The Dance Connection

11/26/2025

11/10/2025

We are open for classes tonight!

09/01/2025

Our new season begins tomorrow! We can't wait to see our familiar faces and meet our newest students!
Classes are still available. There is still time to register!
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09/01/2025

If you want to pick up your recital video, we’re here today (9/1) until 12:30 PM.

08/20/2025

Need to pick up your 2025 recital video? Ms Jenn is at the studio today (Wednesday 8/20) until 6:30 PM.

08/20/2025

Click to register: https://app.gostudiopro.com/online/thedanceconnection

08/18/2025

Returning student registration opens tomorrow! Please log into your Studio Pro Portal to register! New student portal opens on Wednesday.
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08/08/2025

2025-2026 Fall Schedule
Returning student registration begins Monday, August 18th.
New student registration opens Wednesday, August 20th.
Classes begin Tuesday, September 2nd. We cannot wait to begin our new season!

07/05/2025

Thank you to all of our students, parents, and alumni who came out to dance with us in the Whiting 4th of July Parade. I know that Miss Tami was smiling down on us. Thank you to Region Signs Inc. for creating the beautiful banners for our float.

06/23/2025

Would love to have a great showing of our students at the parade for Miss Tami! ALUMNI (old and new) COME JOIN US!!! its ok if it's been a while. All the steps will come right back to you. Tshirt deadline is WEDNESDAY. Please fill out this form to sign up. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScoTJUS0uQpRDEzNLshFXIPLKK23xSIdW-b0pB2qgIm4unFow/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=114821566857989110675

06/17/2025

Service info for our dear Miss Tami.

Obituary for Tamara “Tami” Aldrin

Tamara “Tami” Aldrin (nee Rogowski) 80 of Whiting, passed away Sunday, June 15, 2025 at St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago. She was the beloved wife of the late Ronald Aldrin who passed away August 6, 1998; loving mother of Bryan (Carla Shortino), Jason (Eileen) and Alexis (Justin) West; adoring “Grammy Tami” to Grace, May, Adeline, Gwendolyn, Ronnie, Calo and Enzo; cherished sister of Jan (John) Plesniak and the late Tom Rogowski; many dear nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, 10:30 am at the Baran Funeral Home, 1235-119th St., Whiting; a Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11:00 am at Sacred Heart Church, Whiting with the Rev. Jay Nuthulapati, officiating; cremation to follow; visitation at the funeral home on Friday from 3:00 to 8:00 pm; members of the parish will offer prayers at the funeral home on Friday at 6:00 pm. Expressions of sympathy may be placed online at www.baranfh.com.

Tami Aldrin was born on April 14, 1945 to Joseph and Margaret (Dingwall) Rogowski. She was a lifelong resident of the Calumet Region and was a graduate of Morton High School, Hammond, Class of 1963. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church, Whiting, the Whiting-Robertsdale Chamber of Commerce (board member) and the Hessville HC3 Chamber of Commerce (board member). Dance was Tami’s life. Better known as “Miss Tami” to her thousands of students over the years, she was the former owner of The Dance Connection in Hessville from 1988 to 2000. Tami began as a student here (which was formerly Muffet’s School of Dance), then became an instructor and ultimately the co-owner with her best friend, Cindy Melchor. She loved to teach children and had a special place in her heart for sharing dance with students with disabilities through The SHARE Foundation with the Handicapped. Tami was parades, pierogi, Glögg parties, kilted family reunions, dusting off the old dance steps, singalongs with all the old songs. She was tea with toast and loving her grandkids the most. A devoted mother, grammy, sister and friend to many, Tami will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her. In lieu of flowers, memorials to The SHARE Foundation with the Handicapped, P.O. Box 400, Rolling Prairie, IN 46371, (219) 659-4400.