SPACE COAST DAILY TV: CJ Johnson Prepares For Dancing For the Space Coast June 3
By Space Coast Daily // June 1, 2017
BRAGGING RIGHTS ON THE LINE
ABOVE VIDEO: CJ Johnson grew up in Melbourne, attending West Shore Jr./Sr. High School. After graduating, he attended Florida Southern College on a tennis scholarship.Following his passion for the law, CJ decided to go to law school where he studied at Nova Southeastern University College of Law and finished up his degree at Florida State University College of Law.
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: CJ Johnson
SPACE COAST DAILY TV: CJ Johnson, along with his partner Jemira Tejeda, prepare for Dancing For the Space Coast charity event set for June 3 from the Clemente Center at Florida Tech.
CJ Johnson grew up in Melbourne, attending West Shore Jr./Sr. High School. After graduating, he attended Florida Southern College on a tennis scholarship.
Following his passion for the law, CJ decided to go to law school where he studied at Nova Southeastern University College of Law and finished up his degree at Florida State University College of Law.
CJ currently lives in Melbourne where he is the Deputy General Counsel for Community Champions and is engaged to his amazing Fiancé Sandra Proctor.
CJ currently sits on the Bridges Foundation Board as Vice Chair where he supports efforts towards helping adults with disabilities.
Also, CJ is a YoungLife leader, a member of 321 Millennials, Past President of the Brevard Young Republicans, current General Counsel for the Florida Federation of Young Republicans, and is a board member on the Melbourne Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
CJ is extremely excited to help his community by participating in Dancing with the Space Coast.
INSTRUCTOR – Jemira Tejeda
Jemira is originally from Indonesia. She fell in love with dancing as a young girl and participated in any and every opportunity for her to perform at school and church. In college, she minored in dance where she received training in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary and she choreographed many college showcases.
Jemira has explored many forms of dancing, including bollywood, hip hop, lyrical, Hawaiian hula, and Tahitian.
In 2011, she met her soulmate at a Salsa dance event, who then introduced her to the world of Latin dancing!
Two years later, she joined a professional Bachata team called Bachaddiction in Chicago, IL and proceeded to work with a friend to start a Salsa/Bachata dance company, Soul Salsa, in Grand Rapids, MI.
In 2014, She moved to Florida and started working as a professional instructor in Ballroom and Latin dancing.
She currently teaches at Dancin’ Dance Studio as well as figuring out this “mom” thing with her 1 year old!
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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