Ann Starr Operates Dancing School and Participates in Community Activities
October 1955
Starting her eleventh year as a teacher of dancing in the Downriver area, Ann Starr has not only provided instruction for hundreds of youngsters, but she has contributed a great deal to community activities. Operating the Ann Starr School of Dancing on West Jefferson Avenue near Southfield Highway, Ecorse, Miss Starr has two big scrap books of clippings and printed programs of community affairs in which she and her students have taken part as entertainment features.
During the more than a decade she has operated the school, Miss Starr has trained over 1,500 children in tap, ballet or acrobatic dancing. Many of these pupils have gone on to win recognition for themselves in the entertainment field. She had extensive experience as a dancing instructor both of children and adults before opening the school.
Many of her students have appeared on television programs. Joanne Frankhouse is one of the better known dancers who have been on TV programs while Mary Ann Lajoie is making good as an entertainer in California. Miss Lajoie, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. William Lajoie of Ecorse, credits much of her success for getting started in the entertainment field to her old dancing instructor, Miss Starr.
Recent students who have been making good as entertainers in the Detroit field are Bonnie Priest and Delores Molner.
Her students have entertained VFW and American legion, Kiwanis Club, Ecorse Boat Club, Eagles and other fraternal groups in addition to many other organizations.
Miss Starr is a member of the advisory board of the National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists. She spent some time on the stage appearing in dancing acts prior to entering the field of dancing instruction
Starting her eleventh year as a teacher of dancing in the Downriver area, Ann Starr has not only provided instruction for hundreds of youngsters, but she has contributed a great deal to community activities. Operating the Ann Starr School of Dancing on West Jefferson Avenue near Southfield Highway, Ecorse, Miss Starr has two big scrap books of clippings and printed programs of community affairs in which she and her students have taken part as entertainment features.
During the more than a decade she has operated the school, Miss Starr has trained over 1,500 children in tap, ballet or acrobatic dancing. Many of these pupils have gone on to win recognition for themselves in the entertainment field. She had extensive experience as a dancing instructor both of children and adults before opening the school.
Many of her students have appeared on television programs. Joanne Frankhouse is one of the better known dancers who have been on TV programs while Mary Ann Lajoie is making good as an entertainer in California. Miss Lajoie, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. William Lajoie of Ecorse, credits much of her success for getting started in the entertainment field to her old dancing instructor, Miss Starr.
Recent students who have been making good as entertainers in the Detroit field are Bonnie Priest and Delores Molner.
Her students have entertained VFW and American legion, Kiwanis Club, Ecorse Boat Club, Eagles and other fraternal groups in addition to many other organizations.
Miss Starr is a member of the advisory board of the National Association of Dance and Affiliated Artists. She spent some time on the stage appearing in dancing acts prior to entering the field of dancing instruction