Dancers from Davidson, Craik and Loreburn hit the stage in front of a huge audience of siblings, parents and grandparents April 12 and 13 at Davidson School for the dance showcase and spring recital.

Eighty-one of the 83 dancers who train with the Davidson Optimist Dance Club (DODC) took to the stage over the two days. The dance showcase brought out solo, duet and trio dances on the Saturday night for the audience, while group dances occurred the next afternoon during the spring recital.

Vonné Johnson, president of DODC, said the club decided to split up the performances this year as a way to trim the time of the year-end dance presentation. She said by all accounts that she heard, the split was well received and the plan is to continue with the Saturday night and Sunday afternoon productions in future years.

“We have 30 group numbers and 19 private lesson numbers and in the past we did all of them together, but that gets kind of long for some people,” said Johnson. “For those of us who enjoy dance and are involved with a lot of it, it’s not that long, but if its your daughter and it’s her first year and she’s got only one number, then it gets a little long”

The showcase and recital brought the dance season to a close for the club, with the next event planned for late August. The club will be hosting their fourth annual Back to School Dance Camp Aug. 24 and 25.

Johnson said the camp would feature instruction from prominent dancers including Saskatoon’s Braiden Stevenson, who previously starred on So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

“The Back to School Dance Camp is usually the week before school starts and it’s used to get the kids back into it,” she said. ” We have guest instructors, so it’ll be a weekend of something special.”