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Vol. 79, No. 9, March 7, 1979
Ted Hershey relaxes in the Mount Joy home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hershey.
Ted Hershey
Only three years ago,
Ted Hershey graduated
from Donegal High School.
Last weekend he returned
to this area with the
Princeton Ballet to perform
at Donegal High School.
That’s no mean achieve-
ment in the highly com-
petitive world of profes-
sional ballet dancers.
“Getting a job is one of
the biggest worries of a
dancer,”” Ted says. “I feel
fortunate to have a job so
soon.”’
Ted, like many serious
ballet dancers, works long,
hard hours at his art. A
typical day starts at 10:30
AM with ballet class,
continues in the afternoon
with rehearsals (which last
into the evening if a
performance is coming up),
and ends with extra night
classes.
‘““It’s almost constant
working to improve,”’ he
says. Ted got a relatively
late start in ballet; he
began to dance at age 18.
Most good male dancers
start earlier, at 15: female
dancers must start much
earlier than that to make
the professional grade,
because of physiological
differences and the greater
competition for positions
among women.
Ted has always liked to
be physically active: he
participated in various
sports at Donegal, and
swam during the summers.
However, he felt he wasn’t
very good at any of them,
being too small for football,
not ‘‘built right’’ for
swimming, and he decided
to put his energy into
dance. His decision turned
out to be the right one, it
seems.
‘‘Ballet positions «are
very un-natural,”’ says Ted.
“You need alot of practice
to make it look natural.”
Ted didn’t always want
to be a ballet dancer. He
entered Millersville State
as a biology major,
thinking of becoming a
veterinarian or entering
one of the medical profes-
sions. But after a year of
college he decided to
change his plans. He
enrolled at the Pennsylvan-
ia School of Ballet for the
summer, then went back to
school at Point Park
College in Pittsburgh,
studying dance.
Ted knew the manager of
the recently-formed Prince-
ton Ballet’s professional
company, who told him
that he hadn’t been very
impressed with the dancers
whom he auditioned in
New York City. He
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SUSQUEHANNA TIMES & THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN
MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY, PA
County Band Fest Shasta sounds the alarm
at Donegal this
Saturday
No less than 198 musi-
cians will play for you at
the Lancaster-Lebanon
County
Band Festival at
Donegal High School on
March 10th at 8 PM.
Conducted by Mr. James
Zwally, retired music pro-
fessor at Millersville State
College, and Mr. Robert
Rhine, band director at
Cedar Crest H.S., young
musicians from all over the
area will perform.
Everyone is welcome.
Tickets will be sold at the
door. DHS Band director
Glen Leib will be your host.
The County Band, which
includes 25 Donegal stu-
dents, will perform these
selections: The Hermitage,
Music For A Carnival,
selections from No No
Nanette, Parade of the Tall
Ships, and Chicago
Medley.
A subgroup, the Wind
Ensemble, will play Caccia
and Chorale, Americans
We, Vaquero, Fandango.
and Russian Christmas
music.
Conductor Zwally taught
at Millersville for 24 years,
and has studied at Julliard
and with Walter Hendl. He
has served as music
consultant to several col-
leges since his retirement
in 1976.
Participating DHS stu-
dents are Kirk Billet, Chris
Spickler, Doug Shelly, Lisa
Mummaw, Donna Hay,
Beth Prowell, Becky Zim-
merman, Robert Pekarek,
Kristen Straub, Monika
Nissley, Karen Barnhart,
Cindy Prowell, Netty
Gruber, Penny Hendrix,
Patrick Kenney, Dean
Bricker, Greg Zimmerman,
Mitch Mummaw, Sam
Zuch, Mark Wagner,
Karen deVitry, Jenny
Pietsch, Gordon Brightbill,
Phil Spickler, and Mike
Zeller.
School census
During the next few
weeks the Donegal School
District will be conducting
its annual census. This
census won't influence your
property assesments or tax
rates. Its only purpose is to
get an accurate head count
in the District.
The District requests
your cooperation with the
census takers: Ben Gainer
(the township), Jay M
Plans for the annual
Memorial Day parade were
discussed at the February
meeting of the William
Brenner Post #466 Ameri-
can Legion. A project to
raise money to sponsor the
bands for the event was
decided upon: a raffle, with
hams as the prizes. The
prizes will be awarded on
April 12th at the Legion
Home on South Gay Street.
Kaylor (Marietta), Ken and
Margaret Nissley, James
and Patricia McAfee
(Mount Joy), and J.
Randall Eyer (Mount Joy
township).
The census taker will ask
for this information about
each person in your home:
name, age, birthdate, and
grade/school if in school.
They ask that you have this
information ready.
American Legion discusses parade
The Post
certificate of special recog-
nition for their 100% Early
Bird membership.
received a
The next Post #466
meeting will be held on
March 20th at 8 PM. The
monthly meeting of District
#10 American Legion will
be held at the Marietta
home on March 30 at 8
PM.
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This is Shasta. Last week when a fire started in the
garage of Ronald and Molly Hart’s home on Donegal
Springs Road, Shasta sounded the alarm—and a good
thing, too, because in another five minutes the house,
with the Harts sleeping inside, would have been in
flames.
As it was, only a car was destroyed, and the garage
sustained minor damage. Ron Hart got a burn on one
hand while trying to push a car out of the garage.
The Florin Fire Company came to put out the fire
when the Harts, awakened by Shasta, phoned them.
‘““We have a good fire company,’’ says Molly. “They
were here in a matter of minutes.’’
The Harts have another dog, a doberman, who was
asleep in the room next to the garage at the time of the
fire. This canine, however, didn’t wake up until it was
all over.
Well Child Clinic
Well Child Clinic, spon-
sored by the State Health
Center, Lancaster, will be
held in Marietta on
Tuesday, March 13th, and
Thursday, March 15th.
Clinic hours are 9 to 11:30
at the Community House,
258 West Market Street,
Marietta.
Immunizations, special
testing, physical exams and
parent counseling are avail-
able to children at the
clinic.
Parents are requested to
bring any children who
have never been seen at
the clinic on Tuesday, or to
schedule an appointment
by calling the Community
House (426-3106) during
clinic hours.
The public health nurses
also invite everybody to
get their blood pressures
checked there between 11
AM and noon on the same
days.
The clinic 6n February
15th was cancelled due to
the weather conditions.
DHS wrestling banquet
The Donegal High School
Wrestling Banquet, . ir
honor of all our wrestlers.
will be held at Hostetter’s
Dining Hall on March 15th
at 6:00 PM.
The featured speaker will
be Mr. Mark Lieberman.
The “price is $5.50 per
person. For tickets, call
Mrs. Mark Underkoffler at
653-5726 by March 8th.