BALLANTYNE | feature
Above: Energy and color fll the stage in this scene from the musical.
Below: At the dress rehearsal in Charlotte, the principal cast joined the local cast for a big number.
The performers
embarked on a fve-city tour that
culminated last July in Charlotte.
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Photo
by
Mary-Alice
Warren
Photo
by
Lee
Tonks
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12-year-old Chloe Allen,
daughter of Ballantyne
residents Hugh and Natalie
Allen. "It was a big moment
in my life," says the seventh
grader at Holy Trinity
Middle School. "It was a
lot of hard work, but it
was a great experience."
Chloe's mother, Natalie,
says her daughter started
dancing at 3, when the family
still lived in Cary, N.C. Chloe's
desire to pursue some form
of creative expression runs in
the family. Natalie explains
that her mother was a music
teacher and had a passion
for the arts, particularly
painting and drawing.
Chloe's interest in dance
intensified when the family