At D3 Dancenter, from bottom left: Talia D’Arco, Alyssa Colon, Alessia DiGennaro and Kristina Evans. Middle: Erica Passenti, Stella Spyropoulus, Alexa Garzon, Miss Cathy, Carlos Cardona, Jeryka Morales and Nicole Kusinko. Top: Stephanie Jakimec, Tayler Szabo, Valeria Labudovic, Heather Pastor, Alexis Amato, Alexa Passenti, Bianca Ayala, Gabriella Varano, Dina Kolesar and Michaela Genneken. Not pictured: Teresa Korsen, Jessica Purcell and Caroline Stoch. At right, Alexa Garzon and Carlos Cardona.
Meet six year old Alexa Garzon and eight year old Carlos Cardona from D3 Dancenter on Van Houten Ave. Alexa has been dancing since the age of three and this is Carlos’ first year dancing. They performed a duet to the song “Sway” at Elite Dance Forum, Star Bound and That’s Entertainment Dance Competitions. This pair received two High Gold and one Platinum Award and the Most Entertaining and Highest Score Awards. Their duet was choreographed by Cathy Garzon, Owner and Director of D3 Dancenter (who also these competitions, Alexa and Carlos happens to be Alexa’s mom). Because of their outstanding performances at were asked to perform at the Hispanic Youth Showcase at NJ PAC in Newark. Miss Cathy, the D3 staff and all the competition families are very proud of Alexa and Carlos and the rest of the D3 Dance Troupe which consists of mini, junior, teen and hip hop competition groups. All of these groups earned Gold and High Gold awards. At left, NOC Automotive, owned by Noel and Odette Coronel, provided the D3 Dancenter the use of their Van Houten Ave. facility as a site for a car wash on June 19. All proceed benefitted the D3 competition teams. July 2010 • Clifton Merchant
75