The Mail-Journal, Volume 15, Number 9, Milford, Kosciusko County, 22 March 1978 — Page 3

Leisure Time

A waltz and a polka call for talents of Mrs. Stewart

By LESLIE WHITMAN Dancing is the final step in rehearsing for a musical. Mrs. Lee Stewart is in charge of the choreography for the production, tion. Mrs. Stewart, a dance teacher in the Syracuse area for the past five years, is teaching 16 students to dance for Wawasee High Schod’s production of “Hello Dolly.” These students were picked <at tryouts in January. They will be performing two numbers in the musical —a waltz and polka. Foreign To Them Mrs. Stewart said, “I think it’s

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hard for them. It’s foreign to them. Some of them are my students, but the rest aren’t familiar with some of the moves.” Mrs. Stewart is not a teacher at the high school; she teaches dance privately. She has, however, been involved in the last three productions at the high school. Dance practice began March 2. The dancers meet for two and one-half hours every Thursday at Mrs. Stewart’s house, learning their numbers. The dancers also practice at school in the regular rehearsals.

The dance instructor began her lessons by choreographing the two numbers. David Blackwell, director, told her what he wanted and she went on from there. She taught the students the dances step by step and is now putting them together. She said, “They basically know what they’re supposed to do. Now we’re just making it smooth and graceful.” Practicing Well Mrs. Stewart feels the students are learning their dances at a good rate. “I think they’re doing pretty good,” she said. “I’ve had a lot of cooperation from them.” Contrary to what was done in the past, the students will only be doing two dances and will not sing. Mrs. Stewart said in past productions, usually students danced and sang at the same time. The reason for this, said Mrs. Stewart, is there isn’t enough room on stage with the chorus. She said, “This way we use more people — give more people a chance.” Besides, only two real dance numbers were written into the score. The instructor also feels high school productions aren’t as elaborate as the Broadway ones. “I think the high school productions don’t do as much dancing as the Broadway productions,” she commented. Besides her two dance numbers, Mrs. Stewart will also be working some with the lead characters and in the “Hello Dolly” scene in the restaurant.

It Happened ... In Syracuse

1 YEAR AGO, MARCH 23,1977 Syracuse now officially has two working stoplights. The lights which flashed warning signals for less than a week on SR 13S near the Dairy Queen are now blinking green, yellow and red. TheJState Bank of Syracuse has

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PRACTICE WALTZ — Students dancing in the musical “Hello Doily” are shown above practicing the waltz, which is featured in the first act. The students will also be performing a polka, featured in the second act.

She added that the singing waiters featured in this scene will be under the direction of Blackwell and not ner. She tries to attend as many school rehearsals as she can and help out with the movements of the other characters.

replaced the old night deposit box with a “new fangled machine” that will be more convenient for customers and will hold more deposits. Phil and Millie Beer (Beer & Associates) left Monday a.m. for Atlanta, Ga., where they will

She added by her teaching choreography, she doesn’t just mean dancing. “Choreography is movement, not just dancing. All of them (characters) are going to have some choreography.” Mrs. Stewart’s 16 dancers include: Doug Mock, J. D. Carl,

