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Dance like there's no tomorrow almost meant dance like there's no next year for students in the Liberty High School dance program. Thanks to a last minute reprieve, this course is no longer a victim of the Kern High School Districts budget cuts, although it will be a slimmer version from five classes to two. A popular program at Liberty for eight years it has progressed from a classroom to where desks were moved aside, to the cafeteria where tables were moved, to the wrestling room, and finally, into a double wide portable trailer.
Sounds of African, hip-hop, jazz, tap, lyrical and ballet rip and flow from the dance floor as students work on their routines under the direction of Ruth Saldubehere. Once a biology teacher, Ruth was recruited to begin a dance program at Liberty High School, becoming one of the best in Kern County. No stranger to dance herself, Ruth danced in high school and college and has long been associated with Civic Dance Center, notably with the...
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