Sue Hulsether, a dance caller and folk dance instructor from Viroqua, spent May 10-12 as a a Folk Dance Artist in Residence at Southern Bluffs Elementary School. Her work with students was paid for through a $1,005 grant from the La Crosse Public Education Foundation, obtained by music teacher Jill Schams.
Here is a gallery of photos featuring 2nd-graders.
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- 2nd-graders Rylee Danielson and Jazzlyn Pate spin around the dance floor.
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- As part of her instruction, Sue Hulsether encourages dance partners to look each other in the eyes, as 2nd-graders Jazzlyn Pate and Rylee Danielson demonstrate.
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- 2nd-graders Jazzlyn Pate and Rylee Danielson enjoyed the folk dance lessons
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- Among 2nd-graders learning folk dance techniques were: Aaron Buley, Thomas Marlowe and Tayton Larson.
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- Hannah Johnson and Carly Bendel move back and forth between the lines.
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- Maddie Fergot, front, dances along to the call from Sue Hulsether — as does music teacher Jill Schams.
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- Kara Buehrle makes her way through the tunnel.
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- Maddie Fergot and Katie Seiler come through the tunnel of fellow students.
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- Maddie Fergot and Katie Seiler move up and down the line.
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- Sue Hulsether, left, with Logan Sauter, Jazzlyn Pate and Briana Thomas-Sanders.
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- Sue Hulsether demonstrates the swing with help from student Rylee Danielson.
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- Student Paige Mendiola helps Sue Hulsether demonstrate the do-si-do.
