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stouffville suntribune saturday nov 10 2007 3 rri une people christms gets junky by teresa latchford v writer christmas productions at three schools will have a notice able dance edge this year thanks to a york region troupe powered by provincial cash motus o dance theatre in stouffville has received a grant frorrf the ontario arts founda- tionto get students involved in dance theatre members from the company are working with newmarkets huron heights secondary school and markhams aldergrove and william armstrong public schools for the next few weeks on holiday productions said chris madsen director of fundraising at the company from what i have heard the kids are loving it he said its something different than what they typically do in the class room from what i have heard the kids are loving it its something different than what they typically do in the classroom members of the company are assisting students with christ mas productions which will be performed in their schools armstrong plans to dovetail the dance theatre pieces stu dents are learning and creating into its annual christmas con cert performed at markham dis trict high school its like the buzz around gym class when the theatre instruc tors come in to work with the students principal edward goldring said they are learning different ways to express them selves its been great students are being taught how to use movement to tell a story he explained other skills such as team work brainstorming and classi cal dance movements are being taught during the 40minute ses sions weve learned how to stick our elbows out and pretend we are being pulled by it the nose and ear too grade 4 student scott wyatt said we also learned what levels are the first one is close to the ground scott has his eye on playing tiny tim in the christmas pro duction he thinks the character is cool he admits to getting excited whenit is time for dance theatre class and so do his classmates i feel like im a good dancer he added i want to be an actor when i get older thats my goal an actor who has played scrooge visited the classroom to show students about the part and a bit of miming he was phenomenal scott said its really fun some of the students will be invited to participate in modus os production of charles dick ens a christmas carol that production is dec 16 at markham theatre for perform ing arts with show times at 1 and 7 pm this is the first time we have done this mr madsen said but everything is working well for more information or to buy tickets for the professional production 40 for adults and 36 for children contact the theatre bpx office at 9053057469 the theatre is on town centre boulevard in the warden avenuhwy 7 area stouffvilles motus o dance theatre is working on its own christmas show and with schools in york region on their holiday productions whitchurchstouffville news digest visit yorkregioncom for more on these und other stories santa in parade on train io stouffville dec 1 santa will be one busy elf dec 1 i y hell be in the stouffville kins men santa glaus parade and will also ride the yorkdurham heri tage railway train from stouffville to uxbridge the train leaves the station at 11 am and 3 pm and also runs at the same times the next day the santa claus parade begins at 2 pm there is entertainment on board during the 45minute trip and santa will visit each child at their seat and hand out goodies in uxbridge the yorkdurham heritage railway train will start off the santa claus parade nov 24 with a blast from the engine whistle the parades theme is the grinch that stole christmas and the yorkdurham heritage rail way will run two special grinch trains directly from santas hut at the restored uxbridge train station at 1 and 2 pm seating is limited and pur chasing tickets in advance is recommended call the ydhr message line at 9058523696 or email ticketsydhronca for more information on the train go toydhronca catch the spirit tonight the stouffville spirit hosts the defending 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