An Interactive, Candlelight Concert!

This special invitational event hosted by Brent Thomas Mills and MusicMills

Records was held on May 15 at the Steinway Recital Hall in Henderson, Nevada.

Brent’s mother, Sharon Mills, was in attendance as well as his sister, Tracie Kikel,

his daughter, Adalynn Mills Hassel, his Life Love Lisa King, a former teacher

Elaine Hansen, many from the ballroom dance world, and several professional

musicians: David Ostrem (bassist), Justin Young (sax player), and Jason

“Malletman” Taylor (xylophone).

If you don’t know who Brent Thomas Mills is then I will introduce him. Brent is a

key person at ballroom dance competitions and that is where I met him when I

began to compete in pro-am dancing.

His love of music began at the age of seven. However, in high school, Brent met a

teacher, Elaine Hansen, who put on musical plays. She decided to have Seven

Brides for Seven Brothers and Brent was in this play. This led to having dance

and drama lessons that became a part of the students lives. Eventually this led to

music which became a major part of Brent’s life. An afterschool ballroom dance

team was formed where they met once a week. This got larger and students from

other schools joined and then they got a team coach. Currently, this is at a state

level where there are team match competitions. Brent discovered there are many

health benefits, so he stuck with it. He enrolled in Berklee College of music in

Boston where he began his love with the piano. To finish his education, he

enrolled at Brigham Young University in Utah eventually being hired to play for

their ballet and modern dance classes. Brent plays on standard and electronic

pianos. He composes by adding his own touch of rhythm to existing

compositions. Currently he sets timed music pieces to ballroom dance

competitions throughout the United States as well as foreign countries and has

been doing this for almost 30 years. He works 45 to 60 events each year. Brent’s

app can be downloaded at http://musicmills.net/ and can be found thru his name

Brent Thomas Mills in iTunes, amazon music, and Spotify. He also has a Youtube

Big surprise: At the conclusion of the concert, Marilyn Fordney, Director of the

Fordney Foundation presented Brent Thomas Mills with a gold record and the

inscription read:

Special Recognition From The Fordney Foundation For your dedication and

creativity bringing decades of music to Ballroom Dancers Throughout the United

States and Foreign Countries.

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