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Historic Rock Ford Will Host Social Dance
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ore than one in four U.S. adults have a disability. T hat is why July is Disability Pride Month. While it is not a nationally recognized event, Disability Pride parades and events have been recognized since 1990, commemorating the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26 of the same year. At Schreiber Center for Pediatric Development’s Circle of Friends Academy, inclusivity is at the forefront. A t t he ac ademy, a n e a r l y learning child care center, children with disabilities are not separated from neurotypical kids, something that Penn Manor School District resident Maria Steele loves. Steele, who is a parent to two children at the academy, also works as a Maverick, a 2-year-old child with autism, attends the Circle of Friends
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Put on your dancing shoes. No experience necessary. Historic Rock Ford will host a Social Dance event Sunday, July 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Langmuir Education Room located on the first floor of the Rock Ford Barn, 881 Rockford Road, Lancaster. Register by going to www .historicrockford.org/special -events/social-dance-1-8583h. Walk-ins will be welcome. Attendees are advised to wear clothes people can dance and move around in and flat-soled shoes that won’t stick or skid on the concrete floor, Historic Rock Ford executive director Christina McSherry said. People are not required to bring a dance partner. Visitors should bring water. The activity is recommended for peoples age 7 and up. There will be a nominal fee for nonmembers age 12 and up. The Rock Ford dancers will perform on the porch of the Hand Mansion at 1 p.m. “We started social dances last year because there was so much interest in our historic dance group,” said McSherry. “People were always asking, ‘Is there a place I can learn this? I’d love to try it.’ The historic dance group requires a pretty extensive commitment to practicing and getting a costume, so we were starting to think (that this) is a good way to have people try out English country dance, which is the type of dancing that the Hand family would have done.” McSherr y added, “English
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