PAGE 6, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1974, WHITBY FREE PR FSS BIRD'S EYE VIEW .JIM OUAl This Is Dancing? At the risk of being square I just have to say it. When I see a young couple.....if you'll pardon the expression .......... dancing I can't figure how they can ever become romantically involved. Just stop and think for a minute. Can you picture Rudolph Valentino in the middle of a huge dance floor with the lovely, dewey-eyed leading lady and good old Rudolph is waving his arms, gyrating his hips and yelling, "Go Baby Go". If you can picture it you've got a sick mind. Or how about Fred Astaire, top hat in one hand and a snappy cane in the other and at his side Ginger Rogers clapping her hands with wild abandonment and doing Whitby Recreation Department Winter Programs The Whitby Recreation Department's Winter Programs are now underway with terrific response. Registration took place Jan. 28th for Ladies Sports Night, Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz Dancing, Chinese Gourmet Cooking, Adventure '74 and Draw, Dip & Dabble (a creative Arts & Crafts for children. On January 29, Yoga registration took place in the Seminar Room at Henry St. High School. Public response to these programs was excellent. All programs except Tap Dancing and Adventure '74 are filled to capacity. Ballet, Chinese Gourmet Cooking and Draw, Dip & Dabble now have a waiting list. The programs are now in their third week of operation. The following is a brief report on each program. "Draw, Dip & Dabble" has children from 5 to 10 learning the basic techniques of sketching and drawing, use of water colours and pastels and various crafts such as clay modelling, plaster plaques, paper mache and puppetry. The Ballet program has registered 28 girls from ages 5 to 12. Both of these ten week courses will be offered again in April. T3p dancing was cancelled and will be re-offered at a fu date. Modern Jazz is a 10 week course open to all muis. Ladies Sports Night engages in figure trimming, ex :, ises, rhythmic gymnastics, modern jazz dancing, basketball, volleyball, floor hockey, and badminton. There is a beginners and an advanced course in Yoga. Chinese Gourmet Cooking is taught by Mrs. Gail Chan of Whitby, formnerly from Hong Kong. Adventure '74 has teens from ages 12 to 17 planning a winter camping trip and a canoeing trip in spring. There is no registration fee for this course. PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Plans for an after school program for Whiitby children Fun After Four, is now underway, and will be starting the week of March 25th. It will include sports, games, special events and sing songs. Registration fee is $1. for 6 weeks. Flyers will be distributed to the schools ini the near future. Iroquois Park Monument Design Contest is now under-' way and everyone is elegible. The purpose of the contest is to find the most suitable, unique monument to represent Whitby's Iroquois Park Development. Money prizes will be awarded for lst, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Anyone wishing more information should eall the Whitby Recrea- tion Department between 3 and 5 p.m. Applications for the contest may be obtained at the Recreation office, 105 Colborne St. E., Whitby. Youth and Civic Administration, sponsored by the Whitby Recreation Dept. held its initial planning meeting Feb. 20 at Henry St. High School. It is a month-long event to give high school students an opportunity to better understand the Municipal government of Whitby through direct involvement with Council and department heads. Applications are now being accepted for playground and aquatic staff positions. Application forms can be picked up at any high school counsellor's office or at the Recreation Department, 105 Colborne St. E., Whitby. Any new program ideas are always welcome. Call Whitby Recreation Dept., 668-5803 and ask for Mary Donner. the 'Jerk'. I guarantee if rock music had come in during the time of Fred Astaire he would now be selling used cars for Dan Creed. People keep giving birth to baby's every day in the hospitals but I can't figure how the young couples ever get close enough to start the whole process going. Romance has sure changed since I was smitten by the creep with the arrows. I say creep, because I can remember when love cost you 15 cents for an ice cream and now it's up to $5.00 for a few roses. You'd almost think Cupid has joined the union. There was a time when a guy's virility was measured by the amount of chrome he had underneath the