Submitted by:
Micheline Carstairs

Thursday, March 8 and Friday, March 9 is the yearly Dance Festival put on by the Swan Valley Fine Arts Festival Association.

This year’s adjudicator:
Tamara Topsnik Hicks
Ballet, Pointe, Lyrical Instructor, R.A.D.R.T.S.

Dance Festival Schedule
Thursday, March 8 ~ 7pm
Friendship Centre
Dolyna Dancers & Benito Vesselli Dancers

Friday, March 9 ~ 10:30 AM – Noon
Veterans Community Hall
Swan School of Dance & Roblin Dance Club

Friday, March 9 ~ 1:30 PM – 4 PM
Veterans Community Hall
Swan School of Dance & Roblin Dance Club

Friday, March 9 ~ 7 PM
Friendship Centre
Swan School of Dance & Roblin Dance Club

This year is going to be a year like no other as the “Roblin Dance Club” is bringing all their dancers to our festival and will be peforming along side our dancers! Because of all the extra dance numbers, our festival used to be 2 evenings at the Friendship centre but this year, we have had to book the Veterans Community Hall for the daytime performances.

Tamara Topsnik Hicks (Royal Academy of Dance Certified Instructor) R.A.D.R.T.S. moved to Brandon in 1993 after teaching for four years in British Columbia at her own school, Marpole Studio of Dance. She is a graduate of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet professional Division. Tamara Topsnik Hicks performed with the Royal Winnipeg in their productions of Swan Lake, Nutcracker and Giselle in 1988. She toured with the R.W.B. to Japan. In 1989 she danced in Germany in the “Nick Haberstich Ballet Company”. Mrs. Hicks is a registered Royal Academy of Dance teacher and is qualified to enter students in R.A.D. exams. She has been an adjudicator with A.M.A.F. since 1995 and has loved every opportunity of sharing her knowledge with others.