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Dillard Academy cotillion

By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on June 22, 2011 1:46 PM

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Pictured are two of the "graduates" of the etiquette training program, Zyesha Alford and Christopher Bowden.

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Syreeta Blue performs a song for guests.

The annual cotillion Saturday evening for fourth-graders at Dillard Academy charter school began with a receiving line of parents and families. Earlier in the day, students also attended a formal luncheon at Goldsboro Country Club. The cotillion represented weeks of rehearsals following the end-of-grade testing at the school. They practiced afternoons after school and on Saturdays to prepare for the celebration, which also featured entertainment, a fashion show and a formal dance with staff, students and parents.