TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama’s Community Music School will join with Farley’s Ballroom for “Dance to the Music,” featuring dance workshops and a live dance band, starting at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29 at the Moody Music Building.

Among the activities planned for the event, a fund-raiser for Community Music School scholarships, are a dance show featuring UA faculty and students from UA’s Swingdance Club; Northridge High School students performing a musical number; and professional and advanced dancers from the Tuscaloosa Ballroom Dance Club.

Open dancing will be featured from 4 to 7 p.m., and the dance showcase begins at 7 p.m. UA jazz faculty and students will provide the live music. Everyone is welcome – come as you are.

Tickets are $20 a person; children 12 and younger are free. For an additional $20, people who have never danced before can take a workshop in smooth and rhythm styles from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. For advance tickets, phone 205/348-6741 or Farley’s ballroom at 205/242-3849.

The Community Music School, part of the School of Music within UA’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been an outreach program of UA for over a decade and currently has more than 600 students. The school serves students ranging in age from infancy to retired adults. In addition to instruction, the school presents more than 50 performances annually both on campus and throughout the community.

The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is in the midst of planned, steady enrollment growth with a goal of reaching 28,000 students by 2010. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's economy, is in keeping with UA’s vision to be the university of choice for the best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.