Leading Edge Academy of Dance

🎄✨ Happy Holidays from Leading Edge Academy of Dance! ✨🎄

We are so grateful for our dancers, families, faculty, and partners who make our community so special. Thank you for the love, trust, and support you share with us throughout the year.

Wishing you peace, joy, and warmth this holiday season and always.

With gratitude,
Leading Edge Academy of Dance

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✨ Congratulations to the incredible cast, faculty, guest artists, choreographers, volunteers, patrons, and families who brought our second annual Nutcracker to life. ✨ What you see on stage is the result of months of dedication, teamwork, trust, and care.

It takes a village to make this Nutcracker production possible! Big congrats to everyone! Every dancer mattered. Every role mattered. Every person behind the scenes mattered. It was about coming together to create something meaningful and beautiful for our community.

Thank you to our dancers for your commitment and courage, to our guest artists, faculty and choreographers for sharing your artistry, to our volunteers and patrons for your support, and to the families who believed in this process from the very beginning.

We are deeply proud of every person who stood on that stage and behind it! Bravo!🌟

✨ Nutcracker Tea Party with City Youth Matrix ✨

What a magical evening at LEAD. We had the honor of hosting City Youth Matrix and their families for a Nutcracker Tea Party filled with dancing, crafts, holiday treats, and a special performance from our Nutcracker dancers.

For those who may not know, City Youth Matrix is a local nonprofit dedicated to helping families with limited resources access extracurricular activities, enrichment programs, and community opportunities that might otherwise be out of reach. They remove barriers such as cost, transportation, and awareness so every child has the chance to explore, grow, and discover their passions. Their mission is incredibly meaningful, and we are grateful for the opportunity to support the work they do in our community.

Thank you to our incredible volunteers including Jen Reidinger, Maria Milder, Lucia Hall, and Valerie Duncan for helping bring this event to life. A very special thank you to Elizabeth and Vinny Tabbachino for preparing and catering the dinner and refreshments.
And thank you to Ms. Michaela and Ms. Renny for supporting our dancers and guiding the families through the evening.

Thank you to City Youth Matrix for partnering with us to bring dance and enrichment to families in our community. Moments like these remind us that dance is more than movement. It's a gift that brings us together. ❤️

City Youth Matrix, Frederick Maryland

The countdown is ON. 🎄✨

19 days until our Nutcracker Suite comes to life at the Jack B. Kussmaul Theater. Frederick, it’s time to secure those seats!

🎟️ Tickets in bio → www.lead-dance.com/nutcracker

📅 Sunday, December 21st | Frederick Community College

At LEAD, gratitude is woven into the way we move.
It shows up when dancers cheer each other on,
when a student tries something new even when it feels scary, and when the studio becomes a place where everyone can belong, explore, and grow.

We are grateful for the families who trust us with their dancers, for the students who show up with passion and curiosity, and for the teachers who lead with patience, heart, and integrity.

Every class, every rehearsal, every shared moment reminds us why this community is so special.
You bring light, resilience, and joy into our studio
and we carry that with us today and every day.

May your Thanksgiving be filled with warmth, connection, and reflection.

And may you feel proud of how far you’ve come,
and excited for all the beauty still ahead.

With love and appreciation,

Happy Thanksgiving from Leading Edge Academy of Dance (LEAD). 🧡

🩰Charlotte Hall