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years,
still
pro
du
c
i
n
g
u
sea
b
le
b
a
rk.
T
h
e
spr
i
ng
y surface was
m
u
ch
k
in
d
er
on
l
e
gs
and
b
acks,
a
nd Lena
felt she
o
w
e
d
t
h
is
to her
e
m
plo
y
ees.
In a
dd
itio
n
,
t
h
e fl
o
o
ring
was n
o
ise
resista
n
t,
antialler
g
e
n
ic
and
v
e
ry
d
u
ra
b
le. Of
cour
s
e,
t
h
ere was
the
be
a
u
ty of it.
C
h
a
,
it
is
b
e
au
tif
u
l
,
Sonny exclai
m
ed
to
hi
m
self,
A
truly
breat
h
- t
a
king displ
a
y
,
he
m
u
sed,
h
i
s
e
y
es
roa
m
i
ng
t
h
e
m
a
i
n
f
lo
o
r
w
it
h
it
s poli
s
hed ch
e
r
ry
,
gl
o
wi
n
g
cat
l
inite lighti
n
g,
a
n
d glea
m
ing
c
o
r
k fl
o
o
r
i
n
g
.
Leavi
n
g
t
h
e
s
tation,
an
d
t
u
rn
i
n
g
to
his
ri
g
h
t,
So
nny gave his attention
t
o
the
opposite
w
a
ll of the
first
floor
s
p
ace.
On
the
so
uth
wall
was
an
arena
b
i
g
en
o
ug
h
f
o
r
a
s
m
al
l
b
a
n
d
o
r
a single
Native
A
m
erican
Dancer.
Bes
i
de
the
d
a
ncing
area
was
a
large
c
a
n
ce
g
a.
Tra
d
itio
n
ally
called

T
h
e
Dr
u
m
,”
it
wo
u
ld
pro
v
ide
m
u
sic
f
o
r
the
danc
e
rs:
t
h
e
h
eart
b
eat
o
f
Th
e
Pe
o
p
l
e,
T
h
e
D
r
um
wou
l
d
b
e
at
t
end
e
d
by several
m
en
w
h
o
wo
uld
s
t
rike
a
beat,
a
nd
s
i
ng
tr
a
d
itional
s
o
n
g
s
in
un
i
so
n.
Dressed
i
n
regalia
re
pr
ese
n
t
i
n
g
t
h
eir
t
r
ibe,
and
stepping
t
o
the
beat of
T
h
e
Drum in
celebration
of
the ways
of
The
P
e
ople,
the
dancer’s pe
r
f
o
r
m
ance,
m
ingled
with the
beat
of
the
dru
m
,
was
a
breath-taking spectacle,
Sonny r
e
flected.
Her
e
,
on
Fr
i
d
ay
ni
g
h
ts,
Na
t
ive
A
m
erican
and
local
bands
would
p
lay.
Frie
nd
l
y
c
o
m
p
eti
t
i
o
n
i
n
v
o
l
v
ing
p
a
t
r
o
n
s
vo
ting
for
t
h
eir fav
o
ri
t
e
g
r
o
u
p w
ou
l
d
a
d
d s
p
ice to
t
h
e
e
v
e
n
i
n
g.
Saturday
ev
e
n
i
ngs wou
l
d
see Native
A
m
erican
d
a
ncers
p
e
rfor
m
ing. B
o
y
La
d
d
w
o
uld na
r
rate
as Jingle,
G
ras
s
,
Fa
n
cy
Sh
aw
l,
Tr
a
d
itional, H
oo
p
,
an
d oth
e
r danc
e
r
s
pe
rfo
r
m
ed
t
h
eir
art.
M
ov
i
ng
t
o
t
h
e
back
wall
o
f
t
h
e
first
f
l
o
o
r
di
n
ing
a
r
ea,
an
d
r
ega
r
d
i
n
g
what
ap
pear
e
d
to
be
a
L
a
ko
t
a
tepee
of bu
c
ksk
i
n,
S
o
n
n
y
a
d
m
ired
Len
a
’s whi
m
sical
sol
u
ti
o
n
to
a first
flo
o
r
workstati
on
.
H
i
d
d
en
wit
h
in
t
h
is a
u
t
h
e
n
tic
d
is
p
lay
was
a
s
m
a
ll
k
itc
he
n
wi
t
h
two
grills,
two
grid
d
l
es,
a deep fr
y
er
a
n
d one
r
e
fr
i
gera
t
o
r
.
I
n
dian
Ta
c
o
s, vari
o
u
s
s
o
u
p
s
a
n
d
b
u
f
falo b
ur
g
er
s
,
to n
am
e a
fe
w
. w
ou
ld
be
pr
e
p
ar
e
d in this
c
reative
area.

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