Gangnam Style MCA Testing Celebration at Woodbury Middle School (Video)

MCA testing is underway at area schools... Woodbury Middle School opted to provide tips via "Gangnam Style."

Monday's note from Woodbury Middle School— MCA Reading Testing tomorrow and Wednesday, April 16 & 17, from 8:00 – 10:30. All students will testing these two mornings. 8th graders should report to their third period class promptly at 7:55. 6th and 7th grade students report to first period class as usual. Parents, please help your child by making sure they are here early enough to be in their class by 7:55, do not schedule appointments until after 10:30, encourage your child to get a good night’s sleep the night before and to eat a nutritious breakfast. They will also need to take two #2 pencils with them.  —might not have been terribly exciting. But the YouTube video from the school, posted Monday, April 15, is a bit more lively.   Like …

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Kris Janisch

4:53 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Yeah, looks like they had a blast doing it. Love the "hey" thing from Principal Lopez too.   more ›

Moms Get Funky at Woodbury Dance Center

A YouTube video of moms showing off their dance skills at Woodbury Dance Center.

Moms of Woodbury Dance Center students got in their first practice Tuesday as part of preparations annual recitals. After last year's recital, the parents took their moves to the dance floor at Wild Bill's. See: Flash Mob: Woodbury Dance Center Parents Rock Wild Bill's   Like Patch on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our free newsletter

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‘Huge Change’ for Woodbury’s Tropical Ballroom

The dance studio will close soon as owners Tricia and James Wood begin giving lessons completely off-site.

After Sunday, Woodbury’s Tropical Ballroom will close its dance studio and offer lessons off-site. “Mobile completely,” said Tricia Wood, who co-owns the studio with her husband James. “And we’re super excited.” Customers have increasingly requested lessons elsewhere, Wood said, and it made financial and logistical sense to close the Valley Creek Mall studio. “Over the next three or three and a half months, we’re booked solid, but it’s all off-site,” she said. “Why have a studio when we’re never in it?” The decision came about quickly, Wood said, “and we’re going with it.” Tropical Ballroom has been in Woodbury for the past four and half years and was named the 2011 Business of the Year by the Woodbury Chamber of Commerce. Wood said the …

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Angela's Angle

Obsessed with Gangnam Style in Woodbury

Gangnam style is putting on like you're wealthy when in reality, your paycheck is just shy of funding your leased Mercedes. It’s all about appearances. Sound familiar?

I was convinced at age 10 that all possible dance moves had been invented. “What else could anyone possibly think up?” I asked. Then Michael Jackson did the moonwalk. Then there was break dancing, line dancing, vogue, the electric slide, poppin’, krumping and the Cupid shuffle. There’s been no end to the amount of jiggle and jive flashes in the proverbial pan. But have any of these momentary amusements been as amazing as Gangnam Style? I’d first caught glimpses of these silly dance moves on commercials for morning television programs. “Can’t be cool if it’s on the Today Show,” I thought. Out of curiosity, I clicked through YouTube in search of this supposedly hot trend. What I found was a music video that brought a Cheshire cat smile to my…

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Kris Janisch

11:41 am on Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Ha! Now you'll see it everywhere. That's usually how those things work for me. Like Call Me Maybe.   more ›

Flash Mob at Woodbury Elementary

District 833 posted a YouTube video of staffers getting their groove on.

Check out this video of Woodbury Elementary staff's "Flash Mob," posted on YouTube by ISD833 on June 29.       Related: Flash Mob: Woodbury Dance Center Parents Rock Wild Bill's   Like us on Facebook | Follow us on Twitter | Sign up for our newsletter

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Photos: Woodbury Royals Dance Team Winter Showcase

Dancers from across the community came together for Saturday's event.

The 2012 Woodbury Royals Dance Team Winter Showcase was held Saturday at Woodbury High School, bringing dancers from across the community together to show off their moves.   Be sure to follow Woodbury Patch on Twitter, like us on Facebook and sign up for our newsletters, which send you updates about stories, breaking news, announcements, events and blogs on the site.

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New Dance Studio Opens In Woodbury

Continuing a family tradition, Legacy Dance Studio gets hip in Woodbury.

The Woodbury Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for one of its newest members, Legacy Dance Studio of Woodbury. The studio opened Nov. 15, 2011, and business has been brisk so far, said Scott Drikakis, who owns Legacy Dance Studio with his wife Angie. “We’re definitely signing up new kids each week,” he said. “It’s been great.” The family has been in the dance studio business for some time, Drikakis said, starting when his mother worked at a Plymouth studio years ago. In 1998 she opened Legacy Dance Studio in Oakdale. Drikakis, a teacher Legacy Dance, said the business employs four other instructors and offers competition hip-hop dancing. The studio also offers tap, jazz and ballet. It being next door to a …

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Photos: East Ridge Pep Fest, Coronation

The school got ready for its homecoming game and crowned this year's homecoming king and queen.

East Ridge High School got geared up for the homecoming football game with a pep fest and the coronation of this year's homecoming king and queen Friday afternoon. The 2011 homecoming Queen is Mary Haering. The homecoming King is Ben Gotz. The rest of the homecoming court included: Nicollette Brown, Anna Zacho, Jessica Robinson, Lo Johnson, Jayden Cline, Marcus Kelly, Connor Raessler and Kyle Siemers. The football team plays Hastings tonight.

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Woodbury High School Hits Broadway

The annual spring show, “Give My Regards to Broadway,” will run May 24-26.

Woodbury High School students took the stage for the first time Tuesday as they continued preparations for their spring show, “Give My Regards to Broadway.” Daryl Timmer, director of choirs at WHS, said this is his 10th year organizing the show, which is molded to fit the “personalities” of the students. Solo and group acts—which had to audition before teachers who served as judges—will take the stage along with the choirs. The songs come from a wide array of Broadway musicals, Timmer said. The students then write a script to adapt to the songs. The entire production is student-driven, from the set design and construction to costumes, he said. Alyssa Schorr, a 2004 Woodbury graduate, is serving as choreographer. There are a lot more …

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Viewfinder: A Multi-Cultural Celebration in Woodbury

Woodbury Elementary hosted a Heritage Festival on Friday evening.

More than 450 visitors took in the sights and sounds of the Woodbury Elementary Heritage Festival on Friday evening. The event featured dancers from several cultures, international food samples, craft projects and trunks of multicultural items to explore.

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