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4A DETROIT FREE PRESSTHURSDAY, APRIL 23. 1967 WC Do you like to step lively Try dancing to these tunes ancestors did hundreds of years ago." NEW CONTRA and square dances still are being choreographed by people like Schwartz, whose 1982 book, "Fantasies of a Michigan Caller," includes about 20 new numbers. (Away from dance, Schwartz is a teacher-consultant for the North ville schools. He lives with his wife, Ann Marie Curley, and infant daughter Miriam in Beverly Hills.) To satisfy regulars like Lynne Bien-iek of Southgate, who says she comes "every month to St. Tim's," Schwartz juggles the program frequently.

Two fixtures at the dances, however, are the warmup mixer, In which Schwartz encourages everyone to grab a partner (about half the participants come alone), and the closing number called "Balance of the Star." DCDS hoofers, Schwartz suggests: "Wear comfortable shoes and listen to the caller and eat your Wheaties. We get people who are active square dancers who are used to hard stuff, but when they finish dancing here they have to admit, 'Boy, am I The Detroit Country Dance Society's next square and contra dance is 8 pjrn. Saturday in the St. Timothy's United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 15888 Archdale at Puritan (just east of the Southfield Freeway), in Detroit. Admission is $3.50: $2.50 for members of DCDS ($10 for an annual membership).

The DCDS dance for more advanced dancers starts at 4 Sunday at' Fort Street Presbyterian Church. Fort at Third streets, Detroit: For further information, call Burton Schwartz at 645-2357, "Don't leave In the middle whatever you do, or 20 people won't be able to dance." Dancers soon learn that a sincere effort is all that's necessary when doing what first-timer Mark Bialick of Oak Park called, "country-western aerobics. You're constantly moving." He was out of breath, but smiling. IT'S NEARLY 10 years since Schwartz of Beverly Hills, a member of the Michigan Square Dance Leaders Association, and his friend Paul Tyler founded DCDS, an association of people interested in country dance. The St.

Timothy's dances began in 1979 and are held on the third Saturday of the month, with a few exceptions. The October dance, when many people come In costumes, is held as close to Halloween as possible. The April dance "It's done in a Sicilian circle, which has nothing to do with Sicily, with couple facing couple around the room in a great big circle," Schwartz said. The informal, friendly atmosphere of the DCDS dances has resulted in many couples meeting and getting married, Schwartz said. Besides calling the Saturday night programs, Schwartz leads a dance for more experienced people on the following Sunday afternoon at Fort Street Presbyterian Church.

More difficult steps are taught and dance requests welcomed. Schwartz and his wife also hold beginners' classes at sites that have included Troy, Lincoln Park and the Detroit Historical Museum. For couch potatoes considering an active Saturday night out with the was changed to this Saturday to avoid a conflict with Easter weekend. There are no dances In the summer. DCDS' mailing list includes 650 to 700 names and addresses.

Schwartz said 400 to 450)eople come frequently to the dances. Each affair attracts between 100 and 150 dancers, including 10 to 15 newcomers, he said. A big attraction of the dances is the live country music of Glen Morning-star's Ruffwater Stringband. They play fiddles, dulcimers, Autoharps, banjos, pipes even spoons. The Saturday night affairs offer dances covering many eras.

DCDS committee member Joan Curley of Dearborn, Schwartz' sister-in-law, said a focus is on dances coming from New England and the Appalachian Mountains regions, "where the people perform the same dances that their By ESTHER ALLWEISS TSCHIRHART Free Presi Staff Writer Are there contras in the Detroit area? Absolutely and squares, too. But tije subject here is dancing contra and square dancing, held each month at St. Timothy's United Methodist Church on Detroit's west side. The challenge for new country-square dancers is how to avoid getting stepped on or hopelessly lost as dance-master Burton Schwartz walks everyone through the quick-paced routines. But the dances, sponsored by the Detroit Country Dance Society, don't require perfection.

People come to socialize and have fun moving to traditional country music. 1 That's why Schwartz was only mildly stern last month when he cautioned 120 people arranged in parallel (contra) lines across the hall: Ice show director keeps cool By JUDY ANN JACOBS Free Press Special Writer Ron Basten keeps his cool on and off the ice. After two years of work on South-field's annual ice-skating extravaganza next week, Basten can't afford a meltdown especially with 225 skat get residents their acts km fr Ron Basten has directed 14 of Southfield's 16 annual ice-skating extravaganzas. On the ice with him are skaters Ann Sapienza, 18, and Renee Robitaille, 21, of Sylvan Lake. frustration Burelle feels every time he sees an engine block hanging from a tree limb or sewage seeping from broken pipes into someone's yard.

