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Choreographers and dancers from in and around the Ojai Valley will come together to perform in the third annual dance festival. “Celebrate Dance in Ojai,” on March 15 at 7 p.m. at Matilija Auditorium.

Each year the dance festival has had a community service component and this year codirectors Kim Hoj and Pamela Lappen are proud to announce all funds raised from this concert will be awarded in the form of scholarships for Ojai dancers who will be pursuing dance at the university-college level.

Gracing the stage and supportive of the Ojai dance scholarship benefit are veteran local choreographers and dancers: Nordhoff High School dancers, Jeannie Carlson dancers, Ojai Community dancers, Stephen Bauer, Ojai Tappers, Nordhoff High School alumni and more. This year’s “out-of-town” guest artists include All American Ballet, Ventura College dancers, and Santa Barbara City College dancers. More than 100 performers will dance on our local stage.

The evening is guaranteed to offer dance for everyone — from ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, hip hop, tap, tango, Mexican folk, and aerial dance (yes, we have someone flying in this concert!). This will be a fun and festive evening of dance to serve the Ojai community.

Presale tickets are available for purchase at Vesta, 242 E. Ojai Ave.; tickets will be available at the box office at 6 p.m. on the day of the event. Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for children, kindergarten through 12th grade. For more information or to make a donation to the “Celebrate Dance in Ojai” scholarship fund, call 640-4343, Ext. 1756.