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Your Son Wants To Ballet?

Item: Talent takes young dancers to China: Two from Dance Emporium chosen as ballet ambassadors/Cindy Hval, SR.

More Info: Rows of toes clad in pink ballet shoes stretched along the barre at Dance Emporium on a recent afternoon. But the size-14 black shoes stood out, as does the wearer, 15-year-old North Central freshman Christian Brower. Not only is the 5-foot-11 dancer the tallest in the room, he’s also the only boy.

Question (from CindyH): What would your response be if your son begged for ballet or dance lessons?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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