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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2012.McGavin captures multiple medal finishes in dancingContinued from page 9do with them in every show. “I love my instructors,” she said.“They really helped me out.”Shannon explained that Teegan had some confidence issues when she first started and that the instructors have really helped her out along the way. “They’re so positive and encouraging,” She said. “They really helped her relax which has let her focus on her dancing.” Next year Teegan will be trying her hand at lyrical dancing and make one of her solos a lyrical performance. “Lyrical solos more tell a story than the jazz she has done,” Shannon explained. “It’s a more graceful kind of dance but it’s also a little slower and not as happy as contemporary.” For people wanting to get involved in dancing, Teegan said the key is to not get frustrated and to persevere. “You have to keep trying even if you think you can’t do it,” she said. “You have to keep going, practise hard and memorize the dances.” Practice is something that Teegan definitely has down according to her mother. While she officially practises three times a week, she can usually be found working on her moves and steps at pretty much anytime at home. “She will practise her tricks and handstands and moves everywhere in the house,” Shannon said. “She will be dancing in the kitchen and doing leg stretches all the time. The practicing has even started to affect some other parts of her home life, Teegan said with a smile. “My brother ends up yelling at mewhen I’m doing handstands andwatching TV and I’m in the way,”she said. “I also walk on my handsthroughout the house to keep able to do it.” Shannon said she was impressed with how quickly and how well Teegan has taken to the activity and said that her daughter had a great year. “We had a great year and we’re thankful for that; she got most improved dancer at her studio and it was a definite improvement from when she started,” she said. “I went from not stretching well and not having flow and there was a complete change, in a good way,” Teegan said. “I even won a half-full scholarship for a summer program.” The five competitions that she competed in this year consisted of four open competitions and a national competition which required her to place in an earlier competition. Next year she plans on performing two solo dances, one in a duet and two group dances. This year she earned the following trophies: • Second highest score for an overall solo at the Shine competition • First place for acrobatic solo at the Shine competition • Third highest overall score at the Dance Canada Competition • Third overall for solos at the Kick it Up competition • Runner up for Miss Shine with her acrobatic performance called Blackbird. • Overall pre-competitive soloist for 2012 at the Star Beat competition. • Her studio won second overall studio at the Shine competition • Seventh highest score overall for jazz solo at the National competition The national competition was held in Deerhurst at the Deerhurst Resort and Teegan said that the experience was a unique one. “It was really cool, we danced and there were parties with MuchMusic screens and swimming and then we had master dance classes from the judge,” she said. “They were really nice.” She said that the three judges each taught them a style of dance during their five hours of training; lyrical, contemporary funk and broadway. “It was pretty extensive training,” she said Acrobatic and awarded Walton-area dancer Teegan McGavin has brought home accolades from several different dancing competitions over the past few months. The F.E. Madill Secondary student, shown above posing with some of her prizes, took up competitive dancing only four years ago. (Denny Scott photo) AGGREGATE RESOURCES ACT NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE ROMBOUTS ENTERPRISES LTD. 7188 Wisbeach Road Arkona, Ontario N0M 1B0 We, hereby, give notice that application has been made for a Category 3, Class A licence to excavate aggregate from a pit of 14.1 hectares, located in: North Part Lot 21, Concession 8 Municipality of Morris-Turnberry (formerly Morris Twp.) County of Huron Application is for a new pit. Tonnage condition applied for annually is 200,000 tonnes. A detailed site plan and reports for the proposal may be examined at the Municipality or County municipal offices or at the district/local office of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Any person(s) wishing to object to this application must send in writing, their objection with reason(s) to the applicant and the district/local office of the Ministry of Natural Resources at the addresses below. Note: E-mail submissions are acceptable however they must contain the objector’s complete postal mailing address where a response can be delivered. E-mail objections which do not contain a postal address will not be considered acceptable. The Applicant: Rombouts Enterprises Ltd. 7188 Wisbeach Road Arkona, Ontario N0M 1B0 gibsonr@rogers.com and Ministry of Natural Resources Clinton Area Office PO Box 819, 100 Don Street Clinton, Ontario N0M 1L0 stephen.may@ont.ca The last day on which objections may be filed with the applicant and the Ministry is the 19th day of October, 2012. Note: All information in respect of this application including any written objections, the names and address of any objector(s) is available for public review for the purpose of this application under the Aggregate Resources Act. In submitting a written objection an objector consents under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to its disclosure for purposes of the application. Next week a television crew from Rediscovering Canada will descend on Seaforth and Brussels, bringing Christopher Cooper, a man who has been in the television industry for 22 years, to Huron East. As reported last week, the ibroadcast Public Internet Television (IBITV) series Rediscovering Canada was originally scheduled to be in Seaforth next week to film a segment, but after hearing Huron East Economic Development Officer Jan Hawley’s enthusiasm about the municipality as a whole Cooper was convinced to dig deeper. “Jan and her exuberance about her community really caught my attention and the [attention of the] other producers,” Cooper said in an e-mail to The Citizen. “In these times it is hard to find somebody who is as community-minded and as excited about their community as Jan is. “Really, it has been Jan’s amazing exuberance and excitement that has made us interested – however, Seaforth and Brussels are not new to us. They are towns we have visited many times on the road less travelled – which the show is about – the towns that need the focus of a show such as this.” Cooper said he was first attracted to the idea due to a Facebook post by Hawley on the page of another one of Cooper’s shows, Heritage Places. “A Facebook post had popped up in the timeline (through the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario) about Seaforth (a short video) and Jan was the person who made the original post,” Cooper said. “I congratulated her on the municipality’s forward-thinking in heritage preservation. Jan had then approached us about possibly shooting a segment for Rediscovering Canada.” When Cooper arrives (he and his crew are scheduled to be in Seaforth and Brussels on Sept. 15-16) he says they won’t waste any time. “We will get right to work – documenting the place through the lens – as well as trying to find a few interesting stories – a man-on-the- street style of interview will be held to ask people what makes their community the greatest place to live, work and play.” Since Cooper is the producer, as well as the host, of the series, he says viewers will see the communities through his eyes. He says the process of his crew is to almost work on a backwards schedule from most television shows. He says he shoots footage first and write the scripts later. Cooper says every episode of Rediscovering Canada is different and that the Huron East episode may just offer a new perspective of the communities that people have never seen before. “We never know how the show will pull together until it is shot – each show is different from the next – however the main theme is to promote Canada as the best place in the world to visit, explore and to live,” Cooper said. “[People] will have to wait and watch the show to find out – the show is not your same old tourism-based show – it is the places that never seem to get the attention that they so deserve.” The Seaforth/Brussels episode of the show is scheduled to air sometime in 2013. AGGREGATE RESOURCES ACT NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION ROMBOUTS ENTERPRISES LTD. 7188 Wisbeach Road Arkona, Ontario N0M 1B0 Hereby, give notice that a Public Information Session will be held on: October 2, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the site located at 83918 Button Line The purpose of the Information Session is to present, to the public, the details of the application for a Category 3, Class “A” licence for a new pit operation which is restricted to extracting aggregate material no closer than (1.5) metres above the established groundwater table. Maximum allowable material to be extracted from the site on an annual basis is 200,000 tonnes. The location of the proposed pit is: North Part Lot 21, Concession 8 Municipality of Morris-Turnberry (formerly Morris Twp.) County of Huron HE to be featured on TV show By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen