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Clinton News-Record, 1985-4-17, Page 24Bailet and modern dance for kids By Shelley McPhee CLINTON - If your child is interested in studying dance, a special 10 week program being offered in Clinton will provide an ex- cellent introduction. Dupee and Two area young women, Marg p Jayne Snell will be teaching a 10 week pro- gram of ballet basics and modern dance. The course will be held twice a week and will provide 20 hours ofdistructio . Classes will be held Tuesday anThursday from April 30 to July 4 at the Clinton Town Hall Auditorium. Marg and Jayne, dance students at the university of Waterloo, are offering the ce program for fun, and "to give children a taste of structured, disciplined dance program," Marg explained. Currently no dance programs are offered in Clinton. Marg hopes that this initial 10 week course program will develop into fulltime dance classes in future years. Marg and Jayne have worked with children in dance through their university studies. Their university work will help them develop the 10 week program. Jayne has seven years of ballet in- struction from Mrs. Zablocki of Clinton and Marg has worked with children as a figure skating coach in the area. Marg says that with their expertise, "the combination should work well." No experience is needed for children to take part in the Clinton course. The pro- gram will teach the basics of ballet on Tues- day nights and the free moving, imaginative modern dance style at the Thursday evening classes. Classes are an hour long. Ballet classes will offer a disciplined form of study. Basic steps will be learned and development of good posture and body posi- tioning will be stressed. Modern dance classes will allow students develop their own creativity. Dance se- quences will be developed into original numbers. Marg noted that younger children are par- ticularly receptive to modern dance because they have fewer problems with self consciousness. Children of all ages. are invited to take part. For younger children, the classes help to develop their motor skills. Older children will have the opportunity to learn what ballet and modern dance are all about. The course can accommodate 60 children, but Marg noted, "If we have 10 kids, we'll run it with 10 kids." Participants will be divided into age groups and classes will run according to the age categories. As many as four classes per night can be offered to. adequately accom- hiodate a large number of students and a wide range of ages. Cost.to take the 10 week program is $60, Read a book CLINTON - April 13 - 20 is the 7th annual NationalBook Festival. This week is set aside each year to help promote awareness of Canadian writers and publishers. Canadians are fortunate to have a wide variety of books and magazines to choose from; .books written by Canadians, about Canadians, set in Canadian towns and cities. Magazines dealing with Canadian issues, sponsored by Canadian advertisers. It is hoped that the National Book Festival will encourage, people to consider Canadian publications when they are buying or bor- rowing books and magazines. The Clinton Branch Library has a large selection of Canadian authors and magazines. Librarians hope that you will help to celebrate the National Book Festival by reading a Canadian book. Why not re- read a `classic' or try an author that is new to you. Please feel free to come in and browse. Film Series this month- Hats off to Cana- : dian Artists will be shown Tuesday, April 30 at 8 p.m. Marg Dupee (pictured here) and Jayne Snell will be instructing a 10 week ballet and modern dance program for area children. Registration will be held on April 21 at the Clinton Town Hall. (Shelley McPhee photo) which averages out to $3 an hour for the 20 hours of instruction. 4 , "We consider it reasonable in comparison to other dance schools," Marg noted. "Piano lessons or step dancing cost that much." Students must wear ballet slippers, which cost between $6 and $15 and a body suit and tights is recommended as dance apparel. Marg said that for ballet, the traditional ballet outfit is preferred, but dress flexibili- ty is allowed because the .program is only being offered for 10 weeks. The 10 week program has been designed to avoid conflicts with the prince summer holiday time. Classes end on July 4, A recital will be held at the end of the course to show off the young new dance talents in Clinton. Registration for the course will be held on Saturday, April 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the. Clinton Town Hall. For more information, contact the Clinton Recreation Office at 482- 3398. Marg and Jayne are hoping for a good response. Already some ' parents and children have shown interest. Classes will ' be geared for children from five to 13 -years old. If enough interest is shown, classes will Spring ... spring ... Spring is such a good season, with such a good reason, Spring is a. puddle that looks like a shuttle, •Spring is a flower- after a shower. -by Jonathon Potter, Gr. 4, Hullett Central School Happy 35th Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad (Oma & Opa) on April 20th Love, John & Lorie; Martha, Christy & Lori; Rita, Wolter, Amy, Stacey & Jeremy; Jerry, Dorothy & Jonathon; Ron & Trudy; Andy; Angeline & Mark. also be set-up for 14 to 19 -years olds. Developing the program comes after more than a year of consideration by the two university room mates. They feel that dance classes should be offered locally. As well, theinstruction aspect will be a positive'addi- tion to Marg and Jayne's resume. Marg has studied dance and figure skating for several years. She is studying se- cond year dance at university, and is major- ing in kinetics. She plans to write her fourth year thesis on human movement and dance. Marg's dance studies involve about eight hours a week. She noted, "People think I dance all day long. last term I also studied math and computer science. We have to do as many studies as others and we also have eight hours of dance to fit in." Jayne has also been a dance' student for many years. She studies business at univer- sity and also takes second year dance. The university dance program was developed five years ago. Through their expertise in dance, their, work with childrenp, and their interest and enthusiasm to bring ballet and modern dance back to Clinton, Marg and Jayne are well qualified for the job. ' Pa e 21—C1.IIViC+N NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY,APRIL 17 1985,_........ BUCKana DOE •,: fir - BIII Artstroig and Una Doherty Suturdsfy. APO" 27, 1963 For information "toll: 523-487; 523- 444574824334. .... 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