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Something For Everyone! All performances are at THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS To order tickets call: 905-815-2021 or 1-888-489-7784 For more information go to www.oakvillecentre.ca THE HOBBIT NOVEMBER 21 THE SHUFFLE DEMONS DECEMBER 1 ~ AUTORICKSHAW DECEMBER 9 29 Friday , N ovem ber 19, 2010 O A KVILLE BEA V ER w w w .o akvillebeaver .co m By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Six local dancers will be part of a Canadian team competing at the International Dance Organization this month. The dancers from the Annex Dance Academy in Oakville will be among a large field of international dancers at the World Show and World Tap dance championships. The show competition runs Nov. 22 to Nov. 27 and the tap competition runs Nov. 30 to Dec. 4 in Riesa, Germany. We have watched ours girls explode into fine young performers and this being our 5th year in business we are proud announce that six of our dancers will be travelling to Germany this month to compete for Canada in the world dance competition, said school co-owner and co-director Sarah Dempsey, in an email. The show dance team consists of 24 Canadian dancers, including the locals Emily DSilva, 14, Francesca Martin, 13, and Mili Gomez, 13. The team is choreographed by Blake McGrath, who is a judge on So You Think You Can Dance Canada. The junior division tap dance team, also of 24 dancers, consists of Martin, DSilva along with Valerie Harris, 14. The team is choreographed by tap dancer Everett Smith, a finalist of season two of So You Think You Can Dance. Joining the three juniors are Jordyn Rigby, 17, and Becky Ferris, 18, as part of the 24 member senior division tap team. This is a huge experience for these Oakville girls, Dempsey said. This past summer auditions were held for these dancers and we sent our girls to try out. There were hundreds of dancers from across the country trying for 24 spots on the Canadian team. We are so proud to say that six of the Annex dancers made these spots. They are talented and have exceptional work ethic. TIME TO DANCE: (from left) Jordyn Rigby, Becky Ferris, Mili Gomez, Francesca Martin, Valerie Harris and Emily D'Silva pose for a photo at Annex Dance Academy in Oakville on Thursday evening. The girls will be flying to Germany to represent Canada in a world dance competition. MICHELLE SIU / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER Dancers to compete in Germany Oakvilles award winning violinist, 13- year-old Leslie Ashworth, will be performing in concert with fellow music students to help raise scholarship money for music programs. Ashworth will be performing at the Canadian Music Competition Ontarios spe- cial gala event on Tuesday, Nov. 23 in Toronto. Proceeds from the event will go toward a CMC Ontario scholarship fund. Ashworth was the CMC nationals grand prize award winner for her age group of 11- to-14 earlier this year. She will be joined at the gala event by other CMC award winners The event takes place at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets to the gala are $125 or to the concert alone for $50. For more information and tick- ets, visit www.cmcnational.com. Young violinist in concert to help music students