Page SECTION A THE HERALD Wednesday November IBS Oliver Button delights young tap dance critics By CHRIS Herald Staff Writer Considering that most youngsters between the ages of two years and eight have a rather brief attention span the National Tap Dance Comp any a Oliver Button is a Sissy was literally captivat ing at the John Elliott Theatre Sunday afternoon Sponsored by the George town University Womens Ctub Oliver Button drew over five hundred youngsters and their parents watched the poignant tale based on a book Kids Xmas party Dec 17 Comrades in Georgetown Hospital are Roy Wiggins Albert Fred Weaver Sam Gisby Stan Mc Hugh BUI Moore and Doris Frawlcy Ed is in Toronto General and Hazel Robinson is in Georgetown Hospital Car club winners were Don Grein Elizabeth Joe Roy Bruce McCartney Mike and George Johnson Norm Eyres will be enter taining In the Lounge Salur day The general meeting Thursday starts at S p This will be the last general meet lng until the new year Tickcls are on sals for the New Years Eve dance at per couple and the limit is three tickets per member The childrens Christmas party will commence at Dec All new members must have their childrens name on the list on the notice board by the end of this week Dont forget Pub this There will be dancing singing and local talent galore Branch In House Trophy contests will start Saturday with Crib Euchre will be played Dec Dec 12 Hazel Dumper wishes to thank Jessie and her crew and everyone who helped by donations and time to make he Auxiliary bazaar a huge The earl bird rush now on but time Is running out so get your dues in as loon as possible Ash grove Think about our disabled citizens By Mrs JOHN Herald Correspondent The Disability and Safely meeting of the I was held Nov at the lovely new home of Mr and Mrs Bruce with members and two visitors present The President Mrs viranus opened with the ode and collect Roll call was answered by naming one thing that has been done or should be done for the disabled Mrs John Bird reported on the Area Convention In Brussels In October Mrs Pat Stark and Elizabeth Wilson were presented with pretty corsages for leading the course Food for all Seasons and the summary day is Dec In Milton Mrs Allison introduced the Presidents daughter Jut to who Is working as a therapist with the disabled she said the disabled have the right to respect for their human dignity and to and social security and to a decent way of living She showed colored pictures on the wonderful ways and technical aids that Is being done for the disabled want to bo tike other citizens and a lot has been done but there is lots more to do Mrs Allison showed a film on Safely and the right and wrong ways to deal with fires In homes and The courtesies were given by Mrs Robert Cunningham and after singing O Canada and the W grace meeting closed with social hour TibkwareFUm Using loo much dish washer detergent may cause a film on stainless steel tableware This film can be removed silver polish by Tomle Do about young fellow whose Idea of having fun isolates him from his peers Oliver prefers more re fined pastimes like dancing and he doesnt think twice about Joining the girls on his block to skip rope much to the consternation of and classmates who consider rum a bit of a sissy The National Tap Dance Companys produc tion Is really dancemime the characters In Oliver are ani mated figures colorfully dressed and their personalities are readily visible In action and costuming Hormlone doleful narration on tape is reallv the only speaking part In the production Bet against a musical arrangement organ iicd by Marek Norman Joined by three other mem of the company Oliver dreams of show biz He whisks himself off to Hollywood and Broadway acting like Marx and Charlie Chaplin dancing like Fred As to ire But when he returns to real life he is a flop at baseball and other sports and the target of the parti or painful ridicule youngsters can Inflict Once his folks realize that Oliver has different needs than the rest of his friends they enroll him in Miss Leahs dp nee school where not sur prisingly he excels When he laces on those tap shoes hes a little clumsy at first ultlm hes a natural The climax comes when he gets lo dance before the entire town In a talent show he has become Miss Leahs prize student Its a chance to show up all his doubters and prove that while he cant pitch a ball or score few boskets he con still stand to eye with any of his peers Despite his gusto timing sense of rhythm or whatever else it takes to good tap dancer Oliver down I win and his world comes nulling down In a shower of dreams Ho can I face his friends nor can ho bear the thought of going back to school When he gets the schoolyard the next day his former antagonists appear to be in a more mood Oliv er finds that they have Indeed changed Where thoy wrote Oliver Button is a sissy on a school wall they have edited ho message to read Oliver Button is a start and prod uction comes 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