students wave goodbye.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Peter Degnan and Kristin
Schleich, founders of Ballet North-
east, with the Degnan Ballet studio
at 19 North River St., Wilkes-Barre,
entertained students at Lake-Noxen
Elementary School, Monday, Sept.
23
The two dancers and four of their
students presented an hour and a
half program for the students
including a range or excerpts from
bar exercises to numbers from the
Nutcracker Suite, a production to be
performed by their students during
the holiday season this year.
With ballet becoming increasingly
popular in the United States,
Degnan and Miss Schleich decided
to open a studio in the Wyoming
Valley area, which is known as the
Degnan Ballet Center located in the
annex of the Hotel Sterling.
The studio which is beginning its
third year has approximately 120
years of age to adulthood.
Both Degnan and Schleich have
danced professionally for years with
some of the best known companies
in the United States and South
America. They realize the United
States is becoming the world center
of dance and decided to give local
students the opportunity to develop
their growing interest in ballet.
Miss Schleich is a native of the
Back Mountain. She is the daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. Rudolph Schleich of
Oak Hill, Dallas, having attended
Gate of Heaven and Bishop O’Reilly
High School. :
Kristin started dancing at the age
of five years under the direction of
Miss Josia Mieszkowski of Wilkes-
Barre Ballet. She also studied with
the Pennsylvania Ballet School and
KRISTEN SCHLEICH
Eglevsky of New York City.
At 16 years of age, she moved to
Louisville, Kentucky where she
danced professionally, then re-
located in Pittsburgh where she
performed with the American
Dance Ensemble.
Later, Kristin danced with the
Ballet Venezuela Company in South
America before returning to the
United States and dancing in Colum-
bus, Ohio.
Kristin ‘has been dancing for the
past 20 years and it was six years
ago that she met Peter Degnan in
Pittsburgh and they began dancing
as partners 1 nthe Ballet Petrov.
They also danced together in the
American Dance Ensemble and
with’El Ballet de Soleano in Venezu-
ela.
Having danced with the Pitts-
burgh Symphony and played in
“Carmen,” “Song of Norway’ and
“Juliet”, Kristin has widened her
range of experience and has a lot to
teach the students who come to the
Center from throughout the North-
east region as far as Bloomsburg
and the northern counties adjoining
the area.
Degnan is a native of Bethlehem
and started training about 17 years
ago when he was 15 years of age.
After studying in Bethlehem he
studied with the - Pennsylvania
Ballet School, then with various
centers in New York City.
He went to Pittsburgh in 1974 and
danced with various groups, travel-
ing throughout the United States
and South America. More recently,
he danced in Mexico, South Amer-
ica and Canada before meeting Miss
Schleich and dancing for the past
six years as partners.
Realizing they had the back-
ground and experience to give chil-
dren an opportunity to develop their
talent in the dance, the two dancers
decided to open a studio in Wyo-
ming Valley and also begin Ballet
Northeast, a ballet company to con-
tinue to present the growing art
form to local followers.
Both Schleich and Degnan as well
as four of their students performed
for the students of the Lake-Noxen
Elementary School, a program
sponsored by the school’s Parent
Teachers Organization.
Five Pennsylvania State Univer-
sity engineering alumni came back
to college last Friday to share their
practical knowledge with students
and other interested persons attend-
ing a career exploration program at
the Penn State Wilkes-Barre
campus in Lehman.
The program was the first of 10 in
a career development series offered
by the University’s Center for Indi-
vidual Development. According to
Patricia O’Neill, coordinator of the
series, all the programs are open to
the public free of charge.
The next program, which is
scheduled for Friday, Oct. 4, will
hone in on careers in computer
science. Future programs will cover
careers in communications-October
18; biomedical engineering-Novem-
ber 1; education-January 31; busi-
ness-February 21; telecommunica-
tions-March 7; mathematics-March
21; science-April 4; and health
administration-April 18.
