It's July 3 again

[luscious_purple]

It's July 3, a big anniversary in my book, and not *just* because I started my LiveJournal 15 years ago today.

Seventy years ago today, this happened:



I think my parents looked nice on their wedding day, don't you?

Also, it makes two years today since I danced in the big Šokių Šventė in Baltimore. Here's a photo of our "seniors/veterans" group, taken the morning of the festival:



Right now a subset of my Malunas friends are in Lithuania for the Centenary Song Celebration (which also includes dancing and instrumental music and displays of tangible folk arts). I really wish I could be there, but I lack both money (duh!) and a steady male partner (I kept getting shifted around during rehearsals for the 2016 festival, and mostly I got put with a bowlegged guy who kept dropping hints that he'd like me to become his fourth wife). I hope I can get back into Lithuanian folk dancing in time for the 2020 Šokių Šventė in Philadelphia.

Comments

[anita_margarita]

I love old wedding photos like that! So beautiful.

Are you in the photo of the dance group?

[luscious_purple]

I am in the front row, second from right, in the black vest with the yellowish sash. The bowlegged guy is standing behind me on the far right, though the legs of his pants are baggy enough that you can't see the shape of his legs. He quit dancing after the 2016 festival.