Pink Panthers Clinic Allows Kids to Dance at EIU Basketball Game

January 17, 2008

Children who attend the Eastern Illinois University Pink Panthers’ dance clinic will have the opportunity to learn a new dance and perform it at halftime of an EIU basketball game.

The Little Pink Panthers Clinic, for children from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade (ages 4-12), is set for Saturday, Jan. 26, in the EIU Student Recreation Center.

The first session, for ages 4-7, will meet from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. to learn the routine, which they will perform at halftime of the 5 p.m. women’s basketball game that evening.

The second session, for ages 8-12, will meet from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Their performance will take place during halftime of the 7:15 p.m. men’s basketball game that evening.

Families with children in both age groups may request that the children be included the same group.

The registration cost is $20 per child (or $15 if made by Friday, Jan. 19). The fee includes a Pink Panther T-shirt that must be worn during the performance, dance instruction, admission into the basketball game, and a Pink Panther poster.

DVD’s of the event are to be available for purchase on the day of the performance.
More details on the clinic, including a registration form, may be found on the Pink Panthers Web site at http://www.eiu.edu/~pinkpan.

For more information, please call Lisa Dallas, Pink Panther coach and adviser, at 581-3716.