SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Angie Friers Prepares For Dancing For the Space Coast June 3

By  //  June 2, 2017

BRAGGING RIGHTS ON THE LINE

ABOVE VIDEO: SPCA of Brevard Executive Director Angie Friers will participate with her instructor Lance Sexton in Dancing For the Space Coast, which will be held at Florida Tech’s Clemente Center on Saturday, June 3.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The third annual Dancing For the Space Coast, a unique competition and fundraising event that benefits three worthy organizations on the Space Coast, will be held at Florida Tech’s Clemente Center on Saturday, June 3.

This year, Dancing For the Space Coast will benefit the Brevard Public Safety Charity, who has earmarked the proceeds to be distributed to the Parker Foundation for Autism and Child Development, the Children’s Advocacy Center of Brevard and Maxwell King Center for the Performing Arts.

This exciting event will feature Space Coast community and business leaders, including Marc Claycomb, Dani Clevens, Angie Friers, Bart Gaetjen, CJ Johnson, Melissa and Ted Parker, Marilyn Scott, Tyler Sirois and Natasha Spencer.

“The true stars of the event are the dancers who work diligently to raise money for these worthy causes,” said Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

BRAGGING RIGHTS ON THE LINE

Each celebrity dancer will be matched up with a professional dancer as they compete in a ballroom dance – and for bragging rights as the best dancer in Brevard. On the evening of June 3, each dance pair will compete in a choreographed ballroom dance that will be scored by a panel of judges.

During the show, couples will earn scores based on several technical skill factors, but the judges’ scores alone don’t decide the dancer’s final score. Leading up to the actual performance, the dancers will have already scored 60 percent of their points through their fundraising endeavors.

SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE

Several sponsorship levels are available, including the Grease Sponsor for $25,000, the Flashdance Sponsor for $15,000, the Footloose Sponsor for $10,000 and the Saturday Night Fever Sponsor for $5,000.

Tables are available at the following levels: Front Row VIP Dinner Table, $5,000; Second Row VIP Dinner Table, $2,500; Third Row Dinner Table, $1,750; and Fourth Row Dinner Table, $1,250. Individual seats can be purchased for $150 per person.

Dancing For the Space Coast is presented by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, and sponsored by Harris Corporation, Revolution Technologies, Florida Institute of Technology and Space Coast Daily.

For more information, or to make a donation in the name of your favorite dance pair, log on to DancingFortheSpaceCoast.com

DANCER PROFILE: Angie Friers

ABOVE VIDEO: SPCA of Brevard Executive Director Angie Friers will participate with her instructor Lance Sexton in Dancing For the Space Coast, which will be held at Florida Tech’s Clemente Center on Saturday, June 3.

As Executive Director of the SPCA of Brevard, Angie Friers has been involved with animal rescue and welfare for over a decade.

SPCA of Brevard Executive Director Angie Friers will participate with her instructor Lance Sexton in Dancing For the Space Coast, which will be held at Florida Tech’s Clemente Center on Saturday, June 3.

She firmly believes that we can become a “no-kill” nation with the community’s help and she chose to participate in Dancing For The Space Coast to promote what the SPCA does on a daily basis, which is save thousands of homeless animals as the largest no-kill animal welfare organization in Brevard County.

Friers is also a supporter of many other charities throughout this county, including the three amazing ones that she’s raising money for with this great event.

She is married to Brian, who is an Osceola County Firefighter/Paramedic, and they are the proud parents to four amazing boxers, Essie, Cabo, Nash and Grady, all who were adopted from local boxer rescues.

Two of her dogs are deaf and she takes a special interest in attending many local school functions and rescue events to speak of the importance and rewards of adopting a special needs dog.

In Friers’s spare time she runs and is training for her third half-marathon this fall.

Lance Sexton – Instructor

Lance Sexton is a professional dance instructor and co-owner of the Suntree Ballroom, a dance school with three teaching locations in Brevard County.

Lance Sexton is a professional dance instructor and co-owner of the Suntree Ballroom, a dance school with three teaching locations in Brevard County.

Sexton grew up around ballroom dancing with both parents being dance teachers. He brings more than 30 years of dance experience as a world class professional dance competitor. Lance loves to teach social, showcase and competition dance.

His dance background includes extensive training with World and United States champions. He is certified as a Master of Dance Instruction and is registered as a professional dance teacher through the National Dance Council of America.

Sexton has won numerous Championships and titles during his career.

He is one of only a few professionals to win major dance championships in all four styles of Ballroom and Latin including Mid-United States Open American Rhythm Champion, Mid-United States Rising Star Latin Champion, Southern States Rising Star Standard Champion and Illinois State (Chicago Star Ball) Open American Smooth Champion.

Sexton has also placed in the top three at the prestigious Ohio Star Ball, Grand Nationals and the North American Imperial Star Championships.

DANCING-SPACE-COAST-SPONSORS

SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE

Several Dancing For the Space Coast sponsorship levels are available, including the Grease Sponsor for $25,000, the Flashdance Sponsor for $15,000, the Footloose Sponsor for $10,000 and the Saturday Night Fever Sponsor for $5,000.

Tables are available at the following levels: Front Row VIP Dinner Table, $5,000; Second Row VIP Dinner Table, $2,500; Third Row Dinner Table, $1,750; and Fourth Row Dinner Table, $1,250.
Individual seats can be purchased for $150 per person.

Dancing For the Space Coast is sponsored by Harris Corp., Brevard County Sheriff’s Office, Space Coast Daily, Florida Institute of Technology and C&R Designs.

For more information, or to make a donation in the name of your favorite dance pair, log on to DancingFortheSpaceCoast.com

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