Carrie's Dream

Carrie's Dream Scholarship fund was created as a tribute to
Carrie Dianda McCoid to fund youth dance scholarship
opportunities in our community.

Carrie's Dream Scholarship Project was founded in 2014 as a tribute to Carrie Dianda McCoid. Carrie had a dream that all the students in our community who wanted to dance would be given that opportunity, regardless of their financial circumstances. She envisioned a collaborative annual dance showcase that would allow the community to come together to raise money for the benefit of aspiring dancers

. It would also serve to build bridges between all the dancers and studios and raise community awareness about the importance of dance to these students. For many of them their dance studio is their home away from home, dance is the thing they are most proud of. Dancing requires teamwork, leadership, dedication, physical and mental training as well as passion and perseverance. All immensely valuable skills that help keep our youth on the path to success in life. The value of these things cannot be measured in dollars and cents, but it takes just that to give these students those opportunities. This is our first step towards helping bring Carrie's dream to fruition. At this time we are not a nonprofit we are a sponsored project of Pacific Arts Complex or PAC www.pacificartscomplex.com. PAC has two studio locations (one in Santa Cruz & one in Watsonville) that serve an incredibly diverse group of students in our community, classes taught include everything from ballet to videography. Even though we are not a nonprofit entity at this time and as such contributions/donations are not tax deductible, ALL net proceeds from donations, auctions, projects and the annual showcase will be granted to scholarship applicants who otherwise would not have the opportunity and resources to dance. The scholarship selection process will involve evaluations of both financial need and individual student merit. In addition, we will be helping to sponsor the Aptos High Dance Team and offering some additional scholarship fund opportunities for participating studios in the annual showcase. As more funds are raised and available we look forward to further expanding our programs, but we can't do any of this without community support. Thank you for visiting our page, learning more about what it was Carrie envisioned and for helping us bring her dream to life. Her passion, dedication, strength and love continue to inspire so many. Maya Angelou once said "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." She will never be forgotten.

02/28/2026

We LOVE our sponsors! Thank you for all of your support ❤️

02/16/2026

Two weeks away! Don’t forget to grab some tickets at www.carriesdream.org to watch all of these wonderful guest performers. ❤️

02/12/2026

Carrie’s Dream is looking for any and all donations for our live and silent auctions. 100% of the proceeds go directly back into kids in our community who want to dance, but aren’t financially able. Please let us know if you’d like to join in to give the gift of dance. ❤️ 18 days until Carrie’s Dream showcase!

02/11/2026

Our favorite day of the year is almost here! ❤️

11/17/2025

04/07/2025

Wow! We are overwhelmed by the amount of support for Carrie’s Dream Dance Scholarship Fund. Thank you for joining in on our special day and being part of what keeps dance accessible for youth in our community.
Let’s keep the celebration going! is hosting us this next Sunday, April 13 for a 10% donation on every order. Come dine with us!

04/05/2025

Huge thank you to all of our 2025 sponsors! We couldn’t do this without you ❤️ See you all tomorrow at the show!

04/03/2025

Only a couple more days ❤️✨

04/02/2025

It’s Carrie’s Dream week! So excited for the show this Saturday. Don’t forget to buy your tickets in advance at www.carriesdream.org

03/26/2025

Less than two weeks away! Get your tickets now at www.carriesdream.org

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250 E Beach St
Watsonville, CA
95076

Website

http://www.carriesdream.org/

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