(Effe ^prUanì» ffitwrue r reated in 1974, The Jefferson D ancers, directed by Ju la n e Stites, is the performing arm of nationally known dance department at Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon. It is a multi-ethnic company of 20 dancers, ages 13-19. The com pany comprises the school’s most ad vanced dance students who have come to the P erform ing A rts center at Jefferson for dance training. T h e co m p an y r e p e rto ire in cludes over seventy works of Tap, Ballet, Jazz E thnic and M usical T h e a tre d an c es. T en to tw enty works are active for any season, in cluding internationally renowned and award winning works. Dancers for this young company are auditioned in the spring and those selected make a commitment to perform with the group for one school year. T h eir daily schedule consists of academic classes in which they must m aintain strong grade- point averages, plus dance technique classes and a daily two h o u r re hearsal totaling almost 5 hours of dance. Their training is intended to be broad as well as deep and unlike most professional dance companies. T h e Je fferso n D ancers p erfo rm C works in all dance styles. T he com pany perform s exten sively throughout the Northwest for the com munity and school assemblies. In 1991 they toured the form er So viet Union, perform ing to apprecia tive audiences in L en in g rad and Moscow. In 1998 The Jefferson Dancers were awarded the right, by video au dition, to perform at the gala at The N ational High School Festival in Miami, Florida. Over 1000 students from all over the world attended. This was a unique opportunity for Seniors to audition for over 50 col leges offering dance scholarships. Half of our Seniors that auditioned were offered scholarships. We also won 1" place in Student Choreog raphy Award. M ore recently, they re tu rn e d from a tour in Canada. The touring season culminates each spring in a series of 6 perform ances of two al ternating shows at the Performing A rts C e n te r in P o rtlan d . T h ese shows are designed to dem onstrate the diversity of their training in a variety of dance styles. The Jefferson Dancers are a non profit organization. Program A May 6 & 8 May 8 Program B May 7 May 9 ___7 _ 9 May 1 8 PM 2 PM Page 11 the Newmark Theatre. ctimictKnuiruimiTS ■uirmrnusiHiaeiiT ¿5 T he highly specialized preprofessional training program, edu cates students about the depth of com mitment necessary to technically train their bodies and mentally prepare themselves for a performing arts career. This 25 year old endangered spe cies survived being cut from Portland Public Schools last spring only because of parent and community efforts and by the grace of PG E-Enron Foundation. A rtistic D irector Ju la n e Stites promises something for everyone; the classics of Swan Lake and Don Quixote, the passion of the Tango, the joy of Musical Theatre and the rhyth mic taps of choreographers Lane Alexander and Barbara Duffy. The repertoire of 12 works, repre senting choreographers throughout the US and Australia, is divided into two alternating evenings. April 21, 1999 Focus ^ c tiv a f© S19.99* YOlir Cellular Phone or PaÇjêf C R ED IT C H E C K S D EPO SITS TU R N D O W N S PHONE RECONNECTIONS IN 2-3 DAYS LOSE WEIGHT BAS77 n u t SUPER - N A TURAL SECRET FORMULA MIXED IN T O A "DELICIOUS TASTING C O O K IE ’ ■ CREA TING THE ONL Y ‘ FA T BURNING CO O KIE IN THE WORLD Thu hUh fiber, 100% natural cookie re» up your tnetabolton and helps io No matter how many dleu have failed you before, you are «uaranteed no.: « fall tf» d m e right dMse cookie« are I 0 O * guaranteed to succeed or your money win be gladly refunded. th a t. YOU HA VE N O THING TO LOSE BUT FAT 8 PM 2 PM 7 PM D O N ’T DELAY - ACT NO W A N D FIND O UT HOW ONE COOKIE A DAY CAN CIVE YO U THE BODY YO U'VE ALWAYS DREAMED O f Tickets available at the Portland ater for the Performing Arts box Ice and Fastixx outlets. Simply Cellular & Telephone 3939 NE Martin Luther King Blvd 280-8000 To receive more Informadon about dtl» Incredible cookie diet, «end . n n » w postage and handling, along whh your name and addren ‘ Airtime and service not included u w . d o lla r H. Sloan • 3281 NE Fremont • Portland. OR 9 7 2 1 2 ft 3 5 . eiT'l,,' ¿ ¡ s r a s .A : •' *■> ' '