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Using Dance to Help Special Needs Kids Integrate Into Society

Local dance instructor Mary Tiras is using dance to help kids with special needs integrate into society. She’s conducting a free dance workshop to demonstrate that called DanceReach 2013 this Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran School. Tiras is the owner of Creative Motion Dance and Performing Arts.

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Mary Tiras leads a group of preschoolers at Our Savior Lutheran School. (Photo by Betsy Denson)

Local dance instructor Mary Tiras is using dance to help kids with special needs integrate into society.

She’s conducting a free dance workshop to demonstrate that called DanceReach 2013 this Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Our Savior Lutheran School.

Tiras is the owner of Creative Motion Dance and Performing Arts.

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Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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