Time flies when you’re having fun, and we’ve been having an absolute blast preparing for our Third Annual Malashock Thinks You Can Dance! Don’t miss your opportunity to be a part of the audience this Saturday night for the big production.  This high-energy performance competition pairs your favorite local San Diego celebrities with professional dance partners – and faces them off head-to-head in an exciting dance contest.  It’s all taking place in just a few days – Saturday, September 26th at 8:00pm (with the VIP reception starting at 6:30pm) at Qualcomm Hall .

It’s important to note that this event serves as Malashock Dance’s biggest fundraiser of the year – and proceeds benefit the Education Outreach & Scholarship Programs of The Malashock Dance School, which provides quality dance performance and instruction to thousands of children throughout San Diego every year. Added this year to Saturday night’s competition is a new and unique feature through which our contestants can battle it out.  On our website , contestants are matched-up against each other to see who can garner the most monetary support pre-show for their dance duo!  The suspense builds to see which partner pair will have prompted the most donations for this worthy cause.

Right now, KPBS General Manager Tom Karlo and his partner Irina Chalkevitch are at $915 and racing to catch up with the team that is in the lead right now, Kristy Gregg and Pepe Alvarez – who have $2,550 credited to their efforts.  Perhaps it’s a bit helpful that people know Kristy from San Diego National Bank!  No matter which hard-working dancers win, at the end of the night, raising the goal amount of $100,000 to support Malashock Dance efforts makes everyone involved a winner in the San Diego arts community.

For tickets, visit www.malashockdance.org or call 619-260-1622.