Grebel Dance student Dana
Stehr
was the 2006 recipient
of the Ted Haddin Scholarship.  
She attended the Universal
Ballet Academy in Washington,
D.C. in 2005-06 on a
scholarship. Her teacher was
Angelina Armaenskaya.  She
will be attending the Stevan
Grebel Center for Dance this
summer and in the fall.   
Dancers help out Parisian
Riverchase for
Carla Fracci
Fragrance
promo at the Wynfrey
Fragrance Fair.
 Natalie Ausborn,
Samantha Sundsted, Debbie
Grebel, Pepper Hanna, Morgan
Sellers, Haley Ingrum, Anna-Laura
Bergmann, and Hannah Pratt.  
Nov. 11, 2004.
Carla Fracci Event
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Jesse Clopton &
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Grebel Dance student Vivian
Delchamps
’10 will to travel
to Europe as a Student
Ambassador with People to People
for three weeks and then
live with a family in Serbia studying
ballet.  She will study with the
Grebel Ballet Workshop in Novi-
Sad after.  She studied with Dmitri
Roudnev at the Ballet Moscow
Intensive in Illinois summer 'o6, and
also with
 Grebel Dance at the
2006 Summer Intensive. She
attends Indian Springs
Baccalaureate High School., and
will be a People to People
Ambassador to Europe in summer
'07, as well as study with Grebel
Workshops in Novi-Sad, Serbia.
Anna-Laura Bergmann
Grebel Dance student
Anna-Laura Bergmann is a
graduate of the Alabama School of
Fine Arts.  
 She is now attending
Birmingham-Southern College.  
The Grebels visited the Novi-Sad
Ballet School recently in Stevan's
home town.  Dobrila Novkov
teaches the graduating class of the
Russian-based school.  Stevan
Grebel began his dance studies in
this studio.
Raquel Martin, Samantha
Sundsted, Haley Ingrum, and
Dana Stehr competed in the

Russian Point
e's National Youth
Ballet Competition, at Boca
Raton, Florida, on October 24,
2004.  Prizes award to Grebel
Dance students were:
Bronze - Haley Ingrum
Silver - Dana Stehr
The one day event was a very
positive experience for all of
our students.  The classes
were taught by
Dmitri Roudnev
of the Dmitri Roudnev School
and Youth Ballet of
Chicago
.and the Ballet
Intensive from Moscow.
Chris Fellows Master Class
Grebel Dance students
attended a Master Class with
Christopher Fellows, of the
Milwaukee Ballet, to begin the
new year in 2005.  Chris was
formerly with the
Alabama
Ballet
.  Students attending:  
Vivian Delchamps, Samantha
Sundsted, Anna-Laura
Bergmann, Pepper Hanna,
Dana Stehr, Raquel Martin,
Madeline Faulk,  and Haley
Ingrum
.
Vestavia Hills Christmas Parade,
2006
- Students of Grebel Dance
presented 'Clara & the Nutcracker,'
A
melia Self & Jakob Icimsoy
, in a
1934 Mercedes -  owner
Jim
Russel
l, pulled by 'tiny reindeer,'
Olivia Self & Caroline Ritchie.  
Katie Sundsted
as Chinese.  Also
in the parade:
Audra Reagan &
Harper Curry as Spanish, Elsie
Ritchie
as Polichinelle,  Eleanor
Self
as Chinese.
Grebel Dance students with
UB Academy director Madame
Vinogradova.
Grebel Dance students enjoy master
classes with Dmitri Roudnev.
Grebel Dance students Samantha
Sundsted, Haley Ingrum, with
teacher Angelina Armeaskaya of the
Universal Ballet Academy, and
featured student in the Princess
Grace of Monaco's film of "The
Children of Theatre Street."   Dana
Stehr, Mary Grace Helton, and
Anna-Laura Bergman
at the Rotaru
International Ballet School in Atlanta.  
All five girls auditioned and have
received letters of acceptance into the
Universal Ballet Academy's summer
program, 2005.
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Bobby and Judy Hayes
pose with Jesse Clopton
after the Alabama Youth
Ballet's performance of
"The Nutcracker 2006."
Novi-Sad Ballet School
Russian Pointe
Pelham's two most famous Mother
Gingers - Pelham Fire Chief Gary
Waters, 2006, and Mayor Bobby
Hayes, 2005, pose on stage for a
picture.
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We  congratulate
Chandler Champion a  
student at Grebel Dance.   
Amanda was recently
awarded 1st place and
Chandler was awarded 4th
in the Miss Alabama
Outstanding Teen
pageant, a division of the
Miss America system. She
won evening wear and a
one year scholarship.  The
competition included 37
teens from around the
state competing for
scholarship money.
Pageant categories of
competition consisted of
talent, fitness, evening
wear, interview, and
on-stage questions.
Amanda also won
preliminary awards in
talent and evening wear.
Ted Haddin, retired English professor
from UAB, and ballet/arts cultural
impresario, poses with scholarship
recipient Rebekah Harris.  Mr. Haddin
is the philanthropist for the
Grebel
Dance- Haddin Scholarship
, a
program for exceptional students of
classical ballet.   Rebekah received a
full scholarship to the Stevan Grebel
Center for Dance for the Dmitri
Roudnev Master Class Weekend.  
Rebekah is the daughter of Jack
and Shelley Harris of Homewood
.
Jakob Icimsoy , the 2006
Nutcracker Prince, at the
Vestavia Hills Christmas Parade;
and Katie Sundsted with the
Grebel Dance parade car.
Zeki Icimsoy is a
home-schooler and attends
Grebel Dance.  HIs father, Sukru
played the Burgemeister in
"Coppelia."   
Audrey Henson is
a student at Riverchase Middle
School and also competes in
ice-skating at Pelham Civic
Complex.
Grebel Dance student Haley
Ingrum
attended the ABT
Summer Dance Camp in New
York this summer.  She has
received scholarships and
acceptances to
Universal
Ballet, ABT, Philadanco,
ADT, Washington Ballet,
Birmingham-Southern
College, and Alabama Ballet.
She  attended the Universal
Ballet Academy in
Washington, D.C. in summer
2005 (formerly the Kirov
Academy) and was offered a
scholarship to attend
during the 2005-06 school
year.   She also attended
the Stevan Grebel Center
for Dance Summer
Intensive.  
Christine McBride is a
student at JCIB and takes
regular classes as well as
private coaching from
Stevan Grebel.  She has
been accepted to various
summer dance programs
including ABT, Joffrey, Kirov
Academy, Alabama Ballet and
others.
Amelia Self, Eleanor Self and
Audra Reagan perform with Grebel
Dance for the 2006 Southern
Women's Show at the BjCC.
Grebel Dance
student Rebecca
Rhone of
Alabaster, a junior
at Thompson High
School, will be
studying this
summer at Ballet
Hawaii.
Raquel Martin, a student
of Huntington College and
has studied with the
Grebels for over 10 years.
Raquel is fulfilling her
desire to finish her college
education before she
takes on her professional
career in dance.
Jordan Sizemore is on the dance
team at Hoover High School and is
a member of the Alabama Youth
Ballet.  She is the third recipient of
the Ted Haddin Scholarship.
Laura Ann Brown, of Gadsden,
studies at Grebel Dance.  She
teaches liturgical dance in
Gadsden.  Laura Ann is a
homeschooler and was the state
champion of the National
Spelling Bee last year.
Harper Curry attends Berry
Middle School and is a
member of the Alabama
Youth Ballet Company.  She
also sings in the school
concert choir.
Elizabeth Archer is a
home-schooler and also
dances with the Alabama
Youth Ballet Company.