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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY
4, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold'>OHIO</span></font></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> YOUTH BALLET
DANCES IN CANAL DAYS<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'>CANAL <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">FULTON</st1:place></st1:City> – The
pre-professional non-profit Ohio Youth Ballet will perform during the popular Olde
Canal Days in downtown Canal Fulton next week.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'> Dancers
perform 6:30-7 p.m. July 11 at the St. Helena II Stage in Heritage Park and
2-2:45 p.m. July 12 at the Poplar and Canal Stage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'>Other
activities during the three-day event include a parade, fireworks, rides on the
horse-drawn canal boat, arts and crafts, amusement rides, beauty pageants and
civil war re-enactment demonstrations. </span></font> <font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:Arial'> For
more information about the Ohio Youth Ballet, please call 330-854-1417; visit
www.turningpointeschoolofdance.net.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Youth Ballet<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The Ohio
Youth Ballet </span></font><font face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:
Arial'>is a pre-professional, non-profit Youth Ballet and Youth Dance Team
company headquartered at The Turning Pointe School of Dance in Canal Fulton,
Ohio, serving children between the ages of 9 and 22. It was founded in 1999 by
a group of individuals who saw the need for young dancers to cultivate their
talents and share them with the community. Dancers perform at local schools,
libraries, nursing homes, festivals and other venues. Many go on to receive
college scholarships and dance professionally and teach. The OYB is under the
artistic direction of</span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'> Natalya Vyashenko-Connor</span></font><font size=2 face=TTE11674A0t00><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:TTE11674A0t00'>,</span></font><font
face=TTE11674A0t00><span style='font-family:TTE11674A0t00'> a former company
member of the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Opera and Ballet
in the capital of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Uzbekistan</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
The OYB dance team is directed by</span></font><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> Desmond Beasley, Dani Aleman and Ashley Studer.</span></font><font
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