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Kenya Safari Acrobats Perform at Heritage Center

Hailing from the heart of Africa, the entertaining Kenya Safari Acrobats visit Alma College for a performance filled with balancing, tumbling, limbo dancing and awe-inspiring acrobatics.

The gravity-defying show takes place at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19th in the Remick Heritage Center, Presbyterian Hall. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for seniors 62 and up, and free for Alma College staff, students, and youth 18 and under. Seating is reserved. Call (989) 463-7010 for ticket information.

 

Kenya Safari Acrobats

“The same people who brought us the iO Theatre’s improvised musical in September suggested the Kenya Safari Acrobats,” says Michael Sheldon, building coordinator for the Remick Heritage Center. “The troupe is world-traveled and professional. They do lots of different shows including outdoor ones.”

While the crowd can be grateful that this show will not be taking place outside, Sheldon says the acrobats still plan to steal the audience’s breath with a “wowing” performance.

“This is not just a circus piece; it’s artistic,” he says. “These dancers are performing stuff straight from their homeland. This is their dance, and it’s pretty amazing.”

Rhythmic music and light displays will accompany the performers’ choreography, says Sheldon.

“This event is completely different from anything we’ve done in years,” says Sheldon. “With the lights and acrobatics, it’s like Cirque du Soleil in Alma.”

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The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team has won 11 consecutive regional championships. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principles of market economics through outreach projects in their communities. Last year’s team presented 12 projects, including teaching ethics and entrepreneurship skills to students at a juvenile detention center and launching an entrepreneurship competition for students with business ideas.

 

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Dr. Dave Sherwood
Graduation: 1985
Major: Biology and Art

Dave Sherwood was helping his brother pack when he came across an old paper from high school. Written when he was 17, it described what he thought his life would be like in 15 years.

He was shocked to find the paper actually described his current life.

Sherwood works as a doctor in the small mountain community of Ouray, Colo., where he lives with his wife and three children.