The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON - Parents, grand- parents, friends and relatives filled the seats and lined the outside isles of the Liberty Theater Saturday afternoon to watch about 30 young dancers perform. The 25-minute show was put on by students of Patti Jo Amerein, who took part in what may have been Dayton’s first-ever dance recital.

Amerein’s dance studio is called “The Studio,” and her students are just completing their spring session of classes.

The Studio has been open for three years. Amerein offers classes in ballet, jazz and tap dancing for kids ages five to 18. She holds adult dance classes i...