IT’S SAFE TO SAY SHE LEAVES QUITE AN IMPRESSION.
BATH DRAWS LOCS ALFROM ACROSS THE REGION, NO MATTER THE
SEASON.
>> WE AREUR O OWN COMMUNITY AND WE ARE HERE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVED IN BATH AND OUR SUOURRNDING AREAS.
ONE YEARLY ATTRACTION THE BATH HERITAGE DAYS AND MUSIC
FESTIVALS HELD EVERY JULY FOR A HUGE EVENT LIKE THIS IT’S ALL
HANDS ON DECK TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE.
>> AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE FEEL METISOMES LIKE THEY
CAN COMMIT C ARIME.
HERE, YOU ARE GOING TO RUN INTO PEOPLE AND BE RELATED TO
SOMEBODY, THEY WILL BE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
>> SHE IS A CRIME AND DATA ANALYST FOR THE BATH POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
>> ONE OF THE LARGEST THINGS WE DO IS TRY TO PROVIDE RESOURCES
TO PEOPLE BEFORE TNGHIS CRUMBLE FOR THEM.
ALTHOUGH VALIDATION CHECKS WORKED OUT.
>> SHE GREW UP IN THE AREA, MOVED TO TEXAS, AND WKOR THAT
CORPORATE SECURITY AT COMPANIES LIKE APPLE BUT ALWAYS KNEW SHE
WOULD EVENTUALLY MOVBAE CK HOME.
ANDET G BACK TO DOING WHAT SHE LOVES.
SHE IS NOT ONLY A CREIM BUSTER, SHE CAN ALSO BUST A MOVE.
>> I DANCE BALLET, JAZZ, TAP, MODERN.
WHEN I FIRST WENT TO MILITARY SCHOOL THEY WERE THINKING THIS
ISN’T HARDER THAN DANCE, DANCE IS DETAIL ORNTIEED WHERE THERE
ARE A LOT OF PATTERNS AND COMPLICATED STEPS YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER QUICKLY.
SOMETIMES MY DANCE TEACHER WOULD ONLY SHOW ME ONCE AND EXPECT ME
TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP ON THAT PATTN >> NOW TAKE THIS ONE.
>> HOW ABOUT THAT DANCE TEACHER.
IT’S AN UNDERSTATEMTEN TO SAY SHE IS A LOCAL LEGEND.
IT SEEMS EVERYONE TOOK DANCE LESSONS FROM PIE, EVEN THE CITY
COLCI CHAIR.
>> SHE WAS MY DANCING TEACHER FOR SEVERAL YEARSHEN W I WAS A
D KIAND SHE WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN I HAD EVER SEEN.
>> IN 1955 SHE BEGAN TEACHING IN THE VERY STUDIO WHERE SHE FIRST
LEARNED TO DANCET AGE 18 MONTHS.
>> YOU SPENT YOUR WHOLE LIFE HERE
.>> CHARLOTTE WAS MY TEACHER, AN SHEAS W A GREAT PERSON, I LOVED
HER.
ATEV SEN YEARS OLD I WOULD SIT THERE AND CRY AND MY FUTURE
WOULD COME OVER AND S "FAYE, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
?"AND I WOULD SAY YOU WON’T LET TEACH AND I KNOW I CAN TEACH
THOSE KIDS IF YOU WOULD LET ME.
>> THE YNGOU DANCER TAUGHT HER FIRST CLASS AT 10 YEARS OLD.
WHEN SHE WAS 14 HER TEACHER DELIVERED BIG NEWS.
>> SHE SAID I’M GOING TO TURN M SCHOOL OTOVE YOU, AND IT’S
GOING TO BE ALL YEARS.
AND SHE ONLY HAD 39 STUDENTS.
AND IN FIVE YEARS I BUILT IT UP TO 300.
AND I KEPT 300 STUDENTS AND MORE FOR MANY MANY YEARS.
>> GOOD JOB.
♪ SHE CALLS ALL OF HER STUDENTS
HER KIDS, NO MATTER TIRHE AGE, JUST HOW MANY KIDS HAS SHE
TAUGHT OVER THE YEARS?
>> THOUSANDS, 75,000.
I STOPPED COUNTING 15 YEARS AGO.
>> NOT TO MANSON --OT T NO MENTION ANALNU RECALIT AND
SPONTANEOUS LESSONS WITH TELEVISION REPORTERS.
>> THIS AIS PLACE WHERE YOU WALK IN AND YOU DANC UP.
IF YOU DON’T, SOMETHING IS WRONG.
>> ERIC OF THE DANCER.
WE ARE SAD TO SAY THAT AFTER AN AMAZING 65 YEARS SPENT TEACHING
DANCERS FAYE FINALLY MADE THE DECISION TO SELL HER DANCE
STUDIO.
SHE TOLD THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER SHE HAD BEEN CONSIDERING SALE AND
WHEN THE PANDEMIC STRUCK AND SHE HADO T TOP -- STOP TEACHING IT
SEALED THE DEAL.
THE BUYERS OFHE T BUILDING PLAN TO
RENOVATE THE FACILITY BUT WANT TO MAINTAIN AND AS A CENTER
FOR THE ARTS.
YEFA IS HOPING TO TEACH A DANCE CLASS AT THE LOCAL S