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Dance schools add to towns cultural The big ballet boom The time was ripe for Yvonne By ASTRA Herald Staff Writer If Yvonne baa her way Georgetown will soon have Its own professional ballet dancers performing on the new cultural centre stage Mrs Oldaker will be open lng the Hills School of Dancing In St George a Church hall next month and has marked Sept the date for registration Mrs who moved to Georgetown last winter has been leaching in OakvtUe and the year She said she wanted to wait first and get he reel of the community before establish ing a school here I wanted to tee first It Georgetown Is ready for a ballet school The lime was ripe she felt with the opening of the library cultural centre In George town Its the beginning of a new era for Georgetown Mrs said adding that It should be exciting for the community to experience new cultural growth with the opening of the centre The one thing they re lacking she feels are professional local dancers She hopes her school will be the spring board for new talent In the area Although the making of a professional dancer takes ten years Mrs Oldaker Is dent that through her school the seed for the growth of a professional dance company In Georgetown will be planted The school will be held for one hour at SI Georges Friday evenings Mrs Oldaker will be accepting and girls of all ages as well as any adults She realizes that the adult class Is more for fitness and appre ciation of ballet since by then Its too late to develop a professional dancer She said that she will bold classes Friday evenings only as a start but will wait and see how It snowballs before scheduling any more classes Besides ballet she plans to have some Jon classes for those Interested Mrs life has centred around ballet from the moment she first put she moved to Canada in 1959 and worked In Montreal as a teacher A few years later she moved to Winnipeg where she toured with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet as a teacher She has also danced professionally In musicals She has choreographed musicals and has been an adjudicator for music vals In addition she Is a children examiner for the Londonbased Royal Acade my of Dancing a worldwide organization with prospect ballet dancers taking the same examinations all over the globe Mrs Oldaker has travelled to South Africa England and all across Canada In her duties as an examiner explaining that her students here will be able to take the exams If they with Mrs will adopt a waitandsee attitude before renting a studio of her own In the meantime St George hall Is Ideally suit for her classes since It has a wooden floor which Is a must for ballet dancers Mrs Oldaker also wants to hire a local accompanist since she wishes to keep It a local operation If shea successful Mrs Oldaker dream of seeing local professional dancers performing on Georgetown cultural centre stage will be realized SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday Augusta IM1 Page GVAS golf tourney attracts 32 duffers Chalmers gives Just a sample of the art of ballet she a looking forward to teachbg at the Acton School of at the Arormerdancerwlth Ballet En London Mrs Chalmers has recently moved to Canada from Blackpool England where she had taught ballet also Herald photo CANADIAN ODEON THEATRES GEORGETOWN 3 Georgetown Volunteer Ambulance Service mem ben and spouses had another great golf tournament Satur day thanks to fun loving but devoted duffers and plenty of generous business sponsors Prizes donated by about so area businesses made the evening presentation al the Street ambulance hall a major highlight of the day Some IS trophies were lined up for the awarding Top scorers were GROSS Joe Scott and standin Marinko rirtt Mr and Mrs Frank second Mr and Mrs Gar George third NET Mr and Mrs Kevin Mr and Mrs Floyd Long bottom Mr and Mrs Winning the ladles longest drive compet ition was Edith Stiles while Joe Scott look the mens trophy Mr and Mrs Bill Moore were declared the Most Honest Golfers The extends warm thanks to the following businesses which donated trophies Brads Tack and Togs BlUy Paint and Wallpaper Home Hardware Chris Hair Stylists Plaza Automotive M and Auto motive the Guelphview Open Kitchen QulkPlkVar Radio Shack King Sub marine M and M Pro Sports Macs Milk Galyn Shoes and Luggage Golden Fish and Chips Supremsllalr Styling Del rex Restaurant and crn Paint and Wallpaper Decorating Fun JV Cloth ing Vender burg Flowers Delrex Smoke Shop Superior Shoe Repair lys Games People Play Cinemas Three The Cooking Emporium Silvers Flash Taxi Georgetown Dec orating Centre Henrys Clothing Stcdmana North Sports John Bough- ton Jewellers Village Shop Robert Furniture Restaurant Hi Neiglbour Mini mart Shoes Young macy Towels and Things and Clark Realty Start your evening of TV entertainment with Cable Presenting your community nights a week Tuesday to Friday Call us for details at Yvonne Oldaker and her ion Alexander display some f the form they hope to instill In Georgetown a newest crop of ballet dancers Oldaker opening the Halton Hula School Dancing In St Georges this September am Alexander will help out with the beginners classes registered at fairly advanced level In a ballet school Registration for the Hot School of Dancing will be held Sept at St Georges ball In Georgetown Acton studio fulfills dreams El El Gl ial El El JaEBEiBBBBBBlalsIa CHASE In jj UNDER THE RAI BIB Renaissance in town Weve received some feedback from last weeks column Nice to know there la someone out there willing to comment One person recognized herself as one of those who do not attend local theatrical or musical productions but defended her decision to seek such entertainment else where She cited the lack of an adequate facility to showcase local productions as her main reason That terrific because It others have been staying then about to be renaissance of the performing arts In Halton Hills The eagerly awaited opening of the Library Complex and Arts Centre tentatively Oct will give our performing artists and musicians a home The many groups planning to use this new facility have a golden opportunity Besides their regular supporters they work for the first time The Arts Centre itself will bring them out the first time it will depend on the quality of the productions offered whether they return All In all it looks like an exdting time to be Involved In the performing arts in Hills School of ftdl A was Just looking for a way to stay Involved with the danc ing she loves When the school opens this fall It win be school and she 11 be realising a long standing dream Mrs Chalmers began dancing tenons at the age of tour in Blackpool England She continued lessons and performed or three with the Ballet In London before she traded In ber ballet 1 for a husband two and a grocery store Our store Knavery nice area end we always knew wed have to move eventually she said We have relatives In Canada and they urged us to come and take a look Cable TV listings Wed S Is Present Foster Parents with Erica Schools Rud Whiting Golf Tournament Real Estate Buying a Home B Sign Off Region Council Aug 10 They came they decided awl 18 months ago the Chalmers They have been in Acton Just over a year After being actively ved In the store for so long Mrs Chalmers found she couldn t Just be a house wife Her children Cathryn 18 and are grown enough to lea her free time and she did Janitorial work two hours a day at St Joseph separate school year This fall shell be taking dancing classes two nights a week at Ihe Acton At the present she plans to start classes by lata September Mrs Chalmers will teach ballet tap and Jan classes Mrs Chalmers would also like to teach classical dance but she wont tackle that until she finds out something more about ber students and their interests I probably introduce It In ballet classes she said and find out from there bow many kids would be Interest III be teaching ballet from babies at three and four years old to grandmothers at If they want It she laughed I ve 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