SUNRISE, FLA. (WSVN) – A group of South Florida dancers prepares to live out their dreams as they prepare to take on the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
Dancers at the Encore Dance Theatre in Sunrise will head to New York City and take center stage at one of the biggest platforms they\u2019ve ever reached, the iconic Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of us have never been to New York, like me, it\u2019s my first time, so I\u2019m super excited,\u201d said dancer Bella Florio.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m actually so thankful that we get to go do this and I love all the dance family that I\u2019ve created over the few years,\u201d said dancer Emily Ramkissoon.<\/p>\n
The preparation has been nonstop as the dancers perfect their skills before they depart for their once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re gonna go together all as a group, and I\u2019m so grateful that I get to experience this once-in-a-lifetime performance with my best friends, my family, and I\u2019m so thankful that I get to experience this once-in-a-lifetime thing alongside them,\u201d said Ramkissoon.<\/p>\n
The dancers\u2019 moms are over the moon as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m extremely excited, I\u2019m traveling with her on Saturday, it\u2019s been a lot of work for the entire year, we\u2019re very proud of the studio,\u201d said a dancer\u2019s mother, Yanilka Lupino Mora.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to be on one of the world\u2019s biggest stages for our dancers is really, really exciting,\u201d said Chris Soulliard, another mom.<\/p>\n
The owner of the dance theater has received a lot of praise from the dancers and their moms alike.<\/p>\n
She said their team is very close and believes that they\u2019ll have a great week together.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes me feel really great to be able to give these kids such an amazing experience. We love when the kids are able to have these experiences that they will remember for the rest of their lives.\u201d said Anne Broadsky, owner of Encore Dancer Theatre. \u201cWe are all very close, we\u2019re like a family here, and it means the world again to be able to provide them all of these different opportunities that they can leave and eventually take with them and their lives as adults.\u201d<\/p>\n
Broadsky said, above all else, she hopes her dancers carry the memories they make over the next week for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cMemories, to say the least, they\u2019re going to walk away from this and remember this forever, they\u2019re going to be able to spend an amazing week with their friends in the city, and that\u2019s going to be amazing and also, just to be able to perform, which they all love to do so much in New York City, who could ask for anything more than that?\u201d said Ann.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re set to leave to New York City on Saturday where they\u2019ll have time to take it all in, including all the sights, before their big moment for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n
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