DANCING THROUGH THE AGES.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
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Contraction of would not. wouldn't would not wouldn't would let her have back in 1925 when she was 10. ``Who would have thought at my age I'd I'd 1. Contraction of I had. 2. Contraction of I would. I'd I had or I would I'd have ~would be having so much fun?'' said the 90-year-old West Hills great-grandmother, laughing as she slipped on her tap shoes, and giving her 7-year-old great-granddaughter, Caitlyn Gold-Litzenberger, a wink A short control signal in telephony operations. It can be a single pulse, a brief interruption of a continuous tone, a change of bits or a change in polarity of the signal. For example, a momentary interruption (the wink) of a continuous, single-frequency tone is a signal that the . They're a duo over at the 5-6-7-8 Dance Company in West Hills every Friday afternoon - Helen and Caitlyn. The great-grandmother/great-granddaughter tap-dancing team. ``When I learned they were taking lessons together I thought it was the greatest thing,'' said studio owner Holly Dipoma. ``This is a first for us.'' It was a big day for the duo last week. Helen's doctor had signed off on increasing the lessons to a full 60 minutes after Helen complained she wasn't even able to work up a good sweat during a half-hour session. ``Great-grandma's really fast and good,'' Caitlyn says, watching Helen work on a few Shirley Temple steps with dance instructor Danielle Peig. ``She never gets tired.'' When you've been waiting 80 years to strut your stuff, why would you? Helen says. It was about a month ago that the retired schoolteacher - still living on her own in a mobile home park - decided she wanted to add a little excitement to her life. All she needed was someone to have it with. ``I'm thinking of taking tap-dancing lessons,'' she told Caitlyn. ``Would you take them with me?'' ``Sure,'' responded her great-granddaughter, who's been taking dance lessons - but not tap - for about four years. Most kids who are lucky enough to still have a great-grandparent have to visit them in a retirement facility. Caitlyn visits with her great-grandmother every week in a dance studio. Selina Litzenberger says her daughter and grandmother have always been close. ``Caitlyn calls her every day to make sure she takes her pills and is doing OK,'' she said. ``They go out at least once or twice a week with my mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. for dinner at Dennys, so it didn't surprise me that they'd be doing something like this together.'' It didn't surprise the family, but it seems to have surprised just about everyone else, says Kathy Litzenberger, Helen's daughter and Caitlyn's grandmother. ``Everyone we tell thinks it's so unusual and wonderful what they're doing together, and it is. But to us it's just Caitlyn and my mom being great friends.'' The dancing lessons have energized her mom, Kathy says. For awhile a·while adv. For a short time. Usage Note: Awhile, an adverb, is never preceded by a preposition such as for, but the two-word form a while may be preceded by a preposition. , her mom just wanted to sleep all day. Now she can't wait for Fridays. Helen never did get a straight answer from her own mother on why she wouldn't let her take tap-dancing lessons as a kid back in 1925. ``She let me play the sax, but not tap dance,'' she says, taking a quick break from working on her shuffles. ``I was an only child, and maybe my mother thought somehow tap dancing would take me away from her and the home. I just don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. .'' Whatever, it's old news. She's tap dancing now and making every minute count because they've got a big show coming up. It isn't until next June 25, when the dance studio will have its annual recital Recital - dBASE-like language and DBMS from Recital Corporation. Versions include Vax VMS. at the Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. Civic Plaza. There will be about 50 dance routines performed, including one first: The great-grandmother/granddaughter duo making their first public appearance. Dennis McCarthy, (818) 713-3749 dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2) Helen Clark, 90, of West Hills, takes a tap-dancing lesson with her 7-year-old great-granddaughter, Caitlyn Gold-Litzenberger, from instructor Danielle Peig, above. The great-grandmother/great-granddaughter duo are set to make their first public appearance at a dance studio recital next year. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News |
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