{"id":238315,"date":"2016-10-12T06:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T20:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=238315"},"modified":"2016-10-12T06:06:16","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T20:06:16","slug":"bridge-capital-donates-1k-glushko-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/bridge-capital-donates-1k-glushko-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge Capital donates $1K to Glushko Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bridge Capital LLC officials present founder and teacher of Glushko Ballet Academy, Anna Glushko (middle right), along with her students the $1,000 check on Oct. 11, 2016. (Michael Santos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bridge Capital LLC presented another generous donation of $1,000 to a ballet academy located in Mount Carmel High School last Oct. 11. The academy is called Glushko Ballet Academy and is no stranger to donations received from Bridge Capital. The owner, Anna Glushko, is the founder and teacher of the class. Before coming to Saipan, Glushko graduated from Vladivostok University.<\/p>\n

When asked about what made her want to open her own ballet academy, Glushko replied, \u201cI think it\u2019s every dancers\u2019 dream after they finish their dancing career. I mean this is what I\u2019ve been doing; I\u2019ve been dancing since I was 7. I opened a ballet school on Saipan to see how it would do and it turned out to be very successful. Without even realizing it, we are now approaching our 15th year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my work. I actually don\u2019t really consider this work because it\u2019s like the saying, \u2018When you love what you do, you never work a day in your life,\u2019 so it applies to what I\u2019m doing,\u201d Glushko added.<\/p>\n

Glushko Ballet Academy offers classes to a variety of people. \u201cWe have children from as young as 3 years old. However, I also have ladies who already have their own grandchildren and they join in another group. As for males, we recently got two recruits, one being 9 and the other 11,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

With the money they are getting from Bridge Capital, Glushko plans to use it for the academy\u2019s major performances starting in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really appreciate the help of Bridge Capital. We request donations from them because they\u2019re famous for supporting art, dance, and music and we\u2019re very happy and honored to receive it [donation],\u201d Glushko said.<\/p>\n

John Sario, executive assistant to John Baldwin, said, \u201cJohn Baldwin and staff from Bridge Capital are direct supporters of anything that could help the community.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bridge Capital vice president and chief operations officer Jody Jordahl was also present. \u201cBridge has been a long time supporter of the fine arts and performing arts ever since we\u2019ve [Bridge Capital] been on island. We\u2019re so lucky to have such high caliber performer and teacher, Anna\u2026and we are always looking forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe Guerrero, business and development manager of Bridge Capital, added, \u201cBridge Capital is very active in the community, always looking for ways to help. We give for education, performing arts, humanities, and the Red Cross\u2014kind of spreading out our donations to the different sectors in the community.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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