Article: DANCERS FROM ROANOKE SCHOOL TAP IN PHILLY PARADE

When tap dancers at Valley Dance Productions in Roanoke received an invitation in September to dance in the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, they were a little shocked.

Kristy Muddiman, one of the school's directors, said she isn't even sure how her group got invited. She said it's possible that a friend who is a choreographer and casting agent for Walt Disney Corp. may have recommended Valley Dance to parade officials. The parade is produced by Disney.

But the important thing is that a group of Roanoke dancers had the opportunity to perform in the parade, Muddiman said. It is the country's oldest Thanksgiving Day parade, with a live audience of more than 750,000 people and a TV ...

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