Elizabethton teen heads to prestigious Pennsylvania ballet program

Elizabethton teen heads to prestigious Pennsylvania ballet program

By Paula Augustine Next week, 14-year-old Abigail Hallman will move 500 miles from home to start high school in a state she has never lived in and study ballet as a pre-professional student — and she feels ready. The rising freshman, who loves dance, has been accepted into the yearlong program at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (CPYB) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, one of the country’s most respected pre-professional ballet training schools. The i…