Alumni speakers at last week’s
seminar all Penn State graduate
engineers now employed in the
Wilkes-Barre area. Participating
were Joseph R. Buczynski, quality
control supervisor at PP&L, Harry
E. Cooper,’ project engineering
department manager at Proctor &
Gamble, Michael R. Ferko, district
engineer for DER Bureau of aban-
done Mine Reclamation, Duane
Karchner, Unit 1 reactor engineer
at PP&L, and Thomas R. Robinson,
district engineering manager for
Bell of Pennsylvania.
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Special to The Dallas Post
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THE ANNUAL MEETING for
parents of children attending the
Lake-Lehman E.C.I.LA. Chapter I
classes will be held on Wednesday,
Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Multi-
Purpose Room of the Lehman-Jack-
son Elementary School.
This * meeting is to explain to
parents the programs and activities
provided with funds 'made available
by this federal program. Some of
the materials used by the students
will be on display and staff mem-
bers will explain how they are used
with the students.
Refreshments will be served.
THE ‘‘PEOPLE WITHOUT
PARTNERS” CLUB will be chang-
ing its meeting to Wednesday even-
ings, beginning October 2.
Anyone desiring further informa-
tion about the club should call 333-
444, 675-3271 or 869-1165.
FATHER JOHN J. O'LEARY K of
C Council 8224 will hold its: regular
business meeting on Oct. 7 at 8 p.m.
at Gate of Heaven Gym, Dallas. All
members are urged to attend.
Anyone interested in becoming a
member please contact any of the
Knights or Grand Knight Harry
Beck, 639-2638.
Tours
THE GREATER WILKES-
BARRE CHAMBER OF COM-
MERCE is sponsoring its 19th
Annual Flaming Foliage Tours on
Friday, Oct. 18.
Scheduled for this year’s tour will
be a stop in Williamsport where
participants of the tour will then
board the Hiawatha, an old fash-
ioned paddle-wheeled riverboat, for
a leisurely, relaxing cruise on the
Susquehanna River. The scenic
cruise will last until approximately
2:30 p.m.
Following the cruise, the trip will
then continue to Lewisburg where a
buffet dinner will be served at the
Country Cupboard.
Reservations must be made in
person at the office of the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Com-
merce, 92 South Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre. Office hours are
Monday-Friday, 8:30'a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, call Tilly
Kalish at 823-2101.
Church
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 North
Pioneer Ave., Shavertown
announces the following schedule:
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 7:15 p.m.
Bible Study.
Thursday, Oct. 3, 10:30 a.m. Bible
Study; 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir.
Saturday, Oct. 5, 6:45 p.m., Cou-
ples Club Kickoff featuring Tom and
Norene Clark, WNEP-TV Meteorolo-
gists. :
THE TRUSTEES of the Trucks-
ville United Methodist Church will
hold their 41st semi-annual Chicken
Bar-B-Que Friday, Oct. 4 and Satur-
day, Oct. 5 at the educational build-
ing with serving from 5 to 7 p.m.
both evenings. Takeout will also be
available during those hours. Reser-
vations are required.
The following persons are assist-
ing the trusteees: Honorary chair-
man, Rev. James Shillabeer; gen-
eral arrangments, James Reynolds;
kitchen and service, Barbara Dingle
and Betty Mathers; cooks, Vought
Long and Robert Johnson.
Tickets are available from Walter
Pichert, Vought Long or through the
church office 696-3897.
Sales
THERE WILL BE A FLEA
MARKET AND BAZAAR held at
the Dallas United Methodist Church,
Church Street, on Saturday, Oct. 5,
from 10 to 4 p.m.
Baked goods, plants, hand-crafted
items, holiday items, antiques, col-
lectibles and much more will be for
sale. Lunch may be purchased
between 12 and 1 p.m.
THE FIRST WELSH BAPTIST
CHURCH, corner of Girard and
West Shawnee ‘Aves., Plymouth will
hold their Annual Rummage Sale.
