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J July 3, 1986 Page A6 Ck>s*-Up . f y Young dancers t % By ROBIN BARKSDALE Chronicle Staff Writer Neither major heart surgery nor an outbrealrof chickenpox can stop a Dancers Unlimited recital, i Despite the fact that the show's directress had heart surgery only a little over a month before the performance, and despite the fact that a large portion of the cast came down with chickenpox just before and during the recital, the show went on and in grand style. "I'm just giving the children what / wanted when I was growing up but didn't have. I _? ^ : * - - - - aian i nave any projesstonal training while 1 was growing up. I looked at television, and most of mine is self-taught. Being black and brought up in the projects, dancing came naturally." ? Wyena Matthews Dancers Unlimited, founded in 1981 by Wyena Matthews, is a troupe of young dancers who spend a year preparing for their end-of-the-year recital under the watchful eye of Ms. Matthews. For one hour a week during the school year, she coaches, coaxes, inspires and raps to the students who attend her free dance classes. It is her gift to : ? - young people wnom sne says might not otherwise experience a variety of dance methods. COMMUNF CALENDA TUESDAY, JULY 8 The La Leche League of Winston-Salem wil meeting at 7:30 p.m. at 1239 S. Hawthorne Road. 1 "Nutrition and Weaning." For more information | ' WEDNESDAY, JULY The Forsyth County Genealogical Society will n , I the auditorium of the Forsyth County Public Librai I St. Christopher Small will present a program ti I Charge - A Misnomer." The program is free a I public. The Glade Street YWCA is offering a stre I workshop from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Participants wfll lear I and negative stress, with emphasis on specific relaxi I to cope with stress. There is a fee of $2 formem I non-members. The program is part of the Y's Well I series being held during the summer months. For m I call 722-513*. I THURSDAY, JULY 10 I ? The "Pink Broomstick" mastectomy support \ I for a picnic lunch at Milter Park Shelter No. 5 1 I ticipants are asked to bring a covered dish. Ortnks^ I The free event is sponsored by the Forsyth Cane I more information call 725*7421. I Martha Isenberg will conduct a two-class series I cooking from 10 aun. to noon at the Agricultural I vice, 1450 Fairchild Drive. The class will cover hew I works* bask techniques of mkrowaving, and coc I and breads. The second class will be held July 1 I limited, and there Is a $2 fee. To preregister, call I 767-S213. I SATURDAY, JULY 12 I The Tiny Indian Football Club Inc. wifi hold a j I a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the East Wli center. There win be plants, clothing, small applii I -i i ... ? ms. i its ram aaie ior tnc event wui De Js I information cell 748-8635. I PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCED I The Sawtooth Center for Visual Design ii hold I for classes in wheelthrowing, ceramics, landscape pt I study, drawing and photographic darkroom techni I Information call 723-7395. [ The American Diabetes Association has begun p I grams for youth for the 1986-87 year. Activities cu I tachide a trip to Discovery Place, a skating party > I weU as educational activities for children and teem I Youth and (heir parents who ere interested in pax I planning activities for the coming year should call I ; Th* Chronicle welcomes Community CaU [ Announcements should be concise and typed or I Thay should Include the day, time, place and spon* I plus a number to call for additional information. * I should be addressed to the Winston-Salem Chronl I Calendar, P.O. Box 3154, Winston-Salem, N.t I tbadlinefor announcements is Monday at 3:30 p-> < I BE/1 PBV o apped in to success 1 *TV?ic u/Krtlo \f\ma ctarfa/4 it* lOOl ...U ? uw nuviv iwvu jktu vvw til 1701 WQCD Uiy daughter and one of her friends were in a Kaleidoscope show at the convention center ," says Ms. Matthews, who says she pulled the name for the group out of the air. "Everybody was doing the bug-a-loo or whatever they were calling those dances, and they all looked the same. There was no variety. So I said, 'Let's do something a little calmer and a little different.' I taught them two interpretive dances using more graceful dancing, and they were the only ones whose dance routines were unique, and they felt real good about it. They really started this whole thing." From that impromptu beginning, Ms. Matthews formed Dancers Unlimited with two dancers and now directs a cast of 45 dancers which boasts a repertoire of 100 routines. On the surface Dancers Unlimited appears much the same as any other dance group. But it's not. And it takes but one viewing of the group's recital to realize that fact. a U? M- ui 1. ? nt it uiiicicm ucvausc u s uiacK youm DClween the ages of 2 and 21 doing ballet, tap and interpretive dancing," she says. "It's dancing that's done so that everyone can understand it. Our dancing illustrates the words of the music or the song. With most dances you have to explain what the music and the dance are trying to say. "We don't do real heavy ballet or real heavy tap. We don't do a lot of contemporary dancing, and ZT I Social Note* ff =.. L McNeil and Jo A prewedding reception in honor of Sandra Miller McNeil and Lafayette Glen Jones of Chicago was held June 27 at the Holiday Inn North. I hold its July Ms. McNeil is the daughter of lie topic will ber Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller of call 768-1447. Winston-Salem. Jones is the son of Mrs. Lafayette Jones of Buffalo, N.Y. Among the guests attending . the reception were Dr. Rebecca m MAW Wills, Tara Jones, Mae CampSw-puS **"' aU of Los Angeles, and iuea ricicett s Blondell Cox of London. ad open to the Also attending were Grayson Mitchell, Shirley McElroy Smith, ts management Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gardner, Mr. n about positive and Mrs. Fred Luster, Alvin ition techniques