Dance Like Nobody's Watching (Even-though they will be) -UPDATE!!!

 THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT CAN BE MARKED AS A  - RETURN.  SCROLL TO THE END TO SEE THE HAPPY REUNION OF THIS ITEM WITH THE HAPPY OWNER
 - UA GREG VA

Were you ever the nervous kid, about to step out on stage and plink away on a piano that you'd given up playtime to learn?  Or, did you put on taps and a leotard and try to fall in-time to music with 5 - 10 other dancers dressed like you? I never did, but to kids (then and now) the full recital might feel more like a Broadway premiere. As I recently discovered, for the residents in the area of Newtown, CT  fifty-one  years ago it was like a Broadway premiere, and still is.

This 50 year-old program was sitting in a basement at a recent estate sale and I picked it up like I would any piece of local history....to look at how things were, and what people looked like.

The Lathrop School of Dance has been a community fixture for over 60 years, and no matter where you live there is probably a dance studio not far from you just like it. This is an activity that no only keeps kids off the streets, but more important these days, off the screens.  This program represents a dance studio with a long view towards building up the presentation and the excitement for the dancers and their families. It's all about having your name in the program.

The other reason I pick these things up is to look at the local businesses and wonder which ones are still around and where the ones that are no longer were located on these streets. It's a walk through the past.

The other thing I enjoy are the coincidences that occur with each find. When I looked at the Lathrop School of Dance website to see if they are still doing the Star-Dust Revue, it turns out they are...in fact the 63rd Review event is next weekend.   I will be in touch with the owners of the studio to see if they will allow me to donate this program to their archives.

UPDATE - I contacted the owner of The Lathrop School of Dance - Miss Diane- who was happy to meet with me despite the fact that she was preparing for the current Revue performance that night. I handed her the program and she offered to pose with it.

In her hands are the programs which show a 50 year span of time - the 13th Revue program from 1965 next to the 63rd Revue program - Miss Diane revealed that she is in the program from 1965 -Now that's a coincidence!