{"id":266281,"date":"2017-12-12T06:06:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=266281"},"modified":"2017-12-12T06:06:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:06:55","slug":"christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas special showcases dance student performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-266281 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4930-jpg\/'>IMG_4930.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266282'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup C dancers of the Glushko\u2019s Academy perform a number during the annual Glushko Academy Christmas Concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi Purpose Center on Sunday. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4933-jpg\/'>IMG_4933.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266283'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup B and C dancers of the Glushko\u2019s Academy perform a number during the annual Glushko Academy Christmas concert held at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4938-jpg\/'>IMG_4938.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266284'>\n\t\t\t\tThe group B and C dancers of the Glushko\u2019s Academy perform a number during the annual Glushko Academy Christmas concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4953-jpg\/'>IMG_4953.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266285'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup D dancers of the Glushko\u2019s Academy perform a number during the annual Glushko Academy Christmas concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4966-jpg\/'>IMG_4966.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266286'>\n\t\t\t\tGroup A dancers of the Glushko\u2019s Academy perform a number during the annual Glushko Academy Christmas concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4972-jpg\/'>IMG_4972.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266287'>\n\t\t\t\tSanta Claus hands out bags of treats to the Glushko\u2019s Academy performers after the annual Glushko\u2019s Academy Christmas concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center on Sunday. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4986-jpg\/'>IMG_4986.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266288'>\n\t\t\t\tThe performers pose for a photo after the annual Glushko\u2019s Academy Christmas concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/christmas-special-showcases-dance-student-performances\/img_4992-jpg\/'>IMG_4992.jpg<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-266289'>\n\t\t\t\tAnnabel Sablan, right, one of the Group D performers, poses for a photo after the annual Glushko\u2019s Academy Christmas concert at the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center. (Kimberly A. Bautista)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Glushko\u2019s Dance Academy hosted its annual Christmas concert last night with 50 of Anna Glushko\u2019s students rocking the stage of the Pedro P. Tenorio Multi-Purpose Center.<\/p>\n<p>According to Glushko, the school\u2019s founder, her students have been preparing tirelessly since August to perfect their performances. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe practiced hard\u2026and we put a lot of effort into having a nice performance \u2026we started in August to prepare for [the] December [concert],\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Students as young as 3 and as old as 18 took to the stage to dance to popular Christmas carols.<\/p>\n<p>According to one of the featured performers of the night, Annabel Sablan, she has been a part of the Glushko Academy since she was 3 years old and has performed multiple times in many of the concerts the academy has hosted. Sablan will soon leave the academy as she nears high school graduation. <\/p>\n<p>According to Sablan, she initially felt nervous about her performance last night but she soon relaxed to enjoy it. \u201cI was very nervous but I still had fun and I liked the rush, so I continue to do it even though it is really hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the challenges Sablan faced in preparing for the Christmas concert was the pressure leading up to the day. \u201cMy instructor was very strict with me\u2026and she wanted me to perform at my best so it was a lot of pressure\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Although preparations can get intense sometimes, Sablan still encourages other young individuals, boy or girl, to join the academy because at the end, it is fulfilling. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually a lot of fun and if you love it, then it\u2019s not that hard and it\u2019s not hard work,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Glushko\u2019s Dance Academy hosted its annual Christmas concert last night with 50 of Anna&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":266282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10947,19430,19431,3206],"class_list":["post-266281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-anna-glushko","tag-annabel-sablan","tag-dance-academy","tag-glushko-academy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}