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Grove City Library30 East Center StreetPleasant Grove,UT 84062  \nOTHER BOOKS BYCAROL LYNN PEARSON  \nGoodbye,I Love You  \nThe Christmas Moment  \nThe Runaway Mother  \nIn Love Again and Always  \nBeginnings &Beyond  \nSummer of Truth  \nA Stranger for Christmas  \n(  \nthedance  \nCA R OL LYN N  \nPE A R SO N  \nCFISpringville,Utah  \n◎2007 Carol Lynn Pearson  \nAll rights reserved.  \nThe views expressed within this work are the sole responsibility of the author and do notnecessarily reflect the position of Cedar Fort,Inc.,or any other entity.  \nThis is a work of fiction.The characters,names,incidents,places,and dialogue areproducts of the author's imagination,and are not to be construed as real.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any form whatsoever,whether by graphic,visual,electronic,film,microfilm,tape recording,or any other means,without priorwritten permission of the publisher,except in the case of brief passages embodied incritical reviews and articles.  \nISBN 13:978-1-59955-097-8  \nPublished by CFI,an imprint of Cedar Fort,Inc.,2373 W.700 S.,Springville,UT84663  \nDistributed by Cedar Fort,Inc.www.cedarfort.com  \nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA  \nPearson,Carol Lynn.[Overheard at the dance]The Dance /Carol Lynn Pearson.p.cm.  \nOriginally published as:Overheard at the dance.Salt Lake City,Utah:Bookcraft,c1981.  \nISBN 978-1-59955-097-8  \n# 1.Interpersonal relations---Fiction.I.Title.\n\nPS3566.E227O932007813'.54--dc22  \n2007028235  \nCover design by Nicole WilliamsCover design 2007 by Lyle MortimerEdited and typeset by Kimiko M.Hammari  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \n10987654321  \nPrinted on acid-free paper  \nThe Dance was originally published by Bookcraft underthe title Overheard at the Dance.  \nAn award-winning film based on this work,alsotitled The Dance,was produced by Michael Flynn andMcKay Daines and is now available on DVD at LDSbookstores and online.  \nA stage musical based on this work,also titled TheDance,was written with J.A.C.Redford and is avail-able through the author at www.clpearson.com.  \nthey  \nhey come to the dance.The hopeful,the desper-ate,the assigned,the dating,the married.They havetransformed the cultural hall into a heaven of crepepaper clouds and silver stars and rainbow streamersand (although the budget can’t afford it)one of thoseballs that has hundreds of mirrors that throw little bitsof the celestial all over the dancers.  \nThey've worked hard since early morning—thegirls,who wear T-shirts and jeans and curlers and rollsof masking tape;and the boys,who like to carry heavythings,especially if the girls are nearby to notice.Sothey staple and hang and giggle and wrestