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Line Up to
Line Dance
By Crissy Neville
FOLD line dancers sport their Christmas finery for line dancing in area holiday parades
Like Pepsi, the Shag was born in the Carolinas, but it is not surrounding towns and counties.
the only game in town. Another form of dance wildly popular
for the past few decades is line dancing. And no one knows The FOLD’s mission is to preserve, foster, and advance the
line dancing better in Harnett County than Tricia Bristow, recreational art of line dancing, promote wellness, encourage
the founder, instructor, and choreographer of local group The fellowship and unity in the community and DANCE OFTEN.
FOLD ― Friends of Line Dancing. While Bristow does not Of the latter, the members do a lot, meeting up at monthly Har-
have any formal dance training, the Erwin native has all the nett Area Shag Association dances, Saturday night American
enthusiasm and energy for the activity in the world. She is the Legion dances in Benson, the Dunn’s Boogie on Broad events
fearless leader of nearly 100 dancers from Coats, Dunn and and new in 2021, the Crank Up Coats concert series as well as
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