Celebrating a move to its new location near the SE corner of 2499 and 3040, Footlights Dance Studio debuts its 10,000-square-foot studio with grand opening festivities featuring a special appearance by McKaley Miller, a former Footlights dancer well-known for her roles in Disney's K.C. Under Cover and Where Hope Grows.

The community is invited to attend on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for face painting, balloon sculptures, free jazz, ballet/tap, hip hop and Zumba classes, registration discounts and door prizes.

In addition, the IN-N-OUT Burger food truck will be on site serving burgers from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the studio’s new location at 2500 Northshore Blvd. in Flower Mound. Proceeds from the burger sales benefit scholarship funds.

“We have outgrown our former space and feel incredibly blessed as we prepare to welcome more dancers and performers than ever before in our 19-year history,” says studio owner Amy Parsons, who is also on staff at Trietsch Memorial UMC and wife of FMHS physics teacher Dave Parsons.

Footlights Dance Studio, in the former Cornerstone Daycare space, now features:

• Six studio rooms with state-of-the-art, professional dance floors
• A waiting room plus expanded lobby
• A student lounge
• Closed circuit TV viewing of all classes
• Complimentary wifi

Fall classes have just begun and it’s not too late to register for offerings such as tap/ballet combos, jazz, acting & musical theater, drill team prep, hip hop, contemporary, pointe, tumbling and clogging. Take advantage of a registration discount, and ask about unique programs such as home school dance classes, an all-boys hip hop team, signed classes for deaf students, sign language classes and a musical theater troupe--Footnotes.