Mathew Dickey Boy's and Girl's Club

Youth club cake

What started as an idea to keep children playing baseball instead of hanging out on the street has become a St Louis institution that inspires youths to lead productive and healthy lives and instills the desire to excel in life's tasks and become future leaders.


It is a resource center for trouble youths and offers them a positive alternative to the drug and gang culture by fostering literacy and education. Matthew Dickey's programs have helped the St. Louis area and is a positive force in the community, how can it not be a postive force with a picture of Lew Rawls on the side of there van and the Jack Buck Walk of Fame.


Cake artist - Dail Chambers

Katherine Dunham Museum

Dance cake

The Katherine Dunham Museum consists of a collection of furniture, paintings, musical instruments, costumes, decorations, photographs, sketches, a broad range of ethnic art objects, and a cross-section of personal belongings documenting the life of this extraordinary woman.

Katherine Dunham, the Matriarch of Black Dance beleived that dance was an integral part of a people's social structure. She traveled to the Caribbean to study African rituals and native dance forms.

Upon returning to the United States, Katherine Dunham introduced African and Caribbean rhythms to modern dance and ballet. This became known as the Dunham Technique.

When she moved to East St. Louis, Illinois, she was struck by the signs of anger and hostility among the city's youth and believing dance to be "concerned with the fundamentals of society,"  She established the Performing Arts Training Center, designed to offer city youth constructive alternatives to violence.

Cake artist - Dail Chambers

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