| BBB: Traveling youth sales crews pose danger, scams
This is the time of year when traveling youth sales crews go door to door, peddling everything from magazines to chocolate bars. They feed you stories about how you can help them avoid inner city troubles or how you can help them through college by buying their product, the Better Business Bureau says. Some consumers have reported troubling experiences once they've allowed the sales crew into their home. Cases of robbery, assault or worse have been reported. Consumers have also complained about not receiving the magazines or products ordered, nonreceipt of refunds, and incomplete receipts that make canceling the orders impossible. Often, the sales crew themselves are in harm's way. Various news media have reported abusive treatment of young sales crews. Minors report having been sexually harassed and physically assaulted, and some have been left stranded with no means of transportation home.
You're invited to witness `Dearly Beloved'
The last production of the season by the Little Theater of Gastonia, 238 Clay St., will be "Dearly Beloved." See what happens when a "Gone with the Wind"-themed wedding goes terribly off course: 8 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday. Admission is $12 adults and $10 seniors and students. Details: 704-865-0160; www.littletheatergastonia.org. Dance theater summer classes The School of Gaston Dance Theatre is offering summer classes. Beginning Monday, the school will hold "Taste of the Arts," a partnership with the Gaston School of the Arts. The five-day program will give children ages 3-5 a sampling of art, drama, music and dance. Cost is $85.Creative Dance and Movement classes will be for children ages 3-5 and 6-9. Students will learn a basic ballet warm-up, traveling steps and introductory ballet moves.
Royal NZ Ballet Donates Costumes To Dowse
The Royal New Zealand Ballet gifts The New Dowse with over 200 designs by internationally acclaimed designer Kristian Fredrikson. TheNewDowse and the Royal New Zealand Ballet are working in partnership to preserve our national design heritage by ensuring the conservation of some of New Zealand’s most prized ballet costumes by the late Kristian Fredrikson. Several costumes and a significant archive of drawings have been gifted to TheNewDowse in Fredrikson’s memory by The Royal New Zealand Ballet and Kristian’s brother James Sams. .
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