Dance, dance, dance
Mia Jimenez, left, and Addilyn Shattuck show off their poise as ballerinas. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Mya Huckeba shows off her graceful moves. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Kierstyn Cardin stretches out as she balances above Andie Chambers. David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Performing in “Survivor” are Kierstyn Cardin, Andie Chambers, Mya Huckeba, Baylee Kent, Skylar Layne, Madison Martina, Shaylee Martina, Issy Nations and Elena Rodriguez. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Caroline Siprell leaps on stage. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Professional dancer and instructor Scott Benson dances with Hendrix Lynch, left. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Peyton Johnson, at front right, gets her hand twirls down in this dance number. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Performing in “Taylor’s Version” are Kierstyn Cardin, Andie Chambers, Mya Huckeba, Baylee Kent, Skylar Layne, Madison Martina, Shaylee Martina, Issy Nations and Elena Rodriguez. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Leaping and weaving across the makeshift stage at the Matchbox, the former Apalachicola High School gym, dancers from age 3 to 20 delighted a packed audience Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28.
It was the annual Spring Showcase performed by dancers from Forgotten Coast Performing Arts, the studio under the guidance of Helen Willis Smith. The studio was created to perpetuate the dance legacy left by the late Pam Nobles.
The showcase went off without a hitch, including the number performed by the only young man in the troupe, Hendrix Lynch, together with former professional dancer Scott Hendrix, who is an instructor at FCPA.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.