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PAGE 10. WHITBREE1 1PRESS.WIEDNESDAY. MAY 11.19 ,~lI a Let' s ance -MEMBERS 0FTE Let's Dance Club competed prev*ôusly and take dance aeamateurs, although many have lessons on the side. Fe rs ht Inuit art at gallery The exhibitions 'Inuit Art: Sculpture, Prints and Wallhang- engs and 'John Reeves: Inuit Art World' will be held at The Station Gallery from June 3 until July 2. 'Inuit Art' represents the work of artists from Lake Harbour, Cape Dorset, Pangnirtung and Frobisher Bay on Baffin Island; from Sanikiluaq, a group of small islands in Hudson Bay; from Baker Lake, Spence Bay, Pelly Bay and Coral Harbour in the central Arctic and from Port Harrison, Povungnituk, George River and Belchier Islands in Arctic Quebec. The selection of sculpture in- cludes ivory, antier, wh alebone and soapstone in various colors. Subjects include musk ox, wal- ruses, hunters, spirit pieces and many birds and animals. The exhibition is orgaýnized by The Station Gallery in coop- eration with Tuttavik, a division of La Federation Des Coop ra- tives du Nouveau-Quebec, Mon- treal and Arctic Cooperatives Ltd., Winnipeg as a fundraising proiect. John Reeves has been involved in numerous exhibitions and publications since completing his photographic studies at the Ontario College of Art in 1961. His photostories have appeared in 'Saturday Night,' 'The Star weekly,' 'Toronto Life' and 'Maclean's.' Reeves, a Toronto resident, travelled to the Arctic in 1968 and again in 1971 to photograph Inuit artists, and his work from those trips is shown in 'Inuit Art SEE PAGE il By Tamara K. Downes Itfs been- 20 years since the first'couple practised their ball- room dancing at the Let's Dance Club. And now every Monday at 9:30 pm., about 14 couples from the D urham Region area get together at the Ajax community centre to dance the night away.» «We're an amateur group, says Pam Richards, an active ba'llroom dancer,, exlplaining that the club gives people the chance to practise different types of baIl- room dancing.. Ail dancers in the club are amateur, otherwise they must pass special dance exams to com- pete as professionals.. There are two kinds of baIl- room dancing, one known as 'Latin' and the other 'inter- national,' or 'modern' as it is soirnetimes called. International ballroom dancing includes the fox trot, tango, quick stet> and the slow waltz. Latin -ballroom dancing in- cludes* the cha cha,, rumba,, samba and thejive. Many people stili practi se' these dances %ut may not kniow of any clubs or prograins in which they can get involved.' Occasionally the Let's Dance, Club holds performances^ for senior citizens. There are no dance instructors. Monday nights are "strictly, prac-, tice," says Dolores Mueller, an international ballroom dancer, who says ballroom dancing is a «competitive dance." Most Let's Dance members have competed previously, and take dance classes on the side. Special exams can also be taken t'O qualify as instructors. Other than practices, "We get tozether and have barbecues and thr'ngs,» says Richards. Two professionals, Charles and Eleanor'Turner of Scarborough, SEE PAGE il Tri but e ERIC JAMES, who was Charlie Chaplin's pianist for many years, recently played music from Cha- plin's films at the Whitby Public Library. Free Press photo -MAGIC CAR DINNER THEATRE Presnts.Evory Thurs.-FrI.-Sat. PresentMay 12 ta lune 17 Buffet Dinner ........ 6:30 p.m. Show .........8:15 p.m. Dinnor & show .............. 2595 Rosorvatons .......51-177 4xms«ed by A & C Travel, W.B. White Ins.. Oshawa Chamber ci Commerce. Loveti Orup,ý Reid Studios, Whodunnit Inc., Sauna magîc, Nevada Bobs. Suzanne DnesaumCabel, *'Oon't Walt for Your Friands te tell you hmw goed itlI' 16%XJrJ 4V, VVJL"JLAJ JL V4blUJUJ £-&bVJkJbJ, £VJLMZ U.L, JL.7we il, Entertalii-mént m ju- 91