(“I tell the teachers to get to know their partner’s story…It‘s always inspirational,” he noted.) Indeed, those poignant video stories each evoked warm applause before the featured dancer took the stage.
The dancing happens thanks to other good guys – Evan Mountain, owner of the Fred Astaire Bloomfield Hills Dance Studio and his teachers, who spend weeks practicing ballroom moves with the survivors. Thanks to fundraisers like the dance exhibition which brought 340 people ($150-ticket) to the Shriners Silver Garden Events Center. It has since grown to more than $3 million. Bruce Knight was honored at the dancing event because his was the first Pink Fund donation ($3,000 12 years ago) to help a breast cancer patient with non-medical bills. He wasn’t one of the six dancers, but sponsor Advomas’ W.
