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C7GoodSectionX2□Morning! oWednesday, September 3, 1980m■%/i/•w.ExcitementGenerates... when these three get together, planning for another ballet spectacular in Panama City, sponsored this time by the University of West Florida in Panama City, Peggy Willis of Lubbock, Texas, at left, will be bringing her company of ballet dancers back to Panama City for an October performance at the Municipal Auditorium. Sheila Willis Hart, Peggy's sister, at right, and Kevin Martin, ballet artists from Pittsburg and Lubbock, Texas will be teamed and also give solo performances in a one-act ballet entitled Gaite Parisienne.''I IDancers Return To Panama CityTo Perform In Gaite ParisienneFor the first time since their early dancing days in Panama City, when these two gifted sisters captured hearts with their charm andtalent, Peggy Willis and her sister, Sheila Willis Hart will be here together for a ballet production, both at the peak of their careers.Sheila, who is with the Pittsburg Ballet Company, Dance Alloy will be performing in Peggy’s production to be shown here in October,! »Practice Sessions...in Panama City recently brought these two top notch performers of ballet together ♦or the first time, with plans to co-star in the ballet sponsored by the University of West Florida Center in Panama City in October. The duo are perfectly attuned in skill and appearance as they go through their performance in preparation for the show. Sheila willbe remembered here for her work with Nancy Turner s Studio of Danceay45thSignatures were placed recently in the unused pages of the same reunion guest book used 15 years ago by Bay High School 1935 graduating class members, marking their 45th Class Reu-Rev. Cook W. Freeman, officiated the invocation and prayerFreeman is theCopies of the Feb. 18.1937 Panama City Pilot, the seventh-year an-of Interna-associateNorthminister Aofvenue Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.nion.Charles E. Peterson and his wife, Vashti, greeted 41 classThe late Margaret Virginia McLainaCooper, who died in 1970 and was buried inn. nAP/ti n r\ fc-w Imversary tional Paper Company, and a collector’s item, were given to all class member by the Petersons.sponsored by the University of West Florida Center in Panama City.Peggy, who is associate professor of dance at Texas Tech, opened the Conservatory of Classical Ballet in Lubbock, Texas, has choreographed a medley of dances to be performed here by her company and featuring her sister, Sheila and Kevin Martin, who performed here in Dracula, Peggy’s first production to come to Panama City.“The Pas de Deux from Giselle, a classic piece from the early 1900s and a roman-tic passage, is a choreographic poem Peggy announced.“Done in four parts, it includes an adagio in the first part; the male variation second; female variation, third; and the fourth part isthe closing“The highlight of the evening will be the guest artists, Kevin and Sheila plus the one-act ballet Gaite Pari-sienne, original choreography with music by Offenbach,” Peggy enthusiastically reported on the plans for the ballet, scheduled Oct. 3 at the Municipal Auditorium for a one time only performance.Peggy, who is the author of the article,Dance: A Newtive,” claims significant event is b e g i n n i Pedagogical studies in 1973 with John Barker, a leading authority on the Teaching Method of Classical Dance, which she introduced and teaches at Texas Tech true classical ballet and is the leader of the teaching method of classical ballet at the university level The conservatory she opened in August of 1979, is’’ dedicated to the preservation of the complete tradition classical ballet.”Peggy has received award for choreography and teaching A highlight of her careeer was a trip to the Soviet Union with John Barker and his pedagogical students to observe the 111“Classical Perspec-the most in her life n g herofan* See Dancers, 4BA Star Returns...with Kevin Martin, who will display his talent and technique in the scheduled performance choreographed by Peggy Willis for the ballet to be presented in Panama City , Oct. 3. Maturity and professional experience enhances Sheila Willis Hart's dancing when she returns to Panama City to perform for the first time in one of her sister's productions.%■.11A#:pif4T*1/)NEWS-HERAlD VernMtllerLudelle Brannon•LIFE/STYLE EDITOR(90IV» iGreetings...from classmates to the principal and guests were exchanged, along with reminiscenses and snapshots taken at the 45th reunion of Bay High s Class of 35 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Peterson on Deer Point Lake. Shown here from left are James DonaldMarch Lena Harmon Ion S Walker, the principal Miles Harmon and John Laird and in the second photo are from left Whalen Perkins Mack Lewis and Lynwood Bussey?%
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Panama City News Herald
Panama City, Florida, US
Wed, Sep 03, 1980
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