Medway & Millis December 2019

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Millis Terpischore 10th Annual Nutcracker
Dec. 6th, 7th, and 8th
ability to build and revisit a repertoire
as a professional company
might, but at little to no cost to
the participants. In the most
recent study of dance in Massachusetts
schools, conducted in
2008 by Bridgewater State University
of 157 respondents, only
10 schools (a combination of
public and private) offered true
performance programs, versus a
dance team for sports events or
dance programming during the
school day but with a minimal
performance component
The primary goal of the
group is to provide free dance
opportunities to the students of
the Millis Public Schools. We
strive to integrate the talents of
those who have been dancing a
lifetime with those who have just
begun their dance journey. This
fall, we offered three free dance
classes a week, including a ballet
class, jazz/ballet fusion, and a
turn class, as well as the chance to
perform in this year’s Nutcracker.
We rehearse different variations
of the show each day of the week
over the span of about seventeen
separate rehearsals, with MS and
HS students working directly
with elementary students. It is
truly a collaborative effort. In the
spring, we will again offer dance
classes for MS and HS students
as well as prepare for our Annual
Spring Recital.
The group was started 12
years ago as a collaboration between
the then senior Stacey
Kalivas and Stephanie Copice
to fill a hole in extracurricular
activities that no one even knew
existed. That first year, a dance
class fusing ballet, jazz, modern
and Indian dance was run each
week for an intrepid group of
five dancers, culminating in their
first performance in March of
2018. That fall, we offered our
first iteration of The Nutcracker,
a 20-minute showing featuring
about 20 performers in the Act
II Variations. The next year, we
expanded to a two-act performance
and added in elementary
and middle school performers.
Today, The Nutcracker presents
three performances and features
over 120 performers in the three
different casts. Students perform
original choreography by Stephanie
Copice, the director of the
program.
Medway’s Rabbit Hill
Holiday House Tour 2019
Sunday, December 1, 2019, 2 p.m.- 5 p.m.
Join us for a walking tour of
six homes in the Rabbit Hill Historic
District!
Meeting Location TBD
Tickets are $35/person,
Members and Seniors $30/person
Purchase tickets before the
day of the event at Medway
Town Hall, Town Clerks Office,
155 Village St, Medway or
https://www.brownpapertickets.
com and search for “Rabbit Hill
Holiday House Tour”.
Tickets are limited. If tickets
are still available, they may be
purchased the day of the event
for $40/person
Medway Historical Society is
located at 223 Main St., Medway.
Visit their website at www.
medwayhistoricalsociety.org, or
find them on Facebook.
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Photos submitted courtesy of Stephanie Copice.
Terpsichore, the Millis MS/
HS Dance Club, proudly announces
its’ 10th Annual Production
of The Nutcracker. This
abridged, 90-minute, familyfriendly
version of The Nutcracker
features variations from
Tchaikovsky’s original score as
well as arrangements by Duke
Ellington. The cast features Millis
Public School students in grades
preK-12 in what has become
a local holiday tradition. The
shows are on Friday December
6, at 7 p.m., Saturday December
7, at 3 p.m., and Sunday December
8 at 2 p.m. Ticket costs are $9
adults, $7 students and seniors,
under 5 free. Ticket inquiries can
be addressed to Stephanie Copice
at scopice@millisschools.org.
Proceeds from this production
are the primary funding source
for Terpsichore’s year-round programming.
Terpsichore is a unique dance
group in that they are an extracurricular
activity hosted by a
public school that offers all the
services of private dance school,
including classes, multiple performance
opportunities, and the
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