The sale will begin Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. and end Oct. 9, 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. There is ample parking in the
Church Parking Lot.
Rummage may bé submitted to
the following members: Carol Pick-
ett, Dot Saunders, Mary Carpenter,
Netta Rees, Wilma Edwards, Bette
Davies, Meg Smith and Liz Thomas.
Exhibits
COMMONWEALTH TELE-
PHONE ENTERPRISES, through
the Communications Supply Group-
Sterling, will sponsor a ‘“‘Telecom-
munications Product Show’’ on
Thursday, Oct. 3 from 3 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. in the Gandy Dancer Room at
the Station Complex in Wilkes-
Barre.
The show will feature telecom-
munications products including
PABX’s, fiber optics, station con-
nection devices, key systems, wire
and cable, terminal apparatus,
transmission products, head sets,
protection and connecting devices,
telephone accessories and enchance-
ments.
Some of the participating compa-
nies are Mitel, Siecor, Essex, NTI,
Plantronics, Inter-Tel, Reliable,
Wheelock, General Telecomputer
and GAI-Tronics.
Admission to the show is free of
charge. Refreshments will be
served. For more information, con-
tact Judy Grate, advertising super-
visor, at (717) 288-7471, extension
337.
THE LUZERNE COUNTY FOLK
FESTIVAL COMMITTEE invites
any needle artist in Northeastern
Pa. to display their needlework in
the Festival’s seventh annual nee-
dlework exhibit Oct. 17-20 at the
109th F.A. Armory, Kingston. Al
needlework will be displayed in
locked glass enclosed cases.
Articles may demonstrate the
cross-stitch, smocking, bargello,
latch hook, tatting, weaving, knit-
ting, knitting or crocheting. Work
may be adaptatins from other
media, original designs or Kits.
Entries will be received up until
Monday, Oct. 14 at the Luzerne
County Tourist Promotion Agency,
35 Denison Street, Forty Fort, Pa.
18704, 288-6784.
Lectures
ON SUNDAY, OCT. 6, the Wyo-
ming Historical and Geological
Society will sponsor a lecture enti-
tled ‘Through the Looking Glass:
Clothes and Society, 1850 to 1950.”
The program will be presented by
Cathryn McElroy, Curator of Deco-
rative Arts for the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commis-
sion.
“Through the Looking Glass” will
focus on the social and industrial
developments which led to changes
in fashion. Ms. McElroy will supple-
ment her presentation with slides of
clothing from the Pennsylvania
State Museum in Harrisburg, as
well as slides of artifacts in the
Historical Society’s collection.
The lecture, ‘Through the Look-
ing Glass,” will be held Sunday,
Oct. 6 at St. Stephen’s Fellowship
Hall, 35 South Franklin Street,
p.m. Immediately following the lec-
ture the museum will be opened for
all to enjoy a look at ‘‘Fashions
From The Past.” The event is open
to the public and admission is free.
Concerts
“HANDI-CAPABLE” singer-moti-
vator Jeff STeinberg will be in
concert at a Sunday morning Wor-
ship Service-Concert, New Life
Community Church, at the “Glory
Barn”, on Oct. 6, at 10:30 a.m.
Brace Road, Orange, Pa. 18612.
Steinberg, 33 years old, was born
in Philadelpia, with no arms and
malformed legs, spent many years
in Shriners’ Hospital for Crippled
Children having numerous surgeries
and lived from age nine at the Good
Shepherd Home for Crippled Chil-
dren and Aged People in Allentown,
Pa. where he lived more than 10
years. He holds a microphone in the
hook at the end of his artificial arm
and stands four feet six inches tall.
He uses his singing talent, humor-
ous anecdotes and personal story to
inspire his audience and challenge
them to see themselves each as a
“Masterpiece...In Progress!”
Jeff, his wife, Debbie, and thier 8-
year old son Benjamin David
(Benji) reside in Memphis, Tennes-
see. HL
Rev. Dennis Madeira welcomes
you to this very special event.