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Ashton Graham Solicitors and DanceEast host an evening reception at The Athenaeum, Bury St Edmunds.

An evening, of drinks, canapés and dance, helped DanceEast raise their profile in the Bury St Edmunds area and West Suffolk, and encouraged people to support the organisation with their fundraising activities to build the new DanceHouse on the Waterfront in Ipswich.

The DanceEast ‘Red Shoe Appeal’ is currently

Enlarge Left to right: Mark Merriam (Managing Partner at Ashton Graham), Assis Carreiro (Director at Dance East) and Madame Galina (aka Lestyn Edwards).

very close to its target of £7.9M, with only £400,000 still to raise. The new DanceHouse expects to open its door in early 2009 and provide a fantastic new space for local, national and international dancers, companies and choreographers to perform and rehearse. It will also provide facilities for people of all ages and abilities to become involved in dance.

During the reception, guests were treated to a performance from the Bury Dance Company and also Madame Galina, The New Force’s Sweetheart – a performance that will certainly stick in people’s memories!

Mark Merriam, Managing Partner from Ashton Graham commented ‘We are really pleased to be helping DanceEast by hosting the reception. It will enable people to appreciate the level of activity that DanceEast already deliver in the local community and will also inform people about their exciting plans for a permanent dance facility in Ipswich’

He continued ‘When the DanceHouse is complete, DanceEast will be neighbours to us on The Waterfront in Ipswich and I’m sure we will all be watching with interest as the building develops. As a firm, we are keen to support local arts organisations and our link with DanceEast is one I am very positive about’

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