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</style> <![endif]--> <div style="font-size:12pt;text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><b>Dancing Wheels - One of Six Finalist for $150,000 Grant</b><br></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b>Cleveland, Ohio - February 1, 2013</b> - Dancing Wheels Company & School is one of six finalists in the running for a grant worth up to $150,000 from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.<span mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Cuyahoga County residents, 13 years and older, can vote for three of the six finalists and the top two will have their projects funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.<span mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun:yes"><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">To vote online for their project Daring to be Dumbo, go to <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><a href="http://www.cacgrants.org/vote" target="_blank">http://www.cacgrants.org/vote</a></span><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;">. February 20, 2013 is your last day to cast your vote online.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;">About Dancing Wheels Company & School</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;">Dancing Wheels, America’s first physically integrated dance company, has pioneered the inclusion of people with and without disabilities through the arts. For over 32 years, we have been creating and presenting passionate integrated dance works from nationally esteemed choreographers and utilizing this new art form to educate, advocate and entertain audiences throughout the world. We are a unique vehicle that inspires, alters attitudes, and opens the doors of possibilities for thousands in a in a way that no other arts entity can. From school assembly programs to mainstage concerts, we have reached 4.5 people million worldwide with our art.<br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><b>Project Partners for Daring to be <i>Dumbo </i></b></span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><b><i><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
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</style> <![endif]--> </i></b>WKYC-TV 3, Diversity Center of NEO, The Arts & Medicine Institute of Cleveland Clinic, Girl Scouts of NEO, The Allpoints Tolerance Fair; choreographers David Rousseve and Mark Tomasic; and videographer Paul Wehn.<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b>About Cuyahoga Arts & Culture</b> </div></span><div></div><div> In 2006, voters in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, approved a 10-year tax on cigarettes to support arts and culture organizations. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, is the organization that administers those public funds by making grants to qualified organizations based in Cuyahoga County. We are one of the largest local public funders of arts and culture in the nation, investing more than $15 million each year in organizations of all sizes and disciplines. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><br></div> </span><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="line-height: 115%;" style="line-height: 115%;"><br></span></div></span></div><div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun:yes"><b>Contact</b><br></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;" style="mso-spacerun:yes"></span>G. Michael Bargas</div><div></div><div>Marketing Communications<br></div><div>216-432-0306</div><div><a target="_blank" href="mailto:marketing@dancingwheels.org">marketing@dancingwheels.org</a></div><div>Photos available upon request<br></div><div><br></div> </div></div></span></body></html><!-- wmLetter_tail_start --></div></td></tr></table><!-- wmLetter_tail_end -->