Southland Savvy
Eileen Jones knows she probably will never be invited to be on “Dancing With The Stars.” That’s why the librarian at Oak Lawn Community High School did the next best thing; she is bringing the show to her. So to speak.
Jones is one of eight educators at Oak Lawn High who will be dancing for bragging rights and charity next Friday at “Dancing With The Spartans.”
Jones and her seven colleagues have been training for the past two months with dance instructors from Heart & Sole Dance in Tinley Park. They will put it all on the line at 7 p.m. March 12 at the high school, 9400 Southwest Highway.
“I wanted to be on ‘Dancing With The Stars,’ but knew that wasn’t going to happen. So I started thinking how I could bring the show to me,” says Jones.
“Someone suggested doing it as a community event and that’s how we came up ‘Dancing With The Spartans’.”
Jones says the event will mirror the TV version. “We’ll have video montages of the teachers in training. We’ll have a Green Room. We’ll even have voting and celebrity judges.
“Gina Glocksen, who was a contender on ‘American Idol,’ is going to judge. We also have Scott Blevins, who is an internationally known choreographer.”
Doors open at 6:15 p.m. with dancing to begin at 7 p.m. Admission is $10, $7 for students with ID and free for children 10 and under. Votes go for $1 and stuffing the ballot box is encouraged, says Jones.
All proceeds are going to the Parent Project for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. “That charity was chosen because a son of one of the teachers has that condition,” says Jones.
For more information, visit Dancing Spartans
Here's a video sneak peek at what you'll see next Friday. Eat your heart out "Glee."
