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Show New Studio ... Dance School Opens in Lindon imi mn 1 1 mit I I i i in p pji i. immim i. I. wpn n I j j I n h iihi hk I -'" ' - " . ; . ' .'- i . .- y- : : -v v - ' '- ) i , ; '' . ' v- '7 . . : ' :K. ' f ' f ? '' : ; -.-J. V v V Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Gibbons of Lindon have recently opened the Lindon School for the Performing arts, providing instruction in dance as well as choral and instrumental music to students of all ages and ability levels. The location of the school on Lindon Hill makes the instruction services convenient to communities within the Northern Utah County area. Gibbons, a recent assistant director with the BYU Entertainment Division, was for years an entertainer and public school educator in Arizona and Utah. Gibbons is now coordinator of corporate and foundation gifts for BYU, the Development Office. With music now just a hobby, Gibbons structured the offerings for the school, and the administration of the studio will be handled by his lovely wife Donna. The school is fortunate to have an initial faculty of two outstanding dance teachers. The dance staff will be chaired by Ellen Mathias, an upper division student at BYU from California, who will teach modern, ballet, jazz and tap with an emphasis on contemporary con-temporary routines. Ellen was 1976-77 choreographer for BYU Entertainment Division along with responsibilities as choreographer-dancer in Young Ambassadors. Her abilities as a choreographer has led to opportunities with professional productions and theater in West Yellowstone and Northern California. She assisted in the formulation of a school of dance this past summer in Porterville, California. A teacher with equally impressive credentials is Judy Dorton, wife of Scott Dorton of Lehi. Judy studies five years of dance in college and taught drill team, dance, and cheerleading on high school and college levels. She has traveled the U.S.A. five times with Ricks College and BYU Program Bureau. She won high honors in the "Miss Drill Team U.S.A. Contest" in 1970 at Santa Monica, California. Judy has danced with professional dancer Debbie Owen. Her love is teaching dance and is enthusiastic en-thusiastic about assisting people regardless of age or ability. The school also features instruction in all band instruments, in-struments, guitar, drums, and in the choral field, childrens' chorus, youth chorus, and vocal instruction. Information may be obtained by calling Donna Gibbons at 785-3270. , ELLEN MATHIAS New dance teacher " |