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Retiring the ribbons: Maypole choreographers take a final bow

By Kristine Thomas  Twenty-five years of teaching the maypole and other traditional German dances has taught Nann Fleck, Teresa Bryant and Bev Fleckenstein one thing: the magic will happen. Although it may seem quite impossible on a warm, August evening as they watch preteen girls collide into one another like atoms and trip through steps like nervous bridesmaids, they learn […]

Helping hands: Dance directors

The first thing Teresa Bryant, Marilyn Hall and Bev Fleckenstein say about receiving this year’s Mount Angel Chamber of Commerce’s Helping Hands Award is “Nann should be in here with us!” Their theory is that Nann Fleck figures she got her due when she and husband Don received the First Citizens Award in 2003 and nominated her dedicated cohorts for this award.