Forsyth County Lita ore information The Forsyth County Public i Library will hold a series of Shakespeare seminars presented by the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival in commemoration of the professional group will meet theater's upcoming 10th Anniverit 11 a.m. Par- sary Summer Season. The seminar series, titled ier service, ror _ . . "Shakespeare: The Lunatic, the Lover, the Poet and the Play," is s on microwave int?nded for a ?neral, ?fence Extension Ser- and 15 d?.gned to lead parf the microwave ticiPants ? a fuU" aPprecfiati?n iking vegetables and understanding of the 7. Class size is Playwright's world and works. Linda Dunn at - History,?literature?and philosophy will be used extensively in the seminars to sharpen critical and interpretive skills in play reading and theatergoing, rard sale from 8 >, *, The Forsyth County Public oston Stopping wees and other AliXii* Tauivi ly 19. For more A POUT TOWI1 ients Young Winst '-v.. >: ' ^ i i in*... By ROBIN BARKSDALE ing registration Chronlcla Staff Wrltar linting, portrait ques. For more Winston-Salem native Reginald Bryant Sellars recently graduated from New toning its pro- Hampshire's Phillips Exeter rrently planned Academy and will continue his tad a picnic, as j education at Yale University in I with diabetes. the fall. tidpating in or Sellars, the son of Mr. and 744-5935. Mrs. George L. Sellars of * Winston-Salem, says he enjoyed tndar notices. t his years at Exeter and is looking neatly printed. forward to attending Yale. m of the event* enjoyed Exeter a lot, ixnotocements academically, socially and cle Community! athletically," says Sellars, who C. 27102. The was active on several sports w. . teams. I chose Yale because HMwiMfJ when I visited it, I really liked it. ^ / ffiE - ant \wmxUm ts I |H 1 / v Kv, ^r* tjH E-^_^_fl HH I a Future Ballerina Members of the Dancers Unlimited troupe rehea Parker). maybe that's because I'm old-fashioned in a way. Parents can see their kids shake their torsos any time, so we wanted to do something different. There's a great variety of music. There's no way you can be bored." The young dancers, who don an arrav of 4 nes celebrate nuptials witl Glen Jones and Sandra M^Ttoil exchange loving eve of their wedding at a prewedding receptior family and friends (photo by James Parker). ary schedules N.C. Shakespeare ] Library is one of 12 North 16 or 17 at t Carolina libraries selected to hold Theatre a* j? the seminars. seminar. The re Dr. John Moehlmann, $10 and covers s associate professor of English at a script of "The High Point College, will conduct the seminars at the library. Delta Fine The series begins at the library Fi July 14, and participants who *n* cJLL enroll for the seminars will be re- _ . quired to attend the sessions each * J10' f11 u ( Monday for four consecutive t0 ' weeks. Each session will meet 1 ? A '3r0? from 7 to 9 p.m., with a break for . vf . refreshments. ptcsxtenti *idr Topics covered will be P^ident; _Bev< Shakespeare's world, life, theater seuel and work and a study of "The w"^:ilf?^.eSff Tempest," his last play. BlUie Matth Four new Each participant will be ex- elected to the t pected to attend an NCSF perfor- Jackie Ballentin mance of 'The Tempest" Aug. ington, Selma on-Salem resident preppi | | IB R A Reginald Sellers > ' N 1 aT "events, organizations people, calendar. n r???*??-? , ~ I' 11 i Hi i I). mn i aMlKMwnl. ll ; -1 v J;'' 9 j\\ I 1; > ' '.,* 1 * ;? T'' " ~~ , *( " .? irse one of thek recital routines (photo by James costumes for their performances, display their talents in the variety of the routines they are able to perform. As they trade their leotards and ballet shoes for cowboy outfits in the transition from an interPlease see page A11 i H host of family, friends:; I Robinson and Nedra Sims of !IJ| Chicago. Other guests were Joan Shingles of New York City, Cornell McBride of Atlanta, Dr. m Melba Swafford of Houston, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dudley of Greensboro, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Ell Hatley of Pittsburgh and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Driver of Virginia I . Beach, Va. More than 100 friends and 111 family members from across the United States attended the affair. > BH Martha Young, Billy Phillips glances on the Camille and Jon Derrick i given by their Allen of Winston-Salem were the hosts of the reception. Festival theater seminars he High Point ticket to the production. Lh session of the Brochures and registration gistration fee is forms are available at the library, eminar material, For more information call Tempest*' and a 727-2264. i Arts Inc. elects new officers e Arts Board of Hellena Tidwell. Delta Fine Arts- Other board members are g 25 at the Delta Grace Knight, Peggy Lanier, sleet officers for Seleah Wyche-Smith and Ruth jam year. Washington. Louise Smith, Simona Allen and Wilma. ea Garner, vice Lassiter are consultants to the irly Spainhour, board. ary; Selma Ed- Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts nding secretary, ~ Inc. recently received an $8,000 ews, treasurer. grant from the Winston-Salem members were Foundation's Community Arts >oard. They are Fund. The purpose of the grant is e, Rhonda Cov- to expand programs at the Delta Edwards and Arts Center. ng for life as Ivy-Leaguer ^ r Everyone talks about the prestige, but I'm just looking forward to going to a good school." Sellars says he will "orobablv ? B major in business or economics" A senior co-captain of the Exeter football team, Sellars was awarded the Robert C. Mason J Football Trophy as the team's I' i i Most Valuable Player. During his 4 A senior year, he broke nine school ^ records and tied two others while jjKSj playing on the offense, defense and special teams. Described by his coaches as an | "exceptionally versatile athlete/' Sellars says that at times it was ** difficult to juggle his academic Please see page A11 i I < }
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