[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14953]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               CELEBRATING NATIONAL DANCE DAY ON JULY 31

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 30, 2010

  Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ask the House of 
Representatives to join me in celebrating National Dance Day on July 
31.
  National Dance Day, in the Nation's Capital and throughout the United 
States, will celebrate dance as an artistic form and will promote the 
health benefits of dance. Here in the Nation's Capital, I will be 
joined by ``So You Think You Can Dance'' co-creator, executive 
producer, and judge Nigel Lythgoe, by Dominique Dawes, the well-known 
U.S. Olympic gymnast and a member of the President's Council on 
Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, and by the Dizzy Feet Foundation to 
promote dance as an avenue for physical fitness. Our partners, in 
addition to the President's Council, and Dizzy Feet, include the 
Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for 
the Arts, the National Dance Association, and the National Council of 
Negro Women.
  In addition to being an art form, dance can be an aerobic activity 
that helps to improve heart health, strengthen muscles, increase 
flexibility, and burn calories. Our country has a national adult and 
childhood overweight and obesity epidemic. Keeping with the spirit of 
the First Lady's ``Let's Move!'' initiative to combat childhood obesity 
and the work of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, 
we will promote physical activity among children and adults, and have 
fun dancing, the exercise that many of us most enjoy!
  On July 31, we will gather on the National Mall from 3 to 7 p.m. to 
watch, learn and dance, and to recognize dance expression, with ``Flash 
Dance'' instructors, Fluria Flamenco, Step Afrika, Beat Ya Feet Kings, 
Capitol Movement Project, DCypher, Banneker Ball Room Dancing Club, and 
many more. We will encourage physically active lifestyles by promoting 
all forms of dance for physical fitness.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the House of Representatives to join me in 
celebrating National Dance Day on July 31.

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