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will miss Sidney Levy, but the
sweetness of his memory and the
beauty of his life will remain
among us always.
“The simple graveside services,
conducted by Rabbi Eugene Blach-
schleger of Temple Beth-Or, deep
ly moved the hearts of the sor
rowing friends gathered around
the kindly man’s last resting place;
and the words of Roselle Mercier,
Montgomery, in her touching poem
“On The Death of An Aged
Friend," so feelingly read by the
good Rabbi touched all hearts:
“You are not dead - Life has but
set you free!
Your years of life were like a
lovely song.
The last sweet poignant note of
which, held long,
Passed into silence while we
listened, we
Who loved you, listened still
expectantly!
And we about you whom you
moved among
Would feel that grief for you
were surely wrong
You have passed beyond where
we can see.
For us who knew you, dread of
age is past!
You took life, tiptoe, to the very
last;
It never lost for you its lovely
look;
You kept your interest in its
thrilling book;
To you Death came no conqueror:
in the end -
You merely smiled to greet
another friend.”
Dance,
Housewife Dance....
Ida Borochoff Had Three Daughters
Before She Took Up Ballet
by JANICE ROTHSCHILD
Ida Borochoff is a young house
wife who intends to get the most
out of life, and give happiness to
others while she is doing it. To
her, the greatest joy outside of her
home and family is dancing. It has
always been so, but until five years
ago her ventures in this direction
were confined to charity shows and
the ballroom floor.
Lynn, the eldest of her three
daughters, was studying at the At
lanta School of Ballet, and when
Ida observed her class on the
mothers “watching days,” that was
the straw that broke the camel’s
back. “I just drooled, I was so
anxious to get up there and dance
with her.” Ida reminisced. Upon in
quiring, she learned that it was
quite possible for her to get up
there and do it, and that was when
she signed up for adult classes in
beginner’s ballet.
By the following fall Ida’s en
thusiasm had soared so that she
entered several classes a week. The
more she worked the more eager she
became, and before long she was
taking eight or nine classes a week,
as many as her free time would
permit. And what do we mean by
“free time?” Ida explains, All of
us find free time for something.
Just as some girls like to play
cards and others like to read a lot,
I like to dance.”
Ida soon found that unlike read
ing or card playing ballet included
many differing facets of learning,
one of which was a knowledge of
French. Her first purchase after
the leotards and tights was a French
dictionary. Once translated the bal
let terms became easier to remem
ber and she could learn more rapid
ly.
Getting on her toes for the first
time was an experience she ex
pects never to forget. After trying
unsuccessfully for what seemed like
hours, she asked in desperation,
“How on earth do you get up
there?” The reply was simple.
“Just plie* and push,” she was
told. But it didn’t seem so simple
at the time.
In the spring of 1952, just a
little over a year after she began
studying, Ida tried out for the At
lanta Civic Ballet Group, predeces
sor of today’s Apprentice Company.
She was accepted. Working with
this group, which is directed by
Merrilee Smith and Marie Ellen
Roberts, she took part in the four
public school performances which
the Civic Ballet sponsors annually
in cooperation with the A.C.E. Af
ter having watched these programs
with her children, it was quite an
experience for her to be on the
other side of the curtain.
The following spring Ida tried
out for the Atlanta Civic Ballet.
Again she was accepted, this after
two and a half years of concentrated
study. “But I’m still concentrating,”
she hastily adds. “As a matter of
fact, I’m concentrating more than
ever now that I belong to the Civic
Ballet.” As a member of the com
pany, Ida has to devote at least
six hours a week to rehearsals, be
on hand for all performances
(some of which are out-of-town),
and continue classwork and private
practice.
Soon after Ida joined the Civic
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