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Over the t few years, the two have performed at man local events Including the Festival of ' ts, the Santa Claus Para e and the Strawberry Festival The?! have also danced for various seniors' homes and at Eastern Gate s community centre. Last year, Lauren Eichmeier, another student with Newman Concepts in Dance, was accepted into the National Ballet School and also performed in The Nutcracker. This year's production runs Dec. 8 to 30 at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. 'We have rehearsals every Sunday until December and I think the shows start at the beginning of December and go through the whole month,’ said Kelly who, like Hayley, would love to dance on Broadway and with the Rockettes. “It's pretty difficult to break in, but there is a summer camp. You go for three sums an_d then you can auditiorL' 'Our teachers at Unionville told us that our school was invited to audition for The Nutmuber,’ said Hayley. ‘We were there for about two hours, and it was a bit ac at first but it wasn’t so bad once you start .' Being selected for the production means the 15-year-old: can look forward to a busy fall and winter. Stouffville residents Hayley .y: T Mangotich and Kell Thompson will perform in the ational Ballet of Canada's 2007 production of The Nutcracker. Hayl and Kell attend the dance pro ram at Unionv' le High chool and have traine with Newman Concepts in Dance from an early age. They joined the studio's Competitive Company at the age of eight and were excited when the opportunity came up to perform with the 4 National Ballet. Stouffville dancers toperform in Nutcracker: Hayley Mangotkh and Kelly Thompson hone their skills at Stouffvme's Newman Concepts In Dance. the two dancers will appear In the WM! Ballet‘s 2007 producflon of The Nutcracker In December. By Kate Cilderdale Stouffville Free Press The CD offers a collection of new and original songs that are deeply scriptural, intensely ersonal, musically memorable and read' y singable. Musical styles range from guitar-based folk, hymnic and southern gospel harmonies to contem lative piano arrangements, “praise an worship” rock, and forays into world music with multi-layered African percussion on one track and infectious Latin rhythms on another. ”Jesus had a lot to say about money, but the songs we sing rarel do." That’s the message from Stouf ille singer/ songwriter Bryan Moyer Suderman on his upcoming CD, My Money Talks.- songs for worship, CBMl is the driving force behind Vision 2020, a coalition of international oups who have banded together with the orld Health 0 ' tion to work towards the eradication of cent of cases of preventable blindness by 2 0. To learn more about what you can do to help, visit cbmi-canorg or call 905-640-6466. 9 in Woodbridge to h'elp'build a rehabilitation hospital In Ugnnda. For tickets and information, or to make a donation, call H] at 905- 780- 7126 ' Fm: local news anchor PllvManlno, a 15mg- ume support“ of CBMl who was a special guest at mama}; ls holdilgg a gala fqndraiscr on Nov. Everyone was asked to don a mask before tucking into soup, salad and wraps. Eating blindfold is incredibly disorienting, and not just because you Iutomaticall rely on your sight to locate your cutlery select what you eat. Being unable to see your companions affects communication and makes you feel isolated. You can’t read facial expressions or ‘fill in' words you may nor heat by “catching a person’s lips. ' Christian Blind Mission International hosted a media lunch at Crossroads to mark World Vision Day on Oct. ll. Instead of simply presenting statistics, the organizers decided to demonstrate the difficulty of functioning in everyday life withont the benefit of sight. lmngine what it would be like to put food in yo! mouth 9}“ you couldn't see. A VISION FOR THE FUTURE STO UPPVILLE S 0N GWRI TER RELEASES NEW CD BryanMoyerSudermanwillofficially launch his new CD at Parkview Village auditorium Nov. 3. Fifty per cent of the firofits from ~sales of the CD and songboo will be donated to the Mennonite Foundation of Canada for its ongoing work of stewardshi education, and to the Global Church Sharing Fund of the Mennonite World f‘___l' Confer'ence. My Money Talks: songs for worship, Bryan’s third release on his independent SmallTall Music label, is distributed throughout North America by Herald Press and is also available at the Care and Share Thrift Store and For the Love of Jo coffee shop on Main Street. An accompanying songbook with music notation and piano arrangements will be available early in 2008. Village Auditorium, 12184 Ninth Line. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. For more information visit wwwsmalltallmusic.com. By Kate Cildcrdalc Stouffville Free Press