Et cetera : \'Showtime:\' Cooling Dancers present annual recital

'Stars to Be:' Kindergartners Emerson Fleming & Matthew Bookmeier dance together.

Olivia Ketchen with Lily Horst, Abby Gloede, Katie Langstraat, Sydney Bartling, and Bristian Gerber

'Princess Smiles:' Aspen Ahrenholz and Baylee Wheeler, age 6, perform their jazz routine.

'All Shook Up:' Max Vasquez and Tessa Timmerman perform.

'Preschool Tappers:' Mia Jacobs, Chloe Mossman, Julia Paine and Olivia Albert sing and dance.

'I Don't Need Anything But You:' Father and daughter Chris and Brynn Staab have fun.

'Oliver:' Hannah Haisman performs a musical theatre routine with her group.

'One Love One World:' Tapping with precision.

'Trip to Hollywood:' Sophia Vasquez and Elyah Steffen.

'Overture from Annie:' 4th grader Lillie Lamont smiles and gracefully leaps across the stage.

'Rhythm in Nursery Rhymes:' Preschooler Sadie Burke goes all out in her performance onstage.

'Sunshine Burst:' Leah Bohnsack, Ann Lent, and Jayden Steffen perform their tap routine.

Grace Horst shows flexibility in a lyrical ballet with Taylor McManemy and Faith Crawley.

'Friends Onstage: Kate Hyland performs for the crowd at Saturday's performance.

The Cooling Dancers of Vinton presented their annual recital June 2 and 3 at the VSHS Auditorium.

Four performances were given featuring 300 students and nearly 80 dancing dads. Students performed to a variety of new and old music celebrating the “Showtime” theme.

Emcees for each performance were Eric Upmeyer of Vinton, and Joan Cooling Noeller. Jan Andressen of Vinton photographed all four performances.

The Cooling dancers will perform June 23 at the “Party in the Park” Celebration in Vinton, at 12:00 and 2:30 p.m. Also, many of the dancers are competing this week at the Midwest Starz National Competition, held June 14-17 at the Kalahari Waterpark Resort and Convention Center in the Wisconsin Dells.

Special thanks to Jan Andreessen for the photos. More Cooling Dance Center Recital photos are available at www.jandreesenphotography.com

The Cooling Dancers also look forward to performing at the Shellsburg Farmer’s Market, June 27, at 6 p.m.

Caption for the 'One Love One World:' photo: Tapping with precision are teens Danisha Pladsen, Taylor Vislisel, Tess Noeller, (background Summer Stephenson), Emma Horst, Brinkley Gerber, Felicia Hertle, Claire Andreesen