Grab your partner
She issues an invitation to dance off Thanksgiving turkey at 7:30 p.m. Friday rather than the normal Thursday session of the Fermilab International Folk Dancing group, which meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Fermilab's Kuhn Barn on Sauk Boulevard, north on Batavia Road in Fermilab's Village.
Newfield also meets with the Silk and Thistle Scottish country dancers from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays and the English country dancers from 2 to 5 p.m. the first Sunday of the month at the barn.
Newcomers are welcome for all these groups and no partners are needed. For details, visit www.fnal.gov/orgs/folkclub/folkdance.html or call (630) 584-0825.
Edison Middle School students Elise Mirabella, from left, Kinsey White and Sophia Bello learn French and Canadian folk dances during a class with Mady Newfield at the Wheaton school.
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Jessica Curry, left, and her partner, Kate Bruce, come under the bridge of arms during a session of folk dancing for 39 French students at Edison Middle School in Wheaton.
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