hood and how fast she'd go in the quarter. Now you aren't virile unless you're wearing silk pants so tight they make your voice squeek and shoes with soles an inch thick. Crazy things are happening these days and you can't help wonder where it will all stop. Crew cuts are gone and now the guys have as much hair as the girls. Worse still the guys are buying as many hair dryers and curlers as are the females of the species. A little dab of Brylcreem has been replaced by some of the darndest smelling after shaves you ever wrinkled a nose at. Guys are wearing blouses with ruffles and girls are wearing suits. They call it unisex and I call it nosex. But the culmination is on the dance floor. I can't think, or maybe shouldn't, of how many torrid romances started on a dimly lit dance floor to' the soothing strains of muted brass, violins and hardly a drum beat was heard. The trick was to ask your favourite girl to dance and then out on the floor it was glomsville. You snuggled her in your arms and while actually touching each other she melted and mellowed and eventually favoured you with a sneaky kiss oni the neck just under the ear. A kiss like that could keep a fellow shivering with delight for weeks. About the liveliest tune you heard on a good dance night was the National Anthem. Now it's hard to hear the anthem for ail the crash-banging. I swear the guys playing brass and piano could get up and leave in the middle of a song with just the drummer left and nobody would know the difference. These new dances are bewildering. One night I was out there doing my darndest to wreck a disc or dislocate a hip and after about 8 or 10 minutes I couldn't find my partner. Stunned, I looked around and I spotted her back at a table sipping on her drink. She said she felt tired so she went ba Hert Fund ONTARIO HOUSING CORPORATION .... . An Agency of the Province, nf Ontario LANDSCÂPE & SITE MAINTENANCE AT OSHAWA O.H. 3, O.H. 4 & O.H. 5 Reference No. T. S. 1050 i enders will ne received for the above until 12:00 noon E.S.T. 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Now they back in with two gons of amplifiers, special effect machines and strobe lights and proceed to start a contest as the whether you'll go deaf or slip a dise first. Even if they did play soft music I'd be afraid to hold my sweety tight in case I made a mistake in the strobe lights and grabbed soie girl's beau. Guy Lombardo, it's time to put the chiropractors out of business and get sex back on the dance floor where it belongs. Now, let'-s really hear it for the Fox Trot. Scout Week In keeping with Guide and Scout Week the leaders and members of the Brown- ies, Girl Guides, Rangers, Cu- bs, Scouts and Venturers as- sociated with St. Mark's Uni- ted Church shared with the congregation in worship on Sunday morning. Each Gr- oup renewed their promise under the leadership of one of the members: Brownie Lisa Calvert, Guide Janet Sutton, Ranger Ann Ballen- tin, Cub Greg Brochuk, Scout Bill Just, Venturer Wayde McCracken. The lessons were read by Ranger, Kim Mos- kaluk and Venturer Ken Fr- eek. Cubmaster Gerry Mos- kaluk addressed the congreg- ation emphasizing the signi- figance of the principles basic in the group promises. Elder W. Hay received the colours, and Assistant Cubmaster, Don Breen placed the Whitby Flag which was dedicated for use by all organizations of the church. Appreciation of the Session and Christian Educa- tion Committee was exprpss- ed to the Leaders, Committee Members and Supportive Au- xiliaries by Elder Frank Mc- Quay. The Lenten Meditations at St. Mark's will be entitled Christ for a Broken World and will commence next Sun- day with the theme Jesus, the Christ. Throughout Lent the congregation will share in the special appeal for World Development and Re- lief. ithl iaplist Church 419 Brock Street North Whitby, Ontario Telephone (416) 668-2508 BIBLE SCHOOL - 9:45 a.m. BUS SERVICE PROVIDED SUNDAY SERVICES WORSHIP SERVICE - 11 a.m. EVENING SERVICE - 6:52 p.m. NURSFRY PROVIDED FOR ALL SERVICES Sun. FeL. VOICE OF FAITH - Cable 6 9 p.m. 1st & 3rd Sunday each month PASTOR REV. MURRAY CLUGSTON TUESDAY: Pioneer Girls and 6:15 p.m. Christian Service Brigade to 7:45 p.m Bible Study and Prayer Meeting 8:00 p.m. MINISTER OF OUTREACH REV. RALPH DUNN OPENINGSOON IN WHITBY Lynde Creek Plaza Michael Blvd. KENTUCKY m STYLE CHICKEN Reddi-Chef -ICOCHRANE ANNES Kentucky - Style Chicken Charcoal Hamburgers & Ministeaks Soft l'ce Cream FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS AVAILABLE PHONE 668-6767