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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 1-25-10

Good morning,

It’s likely to be a snowy day today, with little or no accumulation, and a high of about 32 degrees.

There’s no school today.

But there is dancing, probably, somewhere in the city: unplanned, unscheduled, unsupervised, and unregulated.

One could not say the same, on January 25th, 1932 in nearby Janesville, as the Wisconsin Historical Society recalls:

1932 – Janesville Prohibits Sunday Dancing

On this date the Janesville council deadlocked, 3-3, on an ordinance that would have permitted public dancing on Sundays. [Source: Janesville Gazette]

Here’s a video, from 2006, of dancers having fun at a jitterbug camp:

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht5d8zSYbYA

They’re having a great time. The sky hasn’t fallen. On the contrary — we’re better for it.

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