dancing with the tahoe stars
Tahoe Arts Project cancels two biggest fundraisers - starting donation drive
Submitted by paula on Mon, 08/31/2020 - 8:10pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Dancing With the Tahoe Stars for 2021 has been canceled and Music on the Beach 2020 was canceled, both of which are the Tahoe Arts Project's biggest fundraisers of the year.
During these uncertain times the only thing certain is that South Lake Tahoe area nonprofits need help from the community more than ever.
Kudos: Thank you to all for successful 8th annual Dancing with the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/13/2020 - 9:13am
Thank you to everyone who attended the 8th annual Dancing with the Tahoe Stars to support Tahoe Arts Project (TAP). This is TAP’s major fundraiser for the year and all proceeds go towards professional performing arts programs in the schools and community. Over 4,500 K-12th grade students benefit from TAP’s programs.
Tahoe Arts Project to live stream sold out 8th annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/04/2020 - 7:21pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Arts Project (TAP) has announced its 8th Annual Dancing with the Tahoe Stars on Saturday, March 7 is sold out. But not to panic if your tickets weren't purchased - they will be live streaming the event for the very first time!
The fun community event will be in the MontBleu Showroom starting at 6:30 p.m. Visit http://tahoeartsproject.org/ to view the popular show via live stream.
Lineup announced for Tahoe Arts Project's Dancing with the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 11:06am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The much-anticipated pairings for the Tahoe Arts Project's 8th annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars have been announced!
The local celebrities met their professional partners Tuesday night during a party at the Hard Rock Casino.
"Everyone is super excited about it," said Tahoe Arts Project Executive Director Peggy Blowney.
The stars (on the left) and their dancing partners:
Debbie Brown, owner of Cold Water Brewery with Matthew Slater
Jeff Connor, local musician and California Burger partner with Rhonda Keen
Fun and exciting night at Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/11/2019 - 4:51pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It was another successful night of Dancing with the Tahoe Stars as contestants tapped, salsa'd, ballroomed and funked their way across the MontBleu stage, all to raise money for the Tahoe Arts Project (TAP).
Dancing With the Tahoe Stars unveils the local celebrity dancing lineup
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/29/2019 - 9:59pm
Event Date:
March 2, 2019 - 6:30pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Dancing With the Tahoe Stars, one of the top fundraisers of the year, is just five weeks away and the local celebrities have been announced along with their professional partners.
On Saturday, March 2, 2019, ten couples will take the stage at MontBleu at 6:30 p.m. to raise funds for the Tahoe Arts Project. Also featured will be guest dancers, fun, celebrity judges, alumni and more.
The local celebrity dancers, their partners and the dance they'll be doing:
Deanna Brothers and Gerzon Chaves - CHA CHA
Ellen Camacho and Oliver-Paul Adams - JAZZ
Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 7:48pmEvent Date:
March 2, 2019 - 6:30pm
Save the Date! Tahoe Arts Project holds their 7th annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars at MontBleu Casino Resort of Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets will be $10-$60 and are available at tahoeartsproject.tix.com
For more information please call Tahoe Arts Project at 530 542-3632
The local celebrities this year are:
Tracy Kettleson from Bert's
Amy Jackson from Mt. Tallac High
Dentist Dr. Deanna Brothers
Realtor Ellen Camacho
Matt Slater from Barton Orthopaedics
Luca Genasci from Lake Tahoe Aleworx
Jared Benvenuto from Aloha Ice Cream
Tahoe Arts Project holds 6th annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 12:46pm
Event Date:
March 3, 2018 - 6:30pm
Ten local members of the South Lake Tahoe community will be demonstrating their dancing skills on Saturday, March 3 at the 6th annual Tahoe Arts Project Dancing with the Tahoe Stars in the MontBleu Showroom starting at 6:30 p.m.
Master of Ceremonies for the evening will once again be Dreu Murin.
Ten locals have been paired with ten dancers to perform various styles of dance including Cha Cha, Tango, Salsa, Merengue, Swing, Disco, Fox Trot, Bachata, Hip Hop and Musical Theater.
South Tahoe High Dance Team takes top honors
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/05/2018 - 1:28pm
The South Tahoe High School Viking Dance Team took 1st place at the Northern Nevada Cheer & Dance Invitational on Saturday February 3, 2018. Their high energy jazz dance received a standing ovation.
“It was the best thing I have seen all day,” said an observer from a competing high school.
All 26 members of this elite dance team have a rigorous schedule of early morning practices throughout the season. In addition to their formidable practice schedule, the dancers also dedicate themselves to training in various styles of dance multiple nights throughout the week.
Dancing With the Tahoe Stars crowns new champion
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/05/2017 - 12:13pm
A packed house at MontBleu Resort on Saturday night was on hand to see Blue Angel Cafe owner, and Lake Tahoe Community College Board Trustee Jeff Cowen win the mirror ball trophy for the 5th annual Tahoe Arts Project's Dancing with the Tahoe Stars.
Cowen, and his professional partner Rhonda Keen performed a Bollywood number that brought down the house.
South Lake Tahoe Mayor working on his moves for Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/28/2017 - 12:00pm
Event Date:
March 4, 2017 - 6:30pm
What has become the South Lake Tahoe area "event to attend" for the past four years, Tahoe Arts Project's Dancing With the Tahoe Stars once again has filled the stage with men and women from the local community.
South Lake Tahoe Mayor Austin Sass and his professional partner Catherine Arens are two of those participating on the MontBleu stage and have been working several hours a week on their Samba routine.
Tahoe Arts Project presents 2017 Dancing with the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/19/2017 - 11:36am
Event Date:
March 4, 2017 - 6:30pm
The anticipated list is out! Tahoe Arts Project (TAP) has announced the participants in the 5th annual Dancing with the Tahoe Stars which will be held on Saturday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m. in MontBleu's showroom.
The stars and pros for this special evening:
Betsy Belotti and Rainer Herm
Marimille Dacia and Gerzon Chaves
Alison Ganong and Bob Truesdale
Brooke Hernandez and Alex Kaskie
Cindy Martinez and Rex Kline
Jeff Cowen and Rhonda Keen
John Freidrich and Jodi Patton
Matt Levitt and Robyn Lindner
Chuck Malone and Angela Smith
Austin Sass and Catherine Arens
Dr. Amanda Weavil voted Barton's Doctor of the Year
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/31/2016 - 7:51pm
Amanda Weavil, MD collected her third victory this month when she was voted Barton Health’s 2016 Doctor of the Year.
Dr. Weavil is a board-certified OB-GYN for Barton Women’s Health. In early March, she won the Dancing with the Tahoe Stars competition and received the people’s choice award. Now, in honor of national Doctors Day, Barton Health physicians and staff voted Weavil as their favorite physician.
Dr. Kelly Shanahan retiring after 22 years in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 8:09pm
"It was a sign that I need to retire," said Dr. Kelly Shanahan.
Shanahan sat down with me recently, to reflect on her 22 years in South Lake Tahoe, and the almost 10,000 babies she's delivered in her career.
The sign?
Without putting her office up for sale she received a phone call from a local realtor, asking if she'd like to sell the building that houses her Emerald Bay Center for Women's Health.
The potential buyer came to look at the property, and shortly after, a vacationing doctor called to see if she'd like to sell her practice.
Dr. Mandi Weavil wins Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/06/2016 - 8:55pm
A packed house at MontBleu Resort Saturday night witnessed ten local celebrity couples dancing for the ultimate prize, the mirror ball trophy, during Tahoe Art's Project annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars fundraiser.
After a few weeks of practicing with their trained professional partner, the celebrities put on an entertaining show that brought out the cheers and applause, and lots of money for the non-profit.
Locals competing for mirror ball trophy in Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/04/2016 - 8:45pm
Event Date:
March 5, 2016 - 6:30pm
For the past few weeks, "celebrities" from South Lake Tahoe have been practicing with their professional partners, all in a quest to win the coveted mirror ball trophy in the Tahoe Arts Project's 4th annual Dancing with the Tahoe Stars
All of the rehearsing, and nursing aches and pains, have come down to this, the final event which will be held at MontBleu Resort on Saturday, March 5 at 6:30 p.m.
South Tahoe Now caught up with a few of the couples in their secret rehearsals as they polished up their dance moves in preparation for the big night.
Mountain Resort Television daily segment
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/02/2016 - 5:36pmMountain Resort Television reporter Ashley Lindner fills viewers in on the 4th annual Dancing with the Tahoe Stars Fundraiser, taking place this Saturday, March 5th at MontBleu.
Mountain Resort Television daily segment
Submitted by paula on Tue, 02/02/2016 - 5:54pmStory by Mountain Resort Television reporter Ashley Lindner as she discusses Groundhog Day, Dancing with the Tahoe Stars and the Weekly Wag.
Contestants for Dancing With the Tahoe Stars announced
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/28/2016 - 9:23pm
Event Date:
March 5, 2016 (All day)
The next cast for the Tahoe Arts Project's Dancing with the Tahoe Stars has been announced, and the list contains ten South Lake Tahoe business owners, educators, police sergeant, and other well known locals.
Professional dancers will be working with the "celebrities" to teach them each a dance they'll bring to the MontBleu stage on Saturday, March 5, 2016.
The Stars:
Dr. Kelly Shanahan will be teamed up with Rainer Herm to dance Disco.
Iris Kahm is teamed up with Jorge Favio Orozco to dance Salsa.
Tahoe's Howie Nave headed to Vegas as inductee of Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Submitted by paula on Fri, 08/14/2015 - 11:40am
Lake Tahoe radio host, standup comedian and emcee of the Improv at Harveys, Howie Nave is among 62 Nevada radio and television personalities and managers who will be inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame this Saturday in Las Vegas.
Nave, who has been with KRLT FM 93.9 as host of “Howie’s Morning Rush” at Lake Tahoe for nearly 15 years, will be inducted at the Four Seasons Hotel. He joins the ranks of more than 800 broadcasters from around Nevada who make up the Hall of Fame.
Tahoe Arts Project Spaghetti Feed
Submitted by paula on Tue, 03/17/2015 - 2:52pmEvent Date:
May 14, 2015 - 5:30pm
Thank you to everyone who attended our Dancing with the Tahoe Stars fundraiser. The night was a huge success and we are so grateful to everyone involved. Please join us for our next event, Bert's Spaghetti Night on May 14th, 5:30-7:30pm. Mark your calendar!
Dancing With the Tahoe Stars ends in a tie; McDaniel wins People's Choice
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/08/2015 - 12:09am
The 3rd annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars is quickly becoming a community favorite. A capacity crowd filled MontBleu Casino Resort to watch ten local celebrities paired with professional dancers vie for the mirror ball trophy.
South Lake Tahoe teacher Lisa McDaniel and Lake Tahoe Unified School Board Member Ginger Nicolay-Davis each ended up with the top honors in the first ever tie. The tiebreaker combined judge's scores, ticket donations and crowd noise.
Celebrities practicing moves for Dancing With the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Sun, 02/22/2015 - 2:32pm
Event Date:
March 7, 2015 - 6:30pm
Five, six, seven, eight. Dancers will always have numbers in their head as they count out the beat, and those participating in the annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars are no doubt experiencing just that as they wrap up their final two weeks of rehearsals.
There's an old saying: "Writing about art is like dancing about architecture." After watching rehearsals this week I starting searching for the words to start as I found that translating the movement of the human body into something written down to be a frustrating process.
So instead, I'll focus on those who are participating.
Dancing With the Tahoe Stars returns to the MontBleu stage in March
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/12/2015 - 9:24pm
Event Date:
March 7, 2015 - 6:30pm
In case you haven't made it to any of the previous Tahoe Arts Project Dancing With the Tahoe Stars you'll want to put March 7 on your calendars.
Ten local celebrities will be paired with talented and experienced dancers from the area. In the group of ten is a real estate agent, business owner, comedian, Barton executive, lawyer, doctor, teacher, fireman, casino executive and public relations expert.
South Lake Tahoe's Dancing With the Tahoe Stars Video
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/10/2014 - 10:40pmIf you weren't able to make it to Saturday night's Dancing With the Tahoe Stars, here is a video produced by John Durst and Fabulous Lake Tahoe! Tahoe Arts Project presented the second annual dancing event to raise funds that help bring the arts into the local schools.
JUDGES:
Marcia Sarosik of the Lake Tahoe Shining Stars Dance Troupe
Paul Middlebrook of KRLT radio
Don Bosson - realtor/musician
FEATURED PERFORMANCES
Liz Niven w/ Adam Hopkins Samba to "They Call Me Cuban Pete" by Desi Arnaz ( 2:15 )
Jodi Stewart and Lyndon Facey Hip-Hop to "Dirty South" ( 6:29 )
Amy Thompson, Owner of Tahoe Tot Spot, Take Home Mirror Ball Trophy
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/09/2014 - 10:36am
If the showroom overflowing with screaming and happy fans is any indication, the Tahoe Arts Project's Dancing with the Tahoe Stars was a success.
Ten couples performed numbers in front of a panel of judges: Marcia Sarosik, Paul Middlebrook and Don Bosson. MC Dreu Murin guided the evening of entertainment from the dancers to performances by Marcia Sarosik Dance Studio, South Tahoe High Performing Arts and Forever Dance.
Who Will Be the Lake Tahoe Dancing Star?
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/07/2014 - 12:12am
Final rehearsals were underway Thursday evening in the MontBleu Showroom as professional dancers and their South Lake Tahoe "stars" prepared for Tahoe Art Project's Dancing with the Tahoe Stars.
Local Celebrities Join Dancing with the Tahoe Stars
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/05/2014 - 9:07pm
Event Date:
March 8, 2014 - 6:30pm
Ten local dancers will hit the stage for the Tahoe Arts Project's 2nd Annual Dancing With the Tahoe Stars on March 8 at 6:30 pm.
Watch former Mayor Tom Davis, STHS Theater Director Liz Niven, Realtor Klaus Utecht, Director of Tahoe Center for Orthopedics Chris Proctor, Tahoe Tot Spot owner Amy Thompson, Environmental Engineer Eric Taxer, Soroptimist Roberta Benvenuto, Jazzercise Instructor Jodi Stewart, Sierra at Tahoe Director Sean Sweeney and Dental Hygienist Frances Caro as they are paired with professional dancers in a fun competition.
