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Students also learned there's nothing
unusual about shelling out |60
for a ticket for a Broadway play.
"After that we had another performance
class, where we worked on
a show." To top off their two weeks,
the actors performed the musical —
which featured "Coffee Break" from
"How to Succeed in Business without
from "Into the Woods;" and a tap
•umber called "City of Angels" from
a new Broadway show for their parents
and other students.
"After lunch was rest time, where
we had to sleep. We needed the rest."
said Burtka, who received his first
lessons in tap dancing compliments
of his grandmother. Eleanor Zajas,
who as a youngster performed at the
Fox Theater.
THERE WAS an hour after that to
swim, play volleyball or write letters
before tap class.
Bed check was at 10. "It was really
strict, but I learned a lot about
vocal technique, jazz, and dance
technique," said Burtka, who studies
piano and voice and hopes to add
modeling and commercials to his activities
this summer.
"We learned a Jot of stuff about
Broadway."
In addition to performing with the
Peanut Butter Players, a theater
group geared for young audiences
based at the downtown Players Club.
Burtka has appeared at the Baldwin
Theatre in Royal Oak and the Marquis
Theater in Northville, where at
age 12 he played "John" in "Peter
Pan." (While in a harness singing
"I'm Flying" at the end of Act I, the
wire broke, and Burtka beat th£ curtain
to the floor He luckily escaped
with just a few bruises.)
Burtka, an accomplished gymnast
and swimmer, has had numerous
lead roles in Plymouth Park Players
productions.
Burtka credits his East Middle
School chorus teacher. Shelby Hol-
_ _ htm involved tn
theater.
"She encouraged me to pursue it.
She helped me out, she's really a
neat person," said Burtka, who performed
in solos, small groups, plays,
chorus, dances and concerts at East
There was lots of ribbing back
then from boys at school, less from
the girls.
"I did get a lot of teasing because
I wasn't in basketball or football; I
liked to sing and dance," said Burtka.
"I hope I get famous one day and
can laugh in their face."
In high school, he has enjoyed
working with drama coach Gloria
Logan. "We're so lucky to have these
ladies. She's one of the best directors
I've ever worked with," said Burtka.
a fan of Fred Astaire and Gene Keliy-
"She's just great, everyone loves
her."
Burtka, who lives with his parents
and 18-year-old sister, Jennifer, says
he knew the stage was for him from
the get-go.
"It was scary at first, but once I'm
on stage, it's like no one's out there.
It's what I love to do. I knew it right
from the start.
"I love the applause, the lights, the
costumes, everything about it. Just
being up there." .
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David Burtka of Canton played the lead in "The Robber Bridegroom,"
a rompin'-stompin' musical set in 1790 and performed
by the Plymouth Park Players at Centennial Educational Park
last spring.
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lovely operation and a good chef who
knows food-handling processes."
The Landing lost points because
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Marvin Umholtz of Canton, senior vice president of the Michigan Credit Union League, flips
a flapjack at the DARE pancake breakfast.
Dog foils arson attempt;
sends culprit off with bite
A German shepherd said no to ar
son Sunday morning, possibly taking
a chunk out of a teen who was seen
fleeing from a garage he had tried to
set on fire on Wales
The dog's owner heard him growling
at about 515 a.m., then watched
the yard after she let him out Almost
immediately she heard someone
holler out "Ow'" then saw a
youth bop the fence and flee on foot.
Police were called. They reported
they could smell gas. and they found
bum marks on the garage roof, on
the rear wall of the garage and in
the grass. Damage was minimal.
The dog's owners say they have been
feuding with a nearby family.
Police checked with local hospitals
to see if anyone was treated for
dog bites but reports were negative.
ALL WET: Police summooed to
apartments on Honeytree to settle a
domestic dispute Saturday afternoon
found a man standing fully clothed
in the clubhouse pool, clutching his
small son and arguing with his exwife,
who wax high and dry.
crime watch
The man, 27, eventually showed
police a court order from Maine say
ing be could take his son there untill
Aug. 25. When she refused to allow
him to take the boy, be grabbed him
and jumped into the pool.
