{"id":367,"date":"2009-05-02T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/abingdon2007\/2009\/05\/02\/international-dance-day-2009\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T16:47:00","slug":"international-dance-day-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"International Dance Day &#8211; 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09050206.jpg\" \/><br \/>On the Market Place today Abingdon Town Council hosted the second International Dance Day. It began with that most English of dance groups: the Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09050209.jpg\" \/><br \/>There followed Irish dancing &#8230;<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09050202.jpg\" \/><br \/>Then came a Spanish influence with Flamenco<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09050212.jpg\" \/><br \/>The weather was good and there was a good crowd.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09050215.jpg\" \/><br \/>Next, from Turkey, Belly Dancing<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag09\/09050216.jpg\" \/><br \/>And finally to the Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>All these dance groups are local to Abingdon or Oxford, and they are all looking for nice people to join them. And there is more dancing next Saturday when the Mr Hemmings Traditional Abingdon Morris Dancers, with invited guest teams, will be dancing round town, and at the Market Place from about 2 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the Market Place today Abingdon Town Council hosted the second International Dance Day. It began with that most English of dance groups: the Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers.There followed Irish dancing &#8230;Then came a Spanish influence with FlamencoThe weather was good and there was a good crowd.Next, from Turkey, Belly DancingAnd finally to the Balkans. 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