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Each year Feb. 14 marks the celebration of Valentine's Day, a holiday that began as a Christian celebration and evolved into a day of romantic expression.

Westminster Lions Club having dinner dance from 6 to 11 p.m. Feb. 21 at VFW Post 467

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The Baltimore County Commission on Arts & Sciences is partnering with the Gordon Center for Performing Arts in Owings Mills for the second consecutive year to host the Take a Leap Baltimore County Dance Celebration from Feb. 5 to March 8.

Warren Elementary fifth-graders recently had the chance to learn merengue, swing, tango and cha-cha during a weeklong dance program.

For slightly over an hour on Thursday afternoon, a group of 30 Seton Keough High School students stretched, leaped and pliéd across the school's gym under the direction of Towson University assistant professor Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.

Sasha Farber, 31, born in Russia and raised in Australia, has traveled the world with his dancing career. In 2013, Farber danced his way to Los Angeles and onto the 17th season of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

This final Sunday before Christmas offers three more festive performances: G. F. Handel's "Messiah," P.I. Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" ballet and the Talent Machine Company's "A Rockin' Holiday 2014."

Our nation's capital puts its distinctive spin on the holiday season

South Carroll Senior and Community Center, in Eldersburg, is in the midst of '12 Fun Days of Christmas' multi-day event

On a recent Sunday afternoon, my son and I were in Penn Station to catch a MARC train to D.C. Every bench in the waiting room was full. We backed out and looked for a place to sit on the pair of long benches perpendicular to the ones in the waiting room, where I spotted a couple of spaces. But on one space was a soda can belonging to a young black man in the adjacent space. As I stood in front of the bench, I remembered two recent headlines in The Sun. One was about "gang killers" of a

While others hum and dream, the folks at Laurel Mill Playhouse are singing and dancing their way to a white Christmas in "Irving Berlin's White Christmas, the Musical." Delightful for all ages, "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" at Laurel Mill Playhouse looks good, sounds good and feels good — a dreamy show that pays much tribute to old-fashioned holiday sentiment.

When she joined Ballet Theatre of Maryland as an apprentice dancer 11 years ago, Meagan Helman arrived on the local scene only a year after Dianna Cuatto took the helm of the troupe as artistic director.

Dozens dressed in traditional Mexican dress danced to drum beats in the cold on Washington Avenue in front of St. Clement Church in Lansdowne Thursday night. They were waiting for the delivery of a torch by runners as part of a relay run that began in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and will end in New York City.

Alexander Pidel might have learned to love music when he was still in utero. How could he not, with a mother who was a professional dancer?

Arlynne S. Stark, a dancer who was a pioneer in the field of dance movement therapy, died Nov. 17 at the Collier Center Hospice at Lutheran Hospital in Denver. She was 71.

The season of holiday entertainment is upon us, and nowhere in the county is this more evident than at Anne Arundel Community College, where the Robert E. Kauffman Theater is poised to host holiday entertainment from the AACC Dance Company to AACC choruses on weekends through Dec. 20.

A recap of the Nov. 25 season finale of "Dancing with the Stars," as the winner gets crowned

Finale time! I'm back just in time. I'm predicting either a Sadie or Alfonso win and hoping for Alfonso.

You can return to Bedford Falls this season via a "live radio play" at Center Stage.

Two performers with local connections are lighting up the stage in Arena Stage's new production of "Fiddler on the Roof," the classic musical, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary and runs through Jan. 4.

Grace Wayson and James Northey from the Springdale Stars Swim Team, were recently honored by the Maryland District Amateur Athletic Union for excelling in swimming.

Ever since television¿s ¿Dancing With the Stars¿ revived interest in ballroom dance, people of all ages have been putting on their dancing shoes and discovering their inner Fred or Ginger. If you¿d like to learn a few smooth moves, SwingTime Ballroom in Fallston can help.

It's "America's Choice" night on "Dancing with the Stars," as Lea Thompson looks especially impressive

Ever wonder what it takes to be one of America's favorite dancers? Valerie Rockey, 20, from Indianapolis, started dancing when she was 3.