Candy Apple’s Dance Center

*2008 GRADUATING SENIORS*

*ASHLEY DUFFIELD* GRADUATING FROM: PERRY HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE PLANS: TAKING A YEAR OFF- POSSIBLY AUDITIONING FOR DISNEY THIS SUMMER. EVENTUALLY GOING TO COLLEGE. FONDEST MEMORIES: NATIONALS IN NEW YORK CITY WHAT WERE IN YOUR FIRST RECITAL? FORSOOTH ! I LOST A TOOTH WHAT DID YOU GAIN BY DANCING AT CANDY APPLES? MORE THAN ANYTHING, RESPECT. BUT, ALSO THE COURAGE TO GET UP IN FRONT OF A CROWD AND, OF COURSE, ALL MY FRIENDS THAT ARE MY SECOND FAMILY. WHAT WAS ONE OF YOUR HARDEST TASKS TO ACCOMPLISH IN DANCE? TO DANCE BIG AND MAKE USE OF A FULL STAGE WHAT WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PASS ON? TRY YOUR HARDEST AND NEVER GIVE UP. TO TAKE CHANCES AND MAKE THE BEST OF IT BECAUSE IT ALL GOES BY SO FAST. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR TEACHERS? TO CATHY AND ERIN, THANK YOU FOR THE CONFIDENCE AND DETERMINATION YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THROUGH THE PAST 14 YEARS. WITHOUT THAT I WOULDN’T BE THE WOMAN I AM TODAY. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEQUEATH TO CANDY APPLE’S? TO ONE OF MY FELLOW DANCE FRIENDS, MY EVER SO UNIQUE HAIRSTYLES AND COLOR. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS? MARRIED, LIVING IN THE COUNTRY ON A FARM. HAVING A SHELTER FOR ABUSED ANIMALS AND A LITTLE GIRL DANCING AT CANDY APPLE’S.

*AMANDA GRIFFIN* GRADUATING FROM: FAIRLESS HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE PLANS: ATTENDING KENT STATE UNIVERSITY WHAT WERE YOU IN YOUR FIRST RECITAL? *A STAR* FONDEST MEMORY: WINNING FIRST OVERALL AT NATIONALS FOR BALLROOM BLITZ WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO CATHY? THANKS FOR ALL OF THE GREAT YEARS AND FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF MY BLONDE MOMENTS. WHAT DID YOU GAIN AT CANDY APPLE’S? LOTS OF FRIENDS HARDEST TASKS TO ACCOMPLISH IN DANCE? TURNOUT WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT? ALWAYS TRY YOUR BEST WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEQUEATH TO A CERTAIN STUDENT? MY SMILE TO JENNA BELOT BECAUSE SHE NEEDS MORE TEETH

*MEREDITH MARIOL* GRADUATING FROM: GLENOAK HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE PLANS: ATTENDING UNIVERSITY OF AKRON *WHAT WERE YOU IN YOUR FIRST RECITAL?* A PINK SPARKLY GUY FONDEST MEMORIES AT CANDY APPLES: KICKING MY BUM AND DANCING LIKE A FARMER SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR TEACHER? DEAR ELAINE, YOU COULD BE A PART TIME MODEL, LOVE MEREDITH. WHAT DID YOU GAIN BY DANCING AT CANDY APPLE’S? A CRAZY HIDDEN TALENT... IRISH STEP DANCING. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO PASS ON? DON’T FREAK OUT ABOUT THE WHOLE WINGS THING WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS? MILKING COWS IN PERU WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEQUEATH TO A CERTAIN STUDENT? I WOULD LIKE TO BEQUEATH MY POSITION OF "IRISH STEP DANCING BARONESS" TO MICHELLE- HEY GIRL!

*MCKENZIE PALMER* GRADUATING FROM: PERRY HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE PLANS: ATTENDING AKRON UNIVERSITY WHAT WERE YOU IN YOUR FIRST DANCE RECITAL? MY SONG WAS "I’M A LITTLE TEAPOT". IT WAS BALLET AND MY COSTUME WAS RED. FONDEST MEMORY: BECOMING BEST FRIENDS WITH TAYLOR AMIET. I LOVE HER TO DEATH AND COULDN’T PICTURE THIS YEAR WITHOUT HER. ANOTHER WOULD BE WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND IN BALLET. WE DID ALICE IN WONDERLAND AND I WAS IN THE DANCE "CATERPILLAR EXPRESS". I LOVED IT AND THE COSTUME WAS ADORABLE. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU GAINED AT CANDY APPLE’S? I GAINED FRIENDS I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE. I GAINED A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AS I IMPROVED IN MY DANCING EVERY YEAR. I LOVE CANDY APPLE’S AND I NEVER WANT TO LEAVE. WHAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR TEACHERS? ERIN- I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU. HONESTLY, YOU HAVE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH. I COULD NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR HELPING ME EXCEL IN MY DANCING SKILLS. YOU’RE AN AMAZING PERSON AND TEACHER. BUNNY- WOW, I HAVEN’T TAKEN BALLET SINCE I WAS THREE. I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU TOLD ME TO FIX MY ARM!! THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH ME. I LOVE YOU AND GOOD LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE YEARS TEACHING. CATHY- YOU ARE THE STRONGEST WOMAN I KNOW. WHEN I HAD YOU FOR JAZZ LAST YEAR I WAS SO EXCITED - I COULDN’T WAIT TO LEARN FROM "THE MASTER". YOU ARE AS FANTASTIC AS EVERYONE MAKES YOU OUT TO BE AND YOUR DAUGHTER IS BEAUTIFUL. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT? NEVER GIVE UP. DANCE IS SO MUCH FUN AND HAS MADE THE PAST FIVE YEARS OF MY LIFE SO MUCH BETTER. DANCING IS A GREAT WAY TO EXPRESS YOURSELF. NEVER TAKE IF FOR GRANTED. NEVER. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEQUEATH? I LEAVE TAYLOR AMIET ALL OUR "INSIDE JOKE" POSES. I ALSO BEQUEATH TO EVERY SINGLE STUDENT THE AMAZING TEACHERS THAT RUN CANDY APPLE’S. THEY’LL BE HARD TO BEAT. I LOVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WITHOUT A DOUBT.

*MEGAN SULLIVAN* GRADUATING FROM: GLENOAK HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE PLANS: ATTENDING THE ART INSTITUTE OF PITTSBURG WHAT WERE YOU IN YOUR FIRST RECITAL? A JAILBIRD- TO ELVIS’S JAILHOUSE ROCK FONDEST MEMORY? TAKING RHONDA’S JAZZ CLASS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR TEACHERS? RHONDA- I LOVE YOU! I AM GOING TO MISS YOU VERY MUCH... YOU TO ELAINE!! WHAT DID YOU GAIN BY DANCING AT CANDY APPLE’S? SELF CONFIDENCE WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT? HAVE FUN... DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY OLDER DANCERS. WHAT WAS ONE OF YOUR HARDEST TASKS IN DANCE? GETTING THROUGH A YEAR OF ADVANCED TAP WHAT WOULD YOU TO BEQUEATH TO A CERTAIN STUDENT? I WOULD LIKE TO HAND DOWN THE TITLE OF "QUEEN OF THE IRISH DANCE CLASS" TO MEGHAN CHAMBERLAIN. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS? LIVING IN PITTSBURG OR NEW YORK AND HAVING MY OWN PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS.

*SKI BAILEY* GRADUATING FROM: DOVER HIGH SCHOOL FUTURE PLANS: ATTENDING OHIO UNIVERSITY WHAT WERE YOU IN YOUR FIRST RECITAL? FIRST EVER, A CLOWN. FIRST AT CANDY APPLES’S, THE BARTENDER IN COPACABANA. FONDEST MEMORY AT CANDY APPLE’S? PROBABLY RUNNING ALL OVER NEW YORK CITY - UNSUPERVISED. SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOUR TEACHERS? I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO COUNT WHAT DID YOU GAIN AT CANDY APPLE’S? SOME AWESOME FRIENDS AND GOOD TIMES. WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO PASS ON? ALL OF MY ADVISE COMES AT A PRICE. GIMMIE $10 AND I’LL BESTOW MY KNOWLEDGE UPON THEE. HARDEST TASKS TO ACCOMPLISH IN DANCE? ACTUALLY BEING REQUIRED TO DANCE AT TIMES. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEQUEATH? TO ALI WANNER- A PENNY BECAUSE SHE HAD ASKED ME TO LEAVE HER SOMETHNG. TO GABBY BAILEY- I LEAVE ALL THE REAL FAMILY TALENT TO ANYONE I HAVE EVER HAD TO DANCE WITH- A SINCERE APOLOGY