s regularly scheduled program at the Elysian School, 316 Garden St., Hoboken.
Students in grades 3-7 performed a gendance rendition of “Holly Jolly Christmas,” newly entitled “Holly gendance Christmas.” They performed for a video tribute set to publish to over 25,000 readers on gendance Thursday, Dec. 24. Parents, children, performing arts fans and Hoboken residents can sign up to receive the tribute at www.gendance.com.
The kids got an even bigger surprise. Geo Hubela, founder of ICON Dance Complex, the largest dance center in New Jersey, finalist on America’s Best Dance Crew, and this year’s Arts to Grow Spokes Artist, also appeared in the video with his students.
“The holidays are a time for giving and we’re thankful to showcase our accomplishments to the thousands of gendance fans across the world,” added Mallory King, Arts to Grow Founder.