Dance presentation is Saturday

Published 12:00 am Friday, May 16, 2008

The 42nd annual presentation of the Joyce Matthies Dancers will be performed at 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center. All seats are reserved. Tickets may be purchased at the box office Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon and 30 minutes before each performance.

All ages have discussions on various topics and that is the theme this year in &8220;Watcha Talkin&8217; About.&8221; The first category is Food. There is everything from the little dancers performing to &8220;You Gotta Eat Your Spinach&8221; to medium-sized dancers tapping to &8220;Candyman&8221; to high school jazz dancers in &8220;Peanut Butter and Jelly&8221; even younger ballet students as &8220;Cotton Candy.&8221;

The second section is &8220;Boys.&8221; Some of the songs used here are &8220;Charlie,&8221; &8220;Ragtime Cowboy Joe,&8221; and &8220;The Guy In the Polka Dotted Tie.&8221; After intermission the theme is &8220;Religion.&8221; &8220;Blow Gabriel Blow,&8221; &8220;New Born Soul&8221; and &8220;Evening Prayer&8221; are some of the songs used here. The program ends with &8220;Weather,&8221; a topic that is always greatly discussed. From &8220;Tornado,&8221; &8220;Rainy Afternoons&8221; to &8220;Blue Skies&8221; for what more could you ask? Each section ends with a big finale using 24 to 30 dancers. Three seniors &8212; Paige Onstad, Brittni Lair and Molly Sutton &8212; are performing in the show. The recital opens with award-winning contest dances performed by the Tap Pack, the Charmers, and Junior Jazz Ensemble.

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The show was choreographed by Joyce Matthies. Charles Boentgen is doing the lighting and Nick Gosen is doing sound.