<P>Hometown hero: Jay Franke returns for Dallas Dance Gathering.<P><BR>'Dancing Machine - Homecoming for Washington alumni.' By Annabelle Massey Helber<P> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>What was missing from Fame is what comes after such an enriching, arguably unrealistic, four years of immersion in such a singularly focused environment. You can get a pretty good impression about that every year in Dallas when Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts holds its annual Dallas Dance Gathering. Some successful and some up-and-coming American dancers got their start at Dallas' arts magnet, which was created in 1976 and is still located deep in the Arts District downtown.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><A HREF="http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-01-18/calendar.html" TARGET=_blank><B>more</B></A>