Retired U.S. Navy Capt., Astronaut Winston Scott Prepares for ninth Annual ‘Dancing for the Area Coast’ Set for June 3 at Clemente Middle

occasion begins at 5:30 PM

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – With solely a pair weeks to go, the 2023 ‘Dancing for the Area Coast’ dancers are getting ready for his or her closing dance routines with their dance instructors for the charity occasion on June 3 at Florida Tech’s Clemente Middle.

With a offered out crowd able to pack contained in the Clemente Middle, one of many dancers on this yr’s occasion is retired U.S. Navy Captain and Astronaut Winston Scott.

Winston E. Scott is a retired U.S. Navy Captain and aviator. He entered Naval Aviation Officers Candidate College in 1973. He accomplished flight coaching and was designated a naval aviator in 1974.

In 1980, Scott earned his Grasp of Science diploma in Aeronautical Engineering with Avionics.

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Throughout his Navy profession, Captain Scott served as a helicopter pilot with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Warfare Squadron Gentle Thirty-Three at NAS North Island, CA flying the SH-2F helicopter. He later served a tour of responsibility as a fighter pilot with Fighter Squadron Eighty-4 at NAS Oceana, Virginia flying the F-14 Tomcat fighter/ interceptor. He subsequently served as a manufacturing check pilot and engineering director on the Naval Aviation Depot at NAS Jacksonville, FL.

Moreover, Scott served as a analysis improvement check and analysis (RDTE) pilot and Deputy Director of the Tactical Plane Programs Division on the Naval Air Warfare Middle Plane Division in Warminster, PA.

As an RDTE pilot, Scott flew the F-14 Tomcat, the F/A-18 Hornet, and the A-7 Corsair plane. He has accrued greater than 7,000 hours of flight time in additional than 25 totally different plane and greater than 200 shipboard landings.

Captain Scott was an affiliate teacher {of electrical} engineering at Florida A&M College and Florida Group School at Jacksonville.

Captain Scott was chosen to turn into an astronaut by NASA in 1992.

Serving as a mission specialist he flew two area shuttle missions throughout which he logged over 24 days in area; together with 3 spacewalks totaling over 19 hours. He has suggested elected officers on issues associated to area and aeronautics.

Lately retired, Capt. Scott is a professor emeritus at The Florida Institute of Expertise in Melbourne. He holds the (retired) rank of professor of aeronautics within the School of Aeronautics and professor of music within the School of Psychology and liberal arts.

Capt. Scott belongs to the boards of administrators of a number of company and non-profit organizations. He enjoys an energetic public look schedule. Captain Scott’s e book Reflections from Earth Orbit was printed in 2005.

The 2023 version of Brevard County’s greatest social and philanthropic occasion of the yr will showcase featured dancers,Jessica Assam, Rachael Bassett, Jordin Chandler, Tom Neidert, Gina Niagara, Winston Scott and Megan Wright.

Generally known as the most important fundraising occasion in Brevard County, Dancing for the Area Coast is a novel competitors and fundraiser that advantages worthy non-profit organizations on the Area Coast.

Final yr’s occasion raised greater than $400,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Brevard, Girls’s Middle of Brevard, Household Promise of Brevard and the USA Regulation Enforcement Everlasting Flame.

This yr, Dancing for the Area Coast will increase cash to profit the Youngsters’s Starvation Challenge, the Astronaut Memorial Basis, the Sheriff’s Pet Posse and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace Charity, which was established to help Brevard County regulation enforcement officers and firefighters of their time of want.

“As Sheriff of Brevard County, it provides me nice pleasure for our company to host Dancing for the Area Coast,” stated Sheriff Wayne Ivey.

“Dancing for the Area Coast is an thrilling occasion that groups up native celebrities with dance professionals, in a contest to profit Brevard County nonprofit organizations. Every competitor dedicates their time and abilities taking dance classes and in addition diligently raises cash as a part of the competitors.

Bragging Rights On the Line

Every superstar dancer will likely be matched up with an expert dancer as they compete in a ballroom dance – and for bragging rights as the very best dancer in Brevard.

On the night of the competitors, every dance pair will compete in a choreographed ballroom dance that will likely be scored by a panel of judges. In the course of the present, {couples} will earn scores primarily based on a number of technical talent elements, however the judges’ scores alone don’t determine the dancer’s closing rating.

Main as much as the precise efficiency, the dancers may have already scored 60 p.c of their factors by means of their fundraising endeavors to profit needy charities.

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BRAGGING RIGHTS ON THE LINE

Every superstar dancer will likely be matched up with an expert dancer as they compete in a ballroom dance – and for bragging rights as the very best dancer in Brevard.

On the night of the competitors, every dance pair will compete in a choreographed ballroom dance that will likely be scored by a panel of judges. In the course of the present, {couples} will earn scores primarily based on a number of technical talent elements, however the judges’ scores alone don’t determine the dancer’s closing rating.

Main as much as the precise efficiency, the dancers may have already scored 60 p.c of their factors by means of their fundraising endeavors to profit needy charities.

SPONSORSHIPS, TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

A number of company sponsorship ranges can be found, together with the Grease Sponsor for $25,000, the Flashdance Sponsor for $15,000, the Footloose Sponsor for $10,000, and the Saturday Night time Fever Sponsor for $5,000.

Tables can be found on the following ranges: Entrance Row VIP Dinner Desk, $5,000; Second Row VIP Dinner Desk, $2,500; Third Row Dinner Desk, $1,750; and Fourth Row Dinner Desk, $1,250. Particular person seats will be bought for $150 per particular person.

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Dancing For the Area Coast is introduced by the Brevard County Sheriff’s Workplace and sponsored by L3Harris, Area Coast Every day and Florida Tech.

For extra info or to make a donation within the title of your favourite dance pair, go online to DancingFortheSpaceCoast.com or name 321-505-8752.

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