attend a GRI (Graduate Real Estate Institute) during the wccK Denise Mast, 14 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mast, r 1 Syracuse, and an eighth grade student at Milford High School, was state champion girl’s free throw champion in the 12,13, 14 and 15-year class at Indianapolis on Sunday, March 13. 5 YEARS AGO, MARCH 21,1973 A rift between Wawasee basketball coach Tom Spear and the Lakeland Community School Board over what a Lakeland school athlete should represent resulted in the resignation of coach Spear this week. Manager Tim Yeager announced this week that renovation of the Pickwick Theatre auditorium is slated to begin within the next several WpoVc w wno, Tim Moser, Wawasee high school senior, was honored this past week end at Indianapolis. Tim was awarded the highest award for Distributive Education in the state. A new name in the Syracuse business community is Jackie Plikerd, to be associated with Kathy’s Beauty Bazaar in Wawasee Village. Jackie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Edgar and is well known in the community. 10 YEARS AGO, MARCH 20,1968 Teresa Ummel, sixth grade student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Ummel, was named grand champion of the Syracuse Elementary School’s science fair which was held Saturday, March 16. Mr. and Mrs. Glen W. Shear of Syracuse are the parents of a daughter, Tracy Jean, born at 1:54 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, in the Goshen hospital, and weighing four pounds, 13 ounces. The Blue River Church of the Brethren was the scene of the March 2 wedding of Deborah Melanie Grabner, r 4 Columbia City, and Larry M. Spurting, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Spurting of Syracuse. Syracuse fisherman Mel Rapp caught what could have been the largest perch in the state recently while fishing on Syracuse Lake not far from his home. 20 YEARS AGO, MARCH 20,1958 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nicolai added two girls to their family when twins were born Friday, March 14, at the Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne. The little girls have been named Beth Ann and Barbara Jean. Mrs. Orrin Ragsdale, now residing in Littleton, Colorado, sold her North Shore Lake Wawasee home several weeks ago to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Needier and family of Fort Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Jamison of Syracuse lake celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Sunday afternoon, March 10, with an open house and buffet supper.

Jim Glon, Randy Wheeler, Darsee Stahley, Dave Stewart, Curt Clevenger, Michelle Wakeland, Lisa Walker, Vicki Evans, Margie Gans, Angie Long, Deb Pryor, Kathy Stewart, Don Kreider and Kathy Iden. Next: Play It, Orchestra!

Mrs. Oscar Benson attended a series of lectures at the PickOliver Hotel in South Bend this week sponsored by the South Bend Garden Club. 45 YEARS AGO, MARCH 23,1933 The Brotherhood of the Methodist church had a party in honor of J. P. Dolan’s 84th birday, Monday evening. An oyster supper was served. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rice returned to Syracuse from Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday night, and are at present, guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wilt. Miss Phyllis Miller, attended by her mother, Mrs. Anna Miller, was married to Eldred Mabie, Monday noon, by Rev. Keller of the Zion church, at his home. Announcement is being made of the marriage of Miss Catherine Marie Stouder, daughter of Mrs. Laura Stouder, of Goshen, and James Monroe Kehr, of Syracuse. The marriage was performed Wednesday afternoon last week, by Rev. M.D. Stutzman of Goshen.

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Syracuse I Library |

By ROSALYN JONES The Syracuse Library has been very busy recently. New books are coming in in both departments. Also, Mrs. Bjella in the children’s department has had several programs in conjunction with the local Scout troops. Mrs. Bickel’s Brownies met at the library for an introduction to the library plus a film on March 16, and on March 20 Mrs. Dixon’s Cub Scouts met for a similar program. Mrs. Mary Bushong has decorated an egg tree for the adult department for the Easter season. This lovely decoration is for the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club. The club has also added some new decorations for the annual egg tree in the children’s department. Thank you, ladies. Please note our special hours for this Friday, March 24, Good Friday. We will open from 3 to 5:00 as we have done in the past. The two outside book depositories may be used to drop off books while we are closed. Another schedule note, the next children’s story hour will be Wednesday, March 29, at 3:30. It will soon be time to plant gardens and repair shrubs. The library has many good books on

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Milford || Library j

j By CAROLYN GROVE i The Milford Library will be closed all day on Good Friday, b March 24. b During the recent bad winter », weather the library renewed 5 many overdue library books r without notification of the borrowers as a service to the s readers. Now that conditions » have improved, notify the library r when you wish to renew a book 5 after two weeks. Otherwise a fine j will be charged per day. > Remember that the children’s • story hour is held at 2 p.m. each • Saturday. There are films : scheduled for Saturday, March 25. ; New books that have arrived I are: > "Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’’ by Judy Blume > ‘ ‘The Shining’ ’ by Stephen King “Current Biography 1977” “The Secret of Saramount” by Lillian Cheatham “The Wildest Heart” by Rosemary Rogers “A History of Indiana State Teachers College” by William O. Lynch

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