Wolf's biggest problems, besides the cockroach epidemic she handled last summer, come from "people that have constant, habitual problems with junk, mounds of it. They don't want to remove it. I find these people are mentally unbalanced." Most of Burelle's duties involve getting junk cars any car that does not have license plates and debris out of people's driveways and backyards. He doesn't have the authority to go into houses or arrest offenders. MOST OF THE time, Burelle said, people clean up their act before getting a ticket.

He hands out about 120 warnings and 50 tickets every week, upsetting some people in the process. "I get people who will say, 'You show me where it says that's the I show them and they say, 'that's not the he said. For other accused blighters, actions speak louder than words. "I've had vandalism at my house," he said. "I've had people defecate on my front lawn.

People get upset. I think it's a social phenomenon. I really do." He said his office isn't trying to restrict lifestyles just protect the public's health and safety. "If there's junk in your back yard, It's a good place for rat harborage." i JUJJjllHj JLW J1 Inspectors to clean up By GEORGEA KOVANIS Free Press Staff Writer In 14 months as Hazel Park's blight inspector, Patrick Burelle's been slugged twice, had trash dumped on his front yard, been called some pretty nasty names and seen more garbage than he'd care to recall or smell ever again. "It's an unsung job," said the former police dispatcher, who is Hazel Park's first full-time blight inspector in 10 years.

As blight inspector, he enforces city ordinances on zoning, rubbish and junk cars. Five days a week, he drives around the city armed with a Polaroid camera to patrol neighborhoods, follow up on blight reports and photograph the evidence. Few people understand the intricacies of his job and the stress it produces, he said. That's why Burelle and Mary-ann Wolf, Roseville's code enforcer, have formed a group called the Michigan Associated Code Enforcement Officers. Wolf said the organization, which she hopes someday will include people from across the state, provides support resources for inspectors.

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"It gets tense before an opening. Last week, a precision skater broke her arm and had to be replaced (in the show)," said Basten, a former professional skater who is directing this year's 2' -hour production, "The Wonderful World of Color." Basten, who has directed 14 of the 16 annual shows as special events coordinator for Southfield Parks and Recreation, gets involved in all aspects of the production. He selects the theme and music, choreographs the skating, designs sets and costumes, makes the hats, assists in all activities and skates in the show's precision number. Since September, he has worked DOINGS, from previous page born. Hours: 10-9 Sat.

10-5 1-5 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN: Twenty-five Years of Studio Glees, on display through June 15 in the University Library. 4901 Evergreen, Dearborn. 693-5400. museums ANN ARBOR HANDS-ON MUSEUM: Dinosaurs, a workshop for ages 5-6. 10-noon Mummies end Mystery, children ages 7-8 learn how scientists piece together artifacts from the past.

10-noon Camera Obscura, children ages 9-10 learn how a camera works. Sat. 219 E. Huron Ann Arbor. Hours: 10-5 1-5 Sun.

Fee: $8 per workshop. 995-5439. HENRY FORD MUSEUM AND GREENFIELD VILLAGE: Visitors are invited to take a stroll and see the first lambs of spring on the Firestone Farm, wool spinning at the Connecticut Saltbox House and a replica of the Wright Brothers' first flyer. Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory and library are now open after a year of renovation. Oakwood south of Michigan Dearborn.

Hours: 9-5 daily, 271-1620. parks DEXTER-HURON METROPARK, Ann Arbor-Dexter: Dexter-Huron Wlldflowers, a nature walk in search of spring wildflowers. 1 baseball field. Advance registration and vehicle entry permit required. 1-800-24-PARKS.

HUDSON MILLS METROPARK, Dexter: Spring Wlldtlower Walk, a naturalist-led walk along the new park trail. 1 Outdoor Activity Bldg. Advance registration and WORLD OF DIFFERENCE "A Worm ol DWerenee" vwrhmo effort lo flaw tfUcrlmlrttlion co-tpontored by the Anti Dlm11on I eevu ol -n R'flif HM href prm, WOIV-1V and If Civil hah It Font of MelrofMtJitm Delroll. PATRICIA BECKOelrolt Free Press when a friend'urged him to attend the Southfield production. He had been teaching at a Wyandotte skating club, after leaving Holiday on Ice "because it was too easy.

The rest of the world let me by." Now, he's part of what arena manager Judy Klein describes as "the most professional amateur show in the United States, primarily because of the number of adult skaters and the exquisite costumes." Performances will be at the South-field Sports Arena, 26000 Show times are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday; noon, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, and 1:30 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5, with special discounts for children and senior citizens at some performances.

The box ojjice is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. WAYNE PACESETTERS: Walking club has health talk and fitness walk. Sponsored by Annapolis Hospital and the Wayne Parks and Recreation Dept.

