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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>OYB & DANCE
TEAM TO PERFORM AT HISTORIC LIONS LINCOLN THEATRE<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>You’ve heard of dinner and a movie? How about <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>dance</span></i> and a movie? The <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Ohio Youth Ballet & Dance Team</span></b> performs
original choreography <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jan. 16, 17 and 18</span></b>
at the historic <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Lions Lincoln Theatre in
downtown <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Massillon</st1:City></st1:place></span></b>
to promote the Kimono Exhibit coming to the Canton Museum of Art Feb. 8-April
26. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks to a grant from ArtsinStark, the County Arts Council,
the pre-professional Ohio Youth Ballet & Dance Team has been performing
throughout <st1:place w:st="on">Northeast Ohio</st1:place> to promote the
exhibit. </span></font><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>The OYB
& Dance Team is the elite performance team from the non-profit Ohio Youth
Ballet and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Dance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">2387 Locust St. S.</st1:address></st1:Street>, Canal Fulton.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>After watching the OYB & Dance
Team at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 16-17 and 5:30 p.m. Jan. 18, stay for “Memoirs of
a Geisha” at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 16-17; and 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
18. </span></font></b><font face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-family:Arial'>Tickets
are available at the door for only $3. Donations to the non-profit <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Youth</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ballet & Dance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will be accepted. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“Memoirs of a Geisha” (145 minutes, PG-13) is a
visually stunning Oscar-winning drama/romance and a Cinderella story of sorts
about the life of a fictional geisha in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region></st1:place> around WWII. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Youth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ballet
& Dance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
is excited about the opportunity to work with the newly-formed Lincoln Classic
Film Club, which has been making movies available for businesses, organizations
and individuals to sponsor for a weekend at the beautiful historic Lions
Lincoln Theatre. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>“Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku
Kubota” features 40 oversized kimono created by Master Kubota.
“Kimono as Art” tours the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region> for only six months and only stops in <st1:City
w:st="on">Canton</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San
Diego</st1:City></st1:place>. Numerous events are taking place throughout <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Stark</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
leading up to the event and during the exhibit. Please visit <a
href="http://www.kimonoexhibit.com/">www.kimonoexhibit.com</a>. For more
information about the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ohio</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Youth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ballet
& Dance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
please call 330-854-1417; visit www.ohioyouthballet.com.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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