Tuesday, June 5
AEP Awards Reception
5:45 - 6:45 pm
Congressional Room
AEP Awards Banquet & Gala
6:45 - 10:00 pm
Presidential Ballroom
Come celebrate the most innovative and groundbreaking learning resources from the past year as we announce the winners of the 2012 AEP Awards. Featuring the Distinguished Achievement, Innovation, and Golden Lamp Awards, the gala (black-tie optional) honors the work we do as an industry to create high quality classroom and professional development materials for students and educators worldwide.
This year marks some of the biggest and most comprehensive changes to the program in its 45-year history, including new categories and a rigorous three-tier judging process. Throughout the ceremony you will gain insight into how the Awards have evolved to reflect the challenges, needs, and innovations of education in the 21st Century. Entertainment is provided by Dancing Classrooms.
Don't miss out on this evening of celebration—reserve your seats today.
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(Awards Banquet registration is not part of the CIC registration package. Please make sure you check the option to buy your Banquet ticket in addition to CIC registration.)
About Dancing Classrooms
The Dancing Classrooms Youth Dance Company was created in 2006 in response to the demand for performances by “the kids from ‘Mad Hot Ballroom.’” Dancing Classrooms is the subject of that critically- acclaimed documentary film, as well as the inspiration for the feature film, “Take the Lead,” starring Antonio Banderas as Dancing Classrooms founder, Pierre Dulaine. Every child in the Youth Dance Company was introduced to ballroom dancing through Dancing Classrooms, the arts-in-education program that teaches teamwork, elegance, and respect through the practice of social dance. After completing the program as 5th-graders in their respective New York City Public Schools, the children were invited to continue their dance training through the Dancing Classrooms Academy, from which all company members were auditioned.Past performances venues have included the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (Avery
Fisher Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Midsummer Night Swing,) Jacobs Pillow (Inside/Out), the
US Open, and theNational Dance Foundation of Bermuda. Directed by Alee Reed, the Youth Dance Company has appeared on The Today Show, Inside Edition and Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps. Dancing Classrooms has expanded beyond New York City, with 20 sites across the United States and 3 international sites. During the 2010-11 school year, 42,000 children in 509 schools received the Dancing Classrooms program.
