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3441
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Community Crossover, a project of the American Dance Festival teaches dancers the techniques of how to bridge the gap between the art world and the real world. Dance class sites have included a psychiatric ward, a jail, and a children's camp.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 15 Issue 31, July 1997,
p19-20, il
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8863
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North Carolina's longest running dance, the Carolina Dance Society's annual Spring German, has been taking place at Raynor's Warehouse in Rocky Mount since 1870. Blackburn recounts the history of the dance. The german was a two-step dance with a leader who goes at the head of its intricate figures. The dance was the social event of the region and attracted hundreds to the warehouse where it was held, some from as far away as Atlanta and Houston.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 12, May 2007,
p136-138, 140, 142-143, il
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27917
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Dancing played a significant role in New Bern social activities during the late eighteenth-century. Dancing assemblies and balls were commonplace events during the winter seasons, and dancing schools were held by various itinerant dancing masters during the last two decades of the century.
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Journal of the New Bern Historical Society
(NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Nov 1992,
p3-15, bibl
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33675
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The Carolinas went wild over the Big Apple dance in the summer of 1937, and has spread to New York and other parts of the country. When the Roxy Theater in New York called for dancers, Charlotte held a dance contest to send the top four to the showcase.
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