Dance Studio Raising Money for Instructor Injured in Boston Bombings

Staff at Palm Harbor's Arthur Murray Dance Studio are hoping to help a dance instructor who lost her foot and lower leg in the Boston bombings. 

Adrianne Haslet-Davis, 32, is a dance instructor at the Boston Arthur Murray Dance Studio. She and her husband, Adam, were watching the Boston Marathon on April 15 when the bomb went off. 

Haslet-Davis says the tragedy will not stop her from pursuing her passion for dancing.

"I absolutely want to dance again and I also want to run the marathon next year," she told the Associated Press in a story that appeared in the New York Daily News. "I will crawl across the finish line, literally crawl, if it means I finish it."

Haslet-Davis will be profiled on the Tuesday, April 30 "Dancing with the Stars" episode on ABC. Palm Harbor's Arthur Murray Dance Studio will host a watch party fundraiser that night at Tiffany's Restaurant in Palm Harbor.

Tickets cost $25 per person and include admission to the watch party, dinner and dancing. All members of the community are invited to attend. Tickets will be available at the door. The party begins at 9 p.m. 

If you can not attend the watch party but would like to contribute, you can donate online to the "Fund for Adrianne".

Palm Harbor Arthur Murray Dance Studio is located at 34930 U.S. 19, 727-786-2224

Tiffany's Family Restaurant is located at 35000 U.S. 19, 727-785-9530

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