Troy Chamber of Commerce and
Local Fine Dining Restaurants Present
TROY
PEST-IMAM
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says Paskel, who earned a degree in
dance and choreography from Western
Michigan University in Kalamazoo
and has been dancing since she was 3.
Her career has been guided by famed
local dancer Harriet Berg."It's about
having fun, cracking up, smiling, feel-
ing good.
"Eliminating performance anxiety
makes our classes stress-free, and our
students excel at a faster rate she says.
Paskel teaches nine classes per week
in the school that she oversees; several
other teachers round out her roster to
offer a total of 16 classes.
"My daughter, Ruby, loves dancing
with Lianne," says Brooke Schwartz of
Birmingham. Ruby, 8, began dancing
with Paskel this year. "Because the pro-
gram is not focused on a recital, the
kids are free to explore more variety
throughout the year. Lianne's enthusi-
asm and her free spirit are inspiring."
West Bloomfield mom Lisa Lopatin
says her 11-year-old daughter, Alyssa,
has gained confidence through Paskel's
classes.
"I learned from some of the best
dance teachers in town, but I never
wanted fame Paskel says. "I want to
give dancers the JOY of moving with
the way their bodies bend and flow.
I want to give people a chance to
dance and LOVE it!
"The reason that children, teens,
even adults don't develop their
understanding of creative movement
is because they're told what to do —
they're not encouraged to go with
the way their body takes them, to
move with the music, to trust them-
selves:' Paskel says. "Some of my
students do their own choreography.
Freedom is empowering!"
In addition to "Open House" per-
formances at the end of the year
to show parents and friends what
they've learned, students participate
in one of Paskel's year-end projects,
like the Recycle Recital, a big-picture
initiative to collect recyclable mate-
rials from throughout Franklin
Athletic Club and incorporate them
as props in dances before recycling
them.
"It's like our own version of
Stomp!" Paskel says. "There is vision
to this type of instruction and
movement, and it shows kids how
everything is interconnected, how
everything has meaning."
Lynne Meredith Schreiber is chief creative
officer of You People LLC: Marketing & PR,
Southfield.
The Ice Cream Man
Sunday,
August 22
through
Alan Muskovitz
Special to the Jewish News
R
emember the exhilara-
tion you felt as a young-
ster when you heard the
music emanating from a glisten-
ing white ice cream truck as it
turned the corner and headed
down your street? If you're a
Baby Boomer, chances are you
bought that ice cream cone from
"Maurry, the Ice Cream Man."
If you attended Central,
Durfree or Bagley schools in the
mid- '50s and '60s, you, too, were
probably among the thousands
of kids who enjoyed an after-
school Nutty Buddy courtesy of
Maurry.
While those innocent times
may be a distant memory, they're
Maurry Glusman in the 1960s
still crystal clear to Maurry
Glusman, "The Ice Cream Man:
who recently celebrated his 75th
birthday.
"They were the best times of
Was). Several years ago, Don wrote:
my life,' a very proud Maurry recently
"Dear Maurry, I'll never forget the time
said. "I loved the kids."
But when Maurry was a kid, he adds, you took my band down to the record
company. You were the first person to
"It wasn't always easy."
demonstrate any faith in me. I'll always
Born with cerebral palsy that left
be grateful to you."
him paralyzed on his right side,
Turn the clock back one more time
Maurry was unable to take his first
steps until he was 13 years old. And the to the mid-1960s when I was all of 7
or 8 years old. After receiving a free
battles of his youth weren't just physi-
Chocolate Bullet from Maurry, my
cal. For many years, Maurry had to
older brother Hal turned to me and
endure the cruelty of kids who relent-
uttered the words that changed my life
lessly teased him. But he prevailed.
forever.
So maybe it's more than a bit of
"Alan, did you know that Maurry the
irony that, as an adult, Maurry's chosen
Ice Cream Man is our cousin?"
profession brought so much happiness
He might as well have told me
to so many kids. And it turns out that
we were related to the Beatles. My
he did a lot more for young people
jaw dropped, but thankfully not my
than just satisfy their sweet tooth. He
Chocolate Bullet. It was true; we had a
was also a man with a message.
"I constantly told the kids that it was celebrity in the family.
Whether you were in receipt of free
important to stay in school and stay off
ice cream or priceless words of wis-
drugs:' he says. It was a message that
dom, for my money, there has never
would make a difference.
A woman confided in Maurry's niece, been an ice cream man quite like the
man in the crisp white uniform with
JoAnne, that it was her Uncle Maurry
the chocolate covered heart of gold ...
who saved her life by convincing her to
"Maurry the Ice Cream Man." Happy
give up drugs. She went on to become a
75th birthday, Maurry! 1-1
school principal.
Then there was the Oak Park teen
Share a memory or message with Maurry
that Maurry encouraged to pursue his
at maurry.theicecreamman®gmail.com .
dream of becoming a musician. Young
It would mean the world to him. Alan
Don Fagenson would go on to become
Muskovitz is Maurry's cousin.
Grammy Award-winning music pro-
ducer Don Was of the group Was (Not
Friday,
August 27
Lunches for 15
Dinners for 530
(per person - most are three-course meals!)
Where Will You
Fill Your Plate?
16 Participating Fine
Dining Restaurants
(Prices not valid with any other discounts)`
Benihana
Brio Tuscan Grille
Charley's Crab
Crumpets Restaurant-Somerset Inn
Franco's Cafe
Kona Grill
Kruse & Muer on Wilshire
Loccino Italian Grill & Bar
McCormick & Schmick's
Fresh Seafood
Mon Jin Lau
Morton's The Steakhouse
Ocean Prime
Ruth's Chris Steak House
The Capital Grille
he Melting Pot of Troy
Tre Monti Ristorante
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Diners who make a donation (minimum of
$5 each) will receive a Habitat for Humanity
hammer lapel pin. Proceeds will benefit
Habitat for Humanity of Oakland County.
Throughout the following week
(August 28-September 3), donors can wear
their pins to participating businesses for
special discounts. See website for Hammer
Home the Savings details.
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