<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><u>For Immediate Release</u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> </b></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">The Dancing Wheels Company & School Boldly Blasts into “Those 70’s Songs” </b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="line-height: 150%;">June 19, 2013, Cleveland, Ohio</span></b><span style="line-height: 150%;"> - On July 20<sup>th</sup> The Dancing Wheels Company & School will take to the Cain Park Evan’s stage with songs from the 1970’s!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Four
world premiere performances by daring and dynamic Dancing Wheels will
get the audience swinging into the seventies with music from the
legendary Burt Bacharach, the iconic Ms. Tina Turner, and the Godfather
of Shock Rock Alice Cooper! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The concert will open with Hernado Cortez’s (2004) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Promise Her Anything, </i></b>a lively and lovely suite of music<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i></b>written by the legendary Burt Bacharach. The mix of music includes, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me </i></b>sung by Luther Vandross Tom Jones’<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Promise Her Anything and What’s New Pussycat, </i></b>and, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">I Say a Little Prayer </i></b>by Aretha<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"> </i></b>Franklin,
Mr. Cortez offered this suite as a gesture of friendship and admiration
to the Dancing Wheels Company his first year in Cleveland when the
Company opened their studio space for the newly organized Verb Ballets
to rehearse.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">The four world premieres will include <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Dissolution of</i></b>
by Catherine Meredith. Ms. Meredith, the Company’s Rehearsal Director,
was inspired by the music of British composer Max Richter. The piece
explores the disintegration of relationships-- both personal and
professional. Through shared partnering, this examination follows one
couple’s journey from union to separation. In corresponding sections, a
trio illustrates the push & pull of a fledgling partnership. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">Students from the Dancing Wheels Youth Summer Dance Workshop will also be performing to a song re-make of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Little Boxes</i></b> by Malvina Reynolds using the new version <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Walk off the Earth</i></b>
choreographed by Dancing Wheels School Coordinator, Emma Parker. Ms.
Parker will incorporate the use of rhythm sticks and “boomwackers”,
giving students yet another vehicle to explore rhythmic movement. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Michael
Uthoff, Artistic Director of Dance Saint Louis and the Spring to Dance
Festival, took on a high- energy suite from rocker Alice Cooper,
entitled <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Straight Down the Middle</i></b>.
The idea for this suite came about when Mr. Uthoff and Artistic
Director, Mary Verdi-Fletcher were conversing about his golfing
relationship with Alice, thus the title for the piece. Ms.
Verdi-Fletcher thought the exploration of this genre of music would be a
great departure (musically) for the Dancing Wheels Company. The suite
includes: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Lost in America, House of Fire and Looney Tunes.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">The evening will conclude with Daniel “Isaah” Henderson’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Sweet Tina</i></b>, a compilation of four number one music hits from the iconic Ike and Tina Turner. The suite of music includes, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">River Deep Mountain High, Just a Fool, Ain't That A Shame</i></b> and of course <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Proud Mary</i></b>!
The piece incorporates high energy, crowd-pleasing music and fun-filled
choreography. Mr. Henderson brings together a mix of movement
influences ranging from jazz, a touch of Latin “cha cha” and integrated
dance.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">The
14-member Dancing Wheels cast performing in this eclectic concert
include: Kelly Clymer, Ryan Dick, Dezare Foster, Samantha Fox, Daniel
“Isaah” Henderson, Emma Parker, Franklin Polk, Jen Sikora, Jason Shaw,
Shannon Sterne, Sara Lawrence-Sucato, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, trainee
Ja’Vaughn White, and apprentice Lianne Zydowic.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">Artistic
Director Mary Verdi-Fletcher says, “This full evening concert will
spark old memories for those who survived and thrived in the 70’s and
will ignite a new resurgent for those living in the ever growing
popularity of the ‘glam rock’ revival”. To round out the fun-filled
concert, we are also inviting audience members to take part in an Ike
and Tina Turner and Alice Cooper lookalike contest. Winners will take
center stage with the stars!”</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"><br></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">For more information on this concert and upcoming Dancing Wheels tours, log onto the company website at </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dancingwheels.org"><span style="line-height: 150%;">dancingwheels.org</span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"> or contact the Cain Park box office at (216) 371-3000 and online at </span><a target="_blank" href="http://www.cainpark.com"><span style="line-height: 150%;">cainpark.com</span></a><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">.
Tickets are $22/$20 in advance $24/$22 day of show. The Cain Park
Evan’s Amphitheater is located at 14591 Superior Avenue, Cleveland
Heights.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;"><br></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">Sponsors</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%; color: black;">Cuyahoga
Arts & Culture, Invacare, Key Bank, MetLife Foundation, National
Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, The Bruening Foundation, The
Cleveland Foundation, The Emerson Foundation, The George Gund
Foundation, The John P. Murphy Foundation, The Kennedy Center, and The
Kuhn Family Foundation.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%;tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Contact<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">: Mary Verdi-Fletcher</b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:45.0pt;line-height:150%;tab-stops: 45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">President/Founding Artistic Director</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:45.0pt;line-height:150%;tab-stops: 45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">(216) 432-0306</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:45.0pt;line-height:150%;tab-stops: 45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:VFletcher1@aol.com">VFletcher1@aol.com</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:45.0pt;line-height:150%;tab-stops: 45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Michael Bargas</span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:45.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%; tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">Marketing/Public Relations Manager </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="font-size:12pt;;margin-left:45.35pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%;tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">(440) 840-6246 (Cell)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;margin-left:45.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 150%;tab-stops:45.0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 150%;"><a target="_blank" href="mailto:marketing@dancingwheels.org">marketing@dancingwheels.org</a> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # # #</span></div><div></div></span></body></html>