Adolph and Marie (my Grandma and Grandpa) loved to
dance. Grandma who grew up in Denmark told my sister Brenda that
her mother (Lovise) taught all 12 of her children to dance.
My uncle Kenneth remembers going with Marie and Adolph to
dances at the IOOF Hall in Aurelia (1939 -1945). When the night got late he would lie on the
pile of coats and go to sleep. Uncle
Kenny would have been about 8-12 years old.
Often his mom would take him to the dance floor and teach him to dance.
Later his ability to dance served Uncle Kenny well. He met Aunt Evie at Iowa State University and
asked her to a dance at the Union. They
took to the dance floor and she walked off!
Uncle Ken didn’t give up and took her to the ValAire in Des Moines. There he took her off to the side and taught her
some dance steps and she loved it. And
they have been dancing ever since.
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