FROM THE AGE OF 6 OR 7 I WAS A DANCER.......TAP AND BALLROOM WERE JUST FINE....AND I ENVISIONED MYSELF AS HAVING SOME TALENT........THEN, THERE WAS DONALD O'CONNOR, GENE KELLY AND FRED ASTAIRE......I WANTED TO DANCE LIKE THEM, ALTHOUGH THE SUMMIT OF MY CAREER ARRIVED IN A PERFORMANCE OF HAZEL ROBINSON'S 'FOOTLIGHT VANITIES', IN SECOND GRADE, IN THE WEST CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.................LATER......I DISCOVERED BALLET! NOT ONLY WAS BALLET A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT ALSO REQUIRED A BODY TYPE THAT I DID NOT POSSESS.....ONE THAT COULD REALLY STRETCH AND ONE THAT COULD ENDURE PAIN AND SUFFERING...I WAS OUTTA THERE.....ALTHOUGH I DID TAKE BALLET CLASSES IN MY EARLY 20'S...FROM JON VON ERB AND IRIS HENSLEY, I KNEW, EVEN THEN, THAT THERE WAS NO FUTURE IN THAT DISCIPLINE, FOR ME....ANYWAY...........I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE AND THINK "HOW GREAT THAT STRETCH MUST FEEL!".
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