45th Anniversary of the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company

Last week was the final show of Ririe-Woodbury's 45th Season. There was a big dinner to honor the 2 founders of the company - Shirley Ririe and Joan Woodbury. The dinner was hosted by Zion's bank and held at their offices, with beautiful decor by Every Blooming Thing and delicious food from Cuisine Unlimted. A few people gave some short speeches, there was a slide show and then it was time for all the introductions. There were so many important people in attendance - dancers from all 45 years, former and current staff, former and current board members, friends of RW, etc. It was an excellent way to honor the legacy that Joan and Shirley have worked so tirelessly to build.

And of course I came home with flowers, just as I do from every event we attend... haha!Then we had three nights of shows, including a special Alumni piece at the beginning of the Thursday night show. It was so wonderful to see all of the past dancers participate. Troy and I both felt so honored to be a part of all of it!

We also have one dancer who is retiring this year.... we will miss Jo VERY much! He is a great guy, and an amazingly talented dancer. The Saturday show was his last official performance with the company, but hopefully he will still be around a lot!

After the show we also had a Studio D party and we had a great turn out! The party was at Flemings... very yummy food! After the party at Flemings, we headed over to Caine's for a "going away" party for Jo. Caine and his roommate Audry were excellent hosts and we had a wonderful time hanging out with the dancers, their friends and a few of the other board members as well. It was a very fun night!