{"id":38732,"date":"2013-06-08T00:09:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-08T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=38732"},"modified":"2013-06-08T00:09:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-08T07:09:12","slug":"dancers-of-lindsborg-kansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/38732","title":{"rendered":"Dancers of Lindsborg, Kansas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tWhile in Lindsborg, Kansas, we watched a group of local high school students perform traditional Swedish dances in the local park.<\/p>\n

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Talk about a unique high school sport! Each year, the students travel to a new state and perform in a culminating show to raise money for a final trip they will take as seniors to Sweden.<\/p>\n

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The dances were really awesome and ranged from a sword dance (performed by the young men) to a sort of musical chairs, where an uneven number of dancers had to grab a partner, leaving one out. There was also a humorous “odd couple” dance (as seen below) and a dance imitating the act of weaving.<\/p>\n

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The best was when a male dancer picks up two women, one on each side, and swings them around until their feet come off the ground. How they do this without getting dizzy, I’m still trying to figure out!<\/p>\n

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Their costumes each hold lots of cultural significance and oftentimes included imported materials and were styled after a location in Sweden. They\u00a0were passed down from family members or a previous dancer. There is also an adult dancing group that is active in the area.<\/p>\n

I was just dying<\/em> over the\u00a0aprons on the front of each!<\/p>\n

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And, of course, all of the ladies attending the Farmgirls on the Loose event <\/a>came to watch.<\/p>\n

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