Dancing with our Diamonds features a dancing competition where local celebrities team up with an adult involved in a program supported by the Arc. The event raises money for The Arc of
Greensboro.
Above all, it showcases the abilities of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
You can vote for your favorite team of dancers by clicking here!
Dancing with our Diamonds is a collaborative FUNdraising event benefiting The Arc of Greensboro featuring a Dance Competition and Raffle Items.
Each dance team has had dance instructions by a trained choreographer. You may VOTE for your favorite Team or ALL the teams. See each Dancing Team on the Dancers page!!
Tickets are available for this event and include an evening of dancing and food and a raffle the night of the event.
Allen Broach served on the board for The Arc of Greensboro including two years a president. Broach is the current president of Touring Theatre and has served in that capacity for more than four years. Perhaps you have heard the name. He was the owner of the Broach Theatre for more than twenty-five years. Stephen Gee, Hall Parish and David Bell operated the Broach Theatre Company and delighted our community with wonderful shows from serious drama to crazy slap-stick humor. He owned and managed Broach & Company, a marketing communications agency for 30 years and now is somewhat retired. He is the founding publisher and currently publisher emeritus of Triad City Beat, a weekly newspaper covering the best of the triad. He is very excited to serve as one of the judges for this year’s Dancing with our Diamonds.
Holly Williams is an on-air personality at Greensboro’s very own Rock 92 and 1075 KZL. When she isn’t featured on the 2 Guys Named Chris Show or hanging out in the studio, she is an instructor of Communication Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Chad Silber co-anchors 2 Wants to Know at 5:30 alongside Tanya Rivera and WFMY News 2 at 6 and 11 alongside Julie Luck. He has 11+ years of experience in the television news industry.
Chad joined the WFMY News 2 team in September 2013 as a Reporter. In 2014, Chad was promoted to Weekend Anchor. In 2015, he was promoted to 2 Wants to Know Co-anchor. In 2017, he was promoted to Evening Anchor. Chad knew he wanted to become a journalist when he was in the eighth grade. He went to his first Green Bay Packers game at Lambeau Field with his dad and noticed all the reporters on the sidelines. His dad says, from that day forward, being a journalist was all he ever wanted to be. Of all the different types of news, Chad enjoys covering politics and natural disasters the most.
Chad danced in our 2018 Dancing on the Diamond even and along with his partner Rebecca DiSandro, won Judges choice!
Jamie Cannady has been participating in Special Olympics as a member of the Greensboro Wahoos Swim Team for over thirty years, earning numerous medals in backstroke and freestyle events. He is a deacon at First Christian Church, honorary member of the Jaycee Old-timers, and member of the Aktion Club of Greensboro. Jamie works at ArcBarks and Domino’s.
Jamie has served as a DJ for private parties, civic groups, and fund-raising events, including Grimsley High School class reunions, Gateway Education Center proms, Greensboro Shrine Club, Greensboro Jaycee Old-timers, The Arc of Greensboro, The Arc of North Carolina, NCAA Division III National Swimming and Diving Championships, The Human Race, and Greensboro Police Department Special Olympics fund raisers.
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