| Show Spencer Kimball former President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had this to say about dancing The properly conducted dancing party can beblessing It provides opportunity to spendpleasant evening with many people to the accompaniment of music It can create and develop friendships which will be treasured in later years Alternatively it can becomerestricting experience Well-ordered dances provide favorable places pleasing times and auspicious circumstances in which to meet new They people and to enlarge circles of friends can be an open door to happiness In an evening of pleasurable become dancing acquainted There are and with many conversation many accounts one splendid of the folk can pioneers as they crossed the plains setting up camps and dancing at eventide They danced to ease their cares and sorrows and to change the monotony of their daily travels After they reached their destination in the valley of the mountains they soon foundplace to dance together As they moved out into the territory to establish homes and communities dancing became an accepted way of life Arriving in Sanpete the idea of dancing continued in their own homes bowery their folks Always or their schoolhouses meetinghouses have danced for fun and asmeans of relaxation and self-expression Thus we have gone from pioneer times with their circle dances to today rock and roll Manti History tells soon as they found the upper floor of House closed the built 1854 stairway was reached the first by real an outside dance hall Manti in en in settlement Eunice told in us that the settlers danced as suitable locations In Manti their oolite stone City Council 1860s about She Ann the Brown dances said The Munk in the large 17 born in Council upstairs House in room was 1851 the |
