Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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The center of attention Lisa stands center stage performing to Oki Time Rock ond Roll' in tho Carna- tion Ptaza at Disneyland. She is wearing kneepods for this particular routine be- cause she does a fall that is rough on her knees. One thing dancing has done is give me bod knees. But its nothing seri- ous. Photo provided by Lisa Rivera. Wh ien you wish upon a star, it may make a difference who you are. On stage in Disneyland, Lisa Rivera was, for half an hour, . . . A STAR IN THE NODOM o make Lisa Rivera's dream come true, she had to show some real talent. For the last three of the fif- teen years Lisa has been dancing she has been with the San lose Dance Academy. Lisa says that she has learned more at San Jose Dance Academy than she had learned the entire time she has been dancing. In addition to the three nights a week she spends at the dance studio, Lisa also has the responsibility of learning all the varsity song girl routines which makes for a very demanding schedule. San Jose Dance Academy has recitals every June in addition to the many performances they take part in at fairs and state and na- tional talent competitions, but Lisa says that her favorite performance was just this last summer. A Dis- neyland talent agent who had seen the group perform earlier in- vited the academy to submit an audition tape to him and if he People I 14 L liked what he saw, they would be selected as one of the 100 groups from all over the country to per- form at Disneyland that upcoming summer. So the tape was made and San Jose Dance Academy was chosen to perform at the Car- nation Plaza at Disneyland for one half hour on August 21, 1987. I was nervous, but it was great, says Lisa. November 1987, at the County competition, Lisa's group took two grand places; one was a jazz rou- tine and the other was a can can routine which they used in an- other production audition like the one that led to the performance at Disneyland. In addition to these awards, Lisa took second place in the solo she did and first place in the duet she was in. Lisa says she will be trying for a scholarship to San Jose State for next fall and will hopefully be- come a professional dancer. By Heather Conley.

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Mike Rabi no finishes his breakfast on his way into Glen Oaks Tennis and Swim Club. When 1 get out of my Corvott at six o'clock in the morning I think of all the kids I'm going to teach. Photo by Miko McMahon No, he's not an every day person, he's Mike Rubino, a swim instructor MAKING A SPLASH magme teaching a child or a thir- ty-five year old adult how to swim. Well Mike Rubino, a senior, teaches swimming to all ages at Glen Oaks Tennis and Swim Club during the summer. Mike re- ceived a swim instructors certifi- cate after taking twenty hours of intensive training on instructing people of all ages how to swim. He also took seven hours of C.P.R. and three months of lifesaving be- fore he was allowed to teach peo- ple to swim. Mike taught mostly pre-school children who are the toughest age group to teach how to swim. The children are divided into groups according to their age and their ability to swim. The first step in getting a child to swim is to get his face wet. This is the most difficult step in teaching someone to swim because it cuts off all of the senses, stated Mike. There are always the kids that just refuse to learn so you have to show them who's the boss and make them want to swim! expressed Mike. Mike taught both public and private lessons. His public classes had about four to six students and there was not the personalized at- tention for each child that Mike would have liked. In his private classes there was only one child per teacher and the child re- ceived much more knowledge about the water. “I like smaller classes because I get to know the kid's better and faster! , Mike said enthusiastically. Donna Evans, his girlfriend, said, Mike is a wonderful teacher and is wonderful with kid's. Mike plans to teach swimming lessons next summer while he attends school at San lose State Universi- ty. By Mike McMahon Somors ] [47

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