Free MLK Day Workshops

HONORING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. THROUGH DANCE

Garth Fagan Dance to Offer Free Workshops on January 16

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Youth 5 -7 years 
11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.  Youth 8 - 12 years
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Beginning Young Adults (13 years and over)
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Intermediate (13 years and over)
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Over 30 Adult Class

REGISTRATION:

Please arrive 20 minutes before the class begins to register.

WHERE:
Garth Fagan Dance
50 Chestnut Street, Rochester, NY 14604
3rd floor

We are located at the corner of Lawn and Chestnut Streets. Entrance to the studio is on Lawn Street.

Closest parking garage is the East End Garage, located on East and Scio.
Parking is FREE on the street and all garages on this day.

 

 From the east

Take I-490 West. Take Clinton Avenue (exit # 16) toward Downtown. No need to turn yet since the exit ramp becomes Clinton Avenue. Turn right from Clinton onto Court Street, which is the second street on your right. Turn left onto Chestnut Street and # 50 is after 2 traffic lights on the right side. We are obliquely across the street from the former Midtown Plaza Mall. We are between Broad Street and a side street called Lawn Street. The entrance is on Lawn Street. 


From the west

Take 490 East. Take the Inner Loop/Plymouth Avenue exit and stay in the left lane. Follow the Inner Loop and take the Scio Street exit. Turn right from the exit ramp onto Scio. At the 3rd traffic light, turn right onto East Avenue. At the first traffic light turn left onto Chestnut Street. Our building is one block down on the left, on the corner of Lawn and Chestnut Streets. The entrance is on Lawn Street. 



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