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Yuba City, Calif., Dance Studio Settles into New Facility.

By Katherine Tam, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 6--Inside her new dance studio in Yuba City, Jac...ueline Dake leads a group of wide-eyed 5 year olds through a series of toe taps, heel taps and shuffles to a jazz beat.

Through the large glass windows, parents watch their children's progress just outside from the comfort of cushioned benches arranged in two rows of elevated stadium-style seating.

"You can sit pretty much anywhere and see what's going on," says Eric Preston of Yuba City, whose daug

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