10 Sat. (registration starts at 9) Wayne Community Center. WOMEN'8 HEALTH LECTURE: Nutritionist Diane Petoskey discusses PMS, cystitis, yeast Infections and menopause. 10-1 Henry Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Dearborn. Tickets: $5 advance; $6 door.

Nelda McManaman: 271-9036 or 336-7202. classes CPR CLASSES: Held at various sites. 9-noon and at Domino's Farms, Beyer Memorial Hospital, Chelsea Community Hospital and Saline Community Hospital. Tours of Domino's Pizza World Headquarters also available, and Advance registration required for classes. Locations and other information available from Washtenaw County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

971-5396. DOWNRIVER YWCA: The late spring program has classes for pre-schoolers through adults. Register now. 321 1 Fort Wyandotte. 281-2626.

MARCEL MARCEAU WORLD CENTRE FOR MIME: Offering Intermediate and advanced studies In the art of mime, June 22-July 1 1. Registration deadline: May 15. Also offering I a one-week workshop with Stefan Nledzlal-kowskl, lead actor with the Polish Mime Bal let Theatre. Contact Susan Pollay, special projects director: 995-4438. SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE: Registration at the Radcliff Center, 1751 Radcliff, Garden City, will be held 1-7 Tue.

Classes begin May 11. 691-6400, ext. 340. seminars BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM FOR PERSONS WITH HANDICAPS: Seminar will be led by Dr. Robert Reasoner, of the Center for the Study of Self-Esteem.

Schoolcraft College, Waterman Campus Center, 18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia. Fee: $15; students and handicappers, $5. CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING: Six-week seminar, through June 2. 7-9 Henry Ford Community College, Administration Bldg. Room A-11, 5101 Evergreen, Dearborn.

Fee: $35. 845-9629. RETHINKING MARRIAGE: A seminar for persons considering remarriage. 9-3 Ward Presbyterian Church, 17000 Farmington Road, Livonia. Sponsored by Single Point Ministries.

Fee: $16. 422-1854. TEACHINGS FROM THE NATIVE AMERICAN MEDICINE WHEEL: Six-week seminar focuses on the Native American culture. Through June 2. Classes held Henry Ford Community College, Administration Bldg.

Room A-11, 6101 Evergreen, Dearborn. Fee: $30. 845-9629. Compiled by GINA FANIEL tell us about it To get your event listed, send details two weeks before the event. Include a description of the event, hours and days, and address.

Make sure a phone number and hours the phone will be answered are Included. Mail to Detroit Free Press, Western Wayne Bureau, 2085 Inkster Read, Garden City 48135. We'll pi Lit those of the broadest interest! full-time, Monday through Friday, on the event. In the final weeks, rehearsals keep the performers and volunteers at the rink into the wee hours of the night. "ALL THE local rinks and skating clubs send their talent," Basten said.

Many of the skaters and their parents participate year after year. "Everyone's a volunteer," said Joyce Robitaille of Sylvan Lake, who is into her eighth year. Her daughter, Renee Robitaille, 21, skates in the show. She said she realized the intensity of her dedication to the program one year when her car caught on fire. "The first thing I did was fling open the back door and take the costumes out," she said.

Basten, a native of Green Bay, got hooked on the show 14 years ago, vehicle entry permit required. 1-800-24-PARKS. KEN8INGTON METROPARK, Mllford-Brighton: Woodcock Flights ol Fancy, a walk to see the dance of the timberdoodle. 7 Blrdlng lor Beginners, a walk to discover the common birds of the park. 1:30 Sat.

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BREAST CANCER UPDATE: A panel of physicians from St. Joseph Mercy Hospital will address the latest developments in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. 7-9 Catherine McAuley Health Center Education Center, 5301 E. Huron River Ann Arbor. No admission charge.

572-541 1. CARDIAC 8UPP0RT GROUP: Meeting. 7 Arbor Health 990 W. Ann Arbor Trail, Plymouth. 455-6869.

CHRONIC PAIN: A lecture by neuropsychologist Dr. Louis Dvorkln. 7 Wyandotte General Hospital, Walter P. Allen Conference Room, 2333 Biddle Wyandotte. No admission charge, but advance registration re quired.

246-6038. FAMILY ASTHMA AND ALLERGY PROGRAM: Allergy Testing and Treatment. 7:30 tonight, Oakwood Hospital auditorium, 18101 Oakwood Dearborn. No admission charge. 593-7205.

FREE BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING: 7-9 every Heritage Hospital, admitting lobby, 24775 Haig, Taylor. 295-5047. FREE HEALTH SCREENING: Sponsored by the Catherine McAuley Health Center. 1-5 Arbor Health 990 W. Ann Arbor Trail, Plymouth.

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