The boy told police be wanted to
stay with his mother. They advised
the man to contact his attorney.
CON JOB: The Jo-Ann Fabrics
store on Ford was bugged by a con
man Friday morning. He showed up
wearing an olive-colored uniform
and said be was there for a free examination
and estimate.
His exam took him into a back
room and then into an employee
locker room. Moments later, be said
be needed to get a flashlight, left the
store and never returned. That after-
noon, two employees discovered that
a total of $100 was missing from
their purses, which were in the locker
room.
The store's assistant manager told
police an exterminator company had
been called earlier about possible
problems, and that's why she let the
man have the run of the store. Police
were checking whether any employees
of the exterminator company
match the description of the thief.
MISSING LIST: A complete set of
Yamaha golf clubs, bag, umbrella
and gloves were taken from a garage
on Provincial early Sunday
morning . . A New Hudson man
had car trouble Sunday afternoon
and left his '86 T-Bird parked on I-
775 at Ford Road. Wben be returned
Monday morning, a window had
been broken out and his $250 AM
FM stereo stolen. Also on Monday
morning, someone broke into a '90
Chevy Beretta parked at a Cavalier
address and stole $732 worth of stereo
equipment
School board OKs plan to level
modular classrooms at Graham
By Tedd Schnetder
staff writer
The IS-year-old portable classrooms
adjacent to P D. Graham Element
iry School will teMatea,
The Wayne-Westland school board
recently voted unanimously to approve
the demolition of the four
modular buildings, which were used
to accommodate booming enrollment
during the mid-1970a.
Part of the
school district is
Wayne-Westland
in Canton Town-
Aa enrollment declined, the annex
was and leas frequently and began
to dsisrtorsta, school officiate said.
The floor Joists have deteriorated
and the support frame is rusting seventy,"
said Jerry Weidamann. district
executive director for
Wayne- Westland
Schoof District
The district serves southeast Canton
"I THINK it's time we get the kids
out of the mobiles and get them into
classrooms," said board member
Sylvia Kotorosky- Wlacek.
Portable classroom annexes at
Edison, Schwettaar and Walker
Schools are still hi good shape and
will be ossd again next fall, said
Woody London, associate superln-
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Portables at
primarily for
Tha Graham portables will bo removed
without charts by RJ. Taylor
Corp., a Taylor-hated u—Usloptty.
The rnwpapj will
foil salvage rights la ax-
The floor joists hare
deteriorated end the
support heme is
rusting severely.'
-— Jerry Wetdemann
district executive director
for buildings and grounds
change, school officials said
Disconnection of utilities and site
restoration will be tha responsibility
of the district at a cost of KM,
Tha district will savh KMC over
Sheridan Contraction Co s low bid
of IMMfor tha
To help raise money for supplies
for the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
program, an estimated 6.000plus
pancakes were served Saturday
in downtown Plymouth
The event also helped publicize
the DARE program Tins fall, all
Plymouth and Canton fifth graders
will be instructed in the program
Taught by uniformed officers, the
program seeks to teach kids how to
resist peer pcessuie to use drugs Officers
also seek to win Kids trust and
ing lunch and taking recess with kids
on days they're scheduled to teach
DARE
"I think it was a success, said
Canton Off Leonard Scbemanske.
one of four Plymouth-Canton DARE
officers
He said that while racing money
for supplies was nice, "It's just as
important to get the word out about
DARE "
The money raised through the
pancake breakfast will be used to
buy DARE T-shirts, mugs and baseball
hats to go to kids to publicize the
program
Schemanske said $1,500 in supplies
were sold to the general public
at the 8 a m to 1 p.m pancake
breakfast, at the Plymouth Community
Federal Credit Union, 500 S
Harvey
He said that while exact proceeds
haven't been determined, about
2,000 tickets were sold at $3 for
adults and $2 for ki
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At left: Abby
Spanos, 5, of
Canton
daydreams
between bites of
pancakes
Saturday in
Plymouth Below
Former Ohio
resident Susan
Owen of
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her 11-month-old
son, Benjamin, an
Ohio State fan, at
the DARE
breakfast
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