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By Deborah Crandall another, of being a bailerina â€" of dancing gracefully on pointed toes while e pe an audience sighs and swoons. ' e For 13â€"yearâ€"old Sharon Booth that J3 dream is coming true. ;:,:t\‘,.: The Waterioo youth is one of several . | _ .. hundred students from across the %fiix country to study dance at the National peosys School of Ballet in"Toronto. And for fls se someone like Booth, who has wanted to [« _ .. dance for as long as she can remember, ks : the experience is the chance of a lifetime. [ SoRnl Booth had been dancing in a national . | «.. competition in Hamilton when the 4 assistant and artistic directors of the . [ *S national ballet school spotted her, and hescy were impressed enough with her dancing 1 * / to invite her to attend the organization‘s | summer school. \ After participating in the summer % e school program, Booth was informed that she had been accepted into the school‘s § regular program., # ts ""I was really excited,"‘ Booth recalls. J _ _ "I was astonished, actually.‘‘ To attend daily classes, which are divided between dance and academics, nbwinluat, Booth had to make a move to Toronto to |.__ live in the school‘s residence, where she |~_ _ has been living since classes started in o\ * September. A 13â€"yearâ€"old, who is very close to her family, Booth found the move away from home a little frightening, yet exciting. Most little girls dream, at one time or close to her family, COUIN IQUNZ C I70 CC Manii m s Cl aoataba away from home a little frightening, yet _ Barely into her teens, Waterioo resident Sharon Booth has moved to the big city exciting. to persue her dream as a dancer. Devid James photo "I was really excited at first, but | do m get homesick quite a bit,"‘ she says. "| _ the ballet school when she was 10, but _ she was 10, and we certainly didn‘t wan guess I‘m fortunate because | can come her parents felt she was too young to live her to leave home, :so that was the home every weekend."‘ in Toronto, away from her home. decision then,‘"‘ says the young dancer‘ Booth had actually been accepted into ‘‘She wasn‘t ready to leave home when . mother, Gay Booth. "But she‘s been & xfl%m BRUBACHER 5d CUSTOM SHOE Aooeeneeeneeeee ie en ee se Foot. problems and potential problems related to Diabetes will be the focus of a + ~â€" Special Diabetic Foot Assessment Clinic f This special session will provide the opportunity for dlnlcalandhnwomlamssmentoltmd:bbeticfoot. It will be held on Saturday, December 15, 9 am â€" Noon Call for more information Kenneth D. Brubacher, cor.s *Â¥ â€" Certified Orthopaedic Footwear Specialist. A student at the National Ballet School, Waterloo‘s 13â€"yearâ€"old Sharon Booth is Livina her enc oetorgnt P P e 10, but _ she was 10, and we certainly didn‘t want 1g to live her to leave home, :so that was the + decision then,‘"‘ says the young dancer‘s me when â€" mother, Gay Booth. "But she‘s been ENTERTAINMENT ZONE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1990 â€" . opupmibid WATERLOO BOWLING LANES 5 PIN BOWLERS IN SHAPE" Take Advantage Of Our Practice Special SUNDAY MORNINGS 10 A.M. â€" 12 NOON ALL YOU CAN BOWL 14 PRINCESS $T. WEST "GET YOUR GAME PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION By Appointment Only Phone Ahead 886â€"2900 OR 886â€"2370 $4.50 wanting it ever since. We were very reluctant to let her go â€" but this is her Even though it was still a difficult to see her adolescent daughter leave home this year, Gay says she is very impressed with the care and attention Sharon receives at the school, both in terms of her dance training and her academic Booth is hoping her placement at the bailet school will lead to acceptance into the National Baliet of Canada Company Approximately 75 per cent of the school‘s students are accepted into the national But the hard work and determination will have been well worth if Booth s plans work out as she hopes they will, because there is nothing like the feeling she experiences when dances _ ‘‘When | dance, it‘s like I‘m expressing myself to music,‘‘ she says dreamily When I‘m dancing, it‘s like I‘m tree $4 KING ST. N. . waTErLOO _ 747â€"0164 Blue Danube "Romantic Treasures" wWOOD CARVINGS FROM TIROL