TINY DANCERS

Sydney Bates, 5, (left) in her first year at Tap' N' Toe performs during the dance studio's 40th anniversary performance Saturday. Sydney is the daughter of Amy and Andy Bates. Theresa Burkett, owner and operator of Tap' N' Toe said she has students from four years old to adult learning ballet, tap and jazz. Burkett is a life long resident of Kilgore and is very proud of what her students have accomplished. Above, in dance routine called "Shhhhh," dancers (front row left to right) Kara McKinnon, Tiffany McGilvry, Rachel Clower and Katie Slaytor, (back row left to right) Ashlyn Smith and Emily Allen perform .

News Herald photo by LESTER MURRAY