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Detroit Tap Repertory

The Detroit Tap Repertory is the region’s premier tap company comprised of tap dancers from the Midwest dedicated to sharing their passion for tap through participation in educational events and public performances. The goal of the company is to provide a fun and inspiring environment for tap dancers to learn, perform, and grow. Founded in 2008 by former Rockette, Denise Caston, the company is currently directed by Kelsey Rose Young. It has grown from a small ensemble to a company of more than 50 members ranging in ages from 6 years old to 30+. The company performs locally as well as across the country. From the Alvin Ailey Theater in NYC and Tap 24:7’s annual tap production in Phoenix to Chicago’s Thanksgiving Parade and Detroit’s famed Orchestra Hall. 

ART & SOUL

A partnership with First United Methodist Church of Birmingham, Art & Soul helps restore dignity among homeless

persons in Detroit by inspiring pride and purpose through self-expressive art. We journey with disadvantaged adults

through the arts of pottery, painting, knitting, sewing, beading, glass, poetry and more. Our 5th Floor Studio space at

Central UMC offers a safe, cozy, art-filled oasis for participants to explore their creative side, make friends, learn new

crafts and give structure and an alternative to life on the streets. Art & Soul is staffed by volunteers who assist

participants.

Cosmic Light Shapes

COSMIC LIGHT SHAPES are an indie psych pop rock trio from Detroit, Michigan. Their

sound ranges from 3minute 30second pop gems, to 15minute psych explorations akin to Syd Barrett, the Kinks, Brian Eno, venturing into Parliament/Funkadelic, Sun Ra & MC5 territory. Cosmic Light Shapes has been playing on the music scene for a number of years and will have a full length record out in the winter of 2015. Cosmic Light Shapes present a culmination of the sounds and spectrum that the band has been cultivating through their live shows, and display a sound & vision not unlike traveling through space -- encountering alternate multiverses and altered states of reality along the way for all participants

involved.

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