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Welcome Message
As the lights go down and the curtain goes up,
the stage fills with the music and dance of
Broadway, creating a Musical Revue known as A
Night of Broadway"! We take pleasure in
presenting to you tonight our maiden production
featuring young, talented and enthusiastic
performers from various dance schools across the
city. This Show features the best of the best --
six decades of Broadway memories brought together
in a fabulous revue of dancing and lip-synching
to musical tunes popularized by the greatest
movies and theater plays that graced the screen
and stage, and touched the hearts of millions.
This 2 hour production delivers an ultimate pack
of  Broadway classic favorites! Starting with the
ragtime era dominated by the Gershwins, Rodgers
and Hammerstein, the Show features an
extravaganza of songs and dances that explore
love, war, life and joy throughout the century.
From the 30s and 50s, progressing through to the
60s and 70s, dancing its way up to the 1990s,
ending with the classic stageplays that toured
various cities around the world. Marvel the
fancy footwork of tap dancing, be enchanted by
the elegance of waltz and ballet flair, be
enticed by the provocative divas, be electrified
by the suave moves of rock roll be enthralled
by the jazzy and hiphop rhythm blues. This
Musical will surely get you up your feet, dazzle
your senses and touch your heart -- an evening of
pure entertainment and magical treat for
everyone. Sit back, relax and enjoy, as your old
time and classic favorite stars take you to a
memory lane down Hollywood-Mania
We would like to extend our appreciation to all
who made this Show possible The Dancers.. for
unselfishly giving their time to share their
talents to the community, juggling their busy
schedules from school, work family to attend
rehearsals. The Parents.. for driving their
children to the dance practices, taking turns in
carpooling, patiently watching and waiting till
the end of rehearsals. The Choreographers for
their persistence and patience in teaching the
dance routines to al the performers and for
volunteering to appear as guest dancers as
well. The Dance Companies that all our performers
were affiliated with. for sharing with us your
talented students and allowing them to perform
tonight The Dance Studios .. for providing us
the space and venues for all our practices. To
our Volunteer Committee.. for giving their
time, resources and the skills in and assisting
our production team, ensuring a smooth flow of
the show. And to all of you Audience, for your
patronage, taking time out from your busy
schedules to spend this evening with us,
supporting us on this show.. Hope you all have
a great night (and see you again in our future
productions!)
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The Cast / Dancers
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose". She is thrilled to be a part of "A
Night of Broadway" since it is a step closer to
accomplishing her dream of pursuing a career in
dance and musical theatre. Special thanks to her
family for support and her friend whom are
involved in tonight's production as well. We're
BDC...we LOVE to dance!
Nicole Gleed
Nicole Gleed has been dancing since the age of
nine. She continues to take competitive classes
in Tap, Jazz, Ballet and Hip Hop.  An avid drama
student, she is looking forward to a career in
the Dramatic Arts. Now, in her final year of high
school she is working on choreography for her
high school's  musical Footloose. She is thrilled
to be a part of  A Night of Broadway  and wisheds
to thank everyone involved for making it such an
enjoyable experience.
Ashley Winchell
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose".
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose".
Laura
Nicole Dyminaew
Talena Waldron has been dancing since she was
nine years old. She continues to take both tap
and jazz classes at Cheryle Bodrugs Burlington
Dance Company. Not only a dancer, Talena is an
avid drama and vocal student. Currently she is
playing the role of Urleen in the musical
Footloose at her school. She loves the stage and
is excited to be performing tonight.
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose".
Talena Waldron
Cailey Sedlar
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The Cast / Dancers
Competitive dancer for 14 years in Jazz, tap,
lyrical, musical theatre, and acro. Solos in
jazz, acro and musical theatre. Trained with
Elite Danceworx in Richmond Hill. Currently
teaching jazz, tap, ballet, acro, lyrical and
musical theatre in a studio in Pickering. Member
of the first Canadian Showdance/Jazz team that
traveled to Germany in 2000, to compete at the
World Dance Championships winning a Bronze medal.
Won numerous awards for both solos and groups.
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal Burlington Dance Company where she studies
jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes vocal
Jordana Rosenberg
Rigel Rondina
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose".
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose".
Tina Panagoulias
Sarah Christina Edgar
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under
Manette Rivera
Patricia Moraitis
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her
Iris Lee
Christine Moraitis
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap,
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, Cheryle Bodrug's Burlington
Dance Company
Jaymz
Frances Sevilla
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The Cast / Choreographers
Tina began her dance training in classical ballet
in 1984 with The Conservatory of Dance and Music
in Toronto.  She has also attended The Royal
Academy of Dancing (New York and Greece), The
National Dance of Canada and The National Ballet
School.  Her other studies in dance also include
Latin, jazz, hip-hop, character dance and modern.
Narie Ju is a graduate of the National Ballet
School's Teacher's Training Program and is
currently in her last year at York University.
She has been teaching for 6 years and is
presently teaching ballet at Performing Dance
Arts, Tapp's Performing Arts, and Vibe Dance and
Fitness Studio. She has performed with the
National Ballet of Canada in The Nutcracker and
The Sleeping Beauty
Tina Nicolaidis
Narie Ju
  She owes most of her classical training to
Cynthia Fisher, examiner with The Royal Academy
of Dancing, and the late Gladys Forrester,
internationally recognized professional and
teacher.  Tina's training in Latin has been with
instructors from New York, L.A and Miami, and in
modern dance with the Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre
and Toronto professional dancer and choreographer
Michelle Debrouer.   Her performance experience
varies from appearances in Latin music videos,
off-broadway theatre performances in New York and
Toronto to the World Special Olympics
Ceremonies.  Tina has also been active as a
choreographer not just in the Latin scene, but in
the international dance styles as well. Some of
her works include, Soles Dance Company
(2000-2001),  Tempting Fate (2002) with the
Only Human Dance Collective, International Tamil
Congress (2002), Shes the End of the World
(1999) in Toronto and 2000 Ontario Bodybuilding
Championships
Narie has also won awards for her choreography
and her students have been accepted to various
dance schools around the world including the
Kirov Academy in Washington, the National Ballet
School, and the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Narie Ju is a graduate of the National Ballet
School's Teacher's Training Program and is
currently in her last year at York University.
She has been teaching for 6 years and is
presently teaching ballet at Performing Dance
Arts, Tapp's Performing Arts, and Vibe Dance and
Fitness Studio.
Shelley Rennick
Narie has performed with the National Ballet of
Canada in The Nutcracker and The Sleeping
Beauty.  She has also won awards for her
choreography and her students have been accepted
to various dance schools around the world
including the Kirov Academy in Washington, the
National Ballet School, and the North Carolina
School of the Arts.
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
currently in her last year at high school and is
a choreographer for this years musical
"Footloose".
Narie Ju is a graduate of the National Ballet
School's Teacher's Training Program and is
currently in her last year at York University.
She has been teaching for 6 years and is
presently teaching ballet at Performing Dance
Arts, Tapp's Performing Arts, and Vibe Dance and
Fitness Studio.
Christine Campbell
Katie Trasher
Narie has performed with the National Ballet of
Canada in The Nutcracker and The Sleeping
Beauty.  She has also won awards for her
choreography and her students have been accepted
to various dance schools around the world
including the Kirov Academy in Washington, the
National Ballet School, and the North Carolina
School of the Arts.
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
Katherine Stefansky
Ashley Winchell has been dancing for the past 15
years. She is a competitive member at Cheryle
Bodrug's Burlington Dance Company where she
studies jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop and takes
vocal under the direction of Janet Oliver. She is
Greg Pintillie
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Programme
Music There's o Business like Showbusiness Lipsyn
ch Choreography Katherine Stefansky Dancers
ALL CAST
1930s-60s witnessed the implosion of the Golden
Age musical theatre format, as one show after
another tanked trying to provide entertainment
through the war.
Music Tonight Dancers Cailey
Sedlar . Jaymz Choreography Narie
Ju
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Programme
Music Jailhouse Rock Dancers Guest
Appearance by . the Dance Company
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) A pair of
showgirls, looking for true love, hoping to marry
a millionaire. An undercover detective follows
them find out if they really a gold-digging
schemer. The girls have to use all their wits to
get out of trouble and still find love and
marriage. One of the most charming, entertaining
musicals of the 1950s. (Marilyn Monroe)
Music Diamonds are Girls Best Friend Dancers
Guest Appearance by . the Dance
Company
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Programme
1970s to 80s were the year of hippies, bell
bottoms blues, shuffle, fosse and the beginning
of the modern era of dancing.
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Programme
1990s also begun the dramatic entrance of popular
stageplays that toured several cities around the
world.
Music That's Entertainment Dancers.
Whole Cast Choreography .Katherine Stefansky
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History of Broadway
The Hollywood musical film dates back to 1927,
when Warner Brothers developed the Vitaphone
sound-on-disc system that gave a voice to the
movies. The first singing voice introduced on
film was that of Al Jolson, who gave up his top
starring Broadway career to take the leading role
in The Jazz Singer, a silent film with several
sequences of songs and spoken dialogue
synchronized with the action on screen. Premiered
at the Wamer Brothers flagship theatre in New
York, The Jazz Singer caused a sensation among
cinemagoers, changing the face of the film making
industry forever. Despite some notable
failures, quickly consigned to oblivion, the
musical film made steady progress during the
1930s. Among the outstanding fins of this period
were 42nd Street and, in 1937, the first animated
musical, Walt Disney's Snow White The Seven
Dwarfs. MGM's The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939,
is generally accepted to be the first Technicolor
film musical masterpiece. Although by no means
the first integrated musical film, it set a
standard by which others would be
judged. Throughout the 1940's, America was
either preparing for, fighting in or recovering
from World War II. Moviegoers needed breaks from
nightmarish realities, so humor and unquestioning
praise for "all-American values" were Hollywood's
cinematic order of the day. Each major studio had
its own approach to churning out hits. Successful
Broadway shows continued to provide material for
the film makers during the this year, a decade
that saw the return to the back-stage musical.
The 1950s opened on a high note with the
filming of The King I and South Pacific, It is
the year that is both the brightest and the
saddest for the Hollywood musical. At the same
time, television drew customers away from movie
theatres.The best film musicals of the 1950's set
their musical numbers in the context of everyday
life.This blend of song with real life activities
had been a staple in stage musicals for decades.
Except for a few original hits, most of the
musicals filmed in the 1960's were Broadway
retreads. The best of these also became the
highest-grossing screen musicals of all time (A
Hard Days Night by the Beatles). The next
decade brought out the best and the worst in big
screen musical entertainment. Luckily, the
1970's would bring more than a few "Little
Things" that would prove to be "Singular
Sensations." The Broadway musical wasn't dead
it was just preparing to morph.   By 1980, the
consensus in the business was that film musicals
were dead and buried. This time it would take
puppets and dancing teapots to prove the experts
wrong. In Hollywood, it takes all kinds. Several
big-budget screen musicals lost millions in the
early 1980's. Pink Floyd - The Wall (1982) was a
hit with a limited audience, but it was a
precursor of music videos, not a
musical. Proclaimed dead, the film musical
started kicking its way out of the grave,
becoming a top-grossing genre in the 1990's.
Animated musicals were one of the most lucrative
genres of the late 20th Century Titanic and
Ragtime proved that the Broadway musical was
still capable of artistic achievement in the
1990's. Broadway's 2000-2001 season saw musicals
filled with laughter, joy and genuine wit return
with a vengeance. The Producers and The Full
Monty did what great musical comedies have always
done -- approach their topics in a fresh and
funny way no one could have attempted before.
Musicals will go places some of us may not care
to follow. But so long as a song helps to tell a
story, the musical will live on, "skipping a
beat, singing a dream." The musical theatre will
go on, and the showtune will never die.
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Starlite Productions
Starlite Productions is dedicated to developing
and showcasing local and aspiring talents from
communities across GTA.  Its goals are to
entertain and inspire local youth and adults in
showcasing their talents and skills in the
performing arts, bringing live theatrical
experience through music, song and dance. Each
year,  we aim to present and offer a wholesome
entertainment production that appeal to  wide and
diverse audience. We also render performances and
guest appearances at various corporate,
fundraising and community events. Our Mission is
to promote interest and love for the performing
arts,  impart artistic values, creativity and
technical skills through music and dance Provide
an avenue for people to develop and expose their
talents, encouraging them to dance regardless of
age, size and ability level, developing and
challenging their individual gifts and
talents. Offer a positive, productive and
enriching alternative extracurricular activity
for the members through workshops and dance
camps. Our members are all trained in various
forms of dance including Jazz, Tap, Ballet,
Hiphop  Ballroom, Belly, Hawaiian, Theatrical
Drama, Ethnic/folkloric.
If you have enjoyed this evening's production and
would like to know more about our future
production, or book our performers for events,
please email us at leahern_at_sympatico, or contact
us at (416)-707-5762 (Leah)
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Photo Gallery
Narie Ju
Tina N
Shelley
Greg
Sarah
Katie
Christine
Ashley BDC
Rigel
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Acknowledgements
Our special thanks to the people working behind
the scenes.. Photographer Ernie Flores (Ernsys
Photography) Videographer Nestor Rondina (RJR
Video Productions) Costume/Props Katie
Trasher Burlington Dance Company Lighting
Trasher Staff Stage Sets Souvenir Programme
/ Slides Show Leah Saguiafin Receptionists
Freda RondinaErna Quiambao Special thanks
goes to the Meadowvale Theatre staff Jeanne
Neufeld, Craig ____ and to all other technicians,
ushers involved in the show.
Dance Studios Burling Dance Company Elite Dance
Workx Tina Narie Shelley Sarah Rigel Manette Franc
es Special Participation by The Dance
Company Iwalea Hawaiian Group