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Home » Fitness » Fundraiser for Colorado Springs City Auditorium combines fitness and a cause – Colorado Springs Gazette

As energetic music blared, it was difficult not to find someone with a smile on their face - even while they were exercising on an otherwise quiet afternoon in downtown Colorado Springs.

On Sunday, more than 100 people showed up in tie-dye T-shirts, sneakers and headbands to participate in a free "fitness party" hosted by TrendZ Fitness, raising money toward covering maintenance costs for the aging Colorado Springs City Auditorium.

With a suggested donation of $5, participants danced through two hours of Zumba sessions by more than a dozen instructors in the gym-like area of the downtown arena and theater at 221 E. Kiowa St. Nearby, vendors set up tables selling fitness-related products.

Last year, TrendZ Fitness held the fundraiser for the first time and raised about $700 with about 100 participants, said event organizer Don Quashie. He believes this year's event - with a "flower power" theme - was expected to raise more money because of a higher turnout.

"It's a two-hour event, that's a lot of calories burned," he said.

Quashie and TrendZ Fitness - in which he works as a Zumba instructor - decided to start a fundraiser after reading a Gazette article detailing a need to update and repair the 60,000-square-foot building that was built in 1923.

He also noted that it was a way for TrendZ Fitness to give back since the physical fitness company has held several fundraisers at the auditorium in the past last five years, including for breast cancer awareness and the Empty Stocking Fund by The Gazette and El Pomar Foundation.

"We knew we needed to do something to help because this is where we hold a lot of our events," Quashie said. "If we can do that, everyone can benefit from it."

Participants had little time for breaks.

They moved their feet and arms to energetic music while instructors led short Zumba sessions on an elevated stage.

"I love all the positivity and all the instructors who came in unity," said Rosaura Rojas-Dawson, who teaches Zumba at the Fountain YMCA.

To many, the dancing didn't seem like exercise.

"By the time you're done, you're sweating and it doesn't feel like you're doing a workout," said Amy Allen, a Zumba instructor at the Briargate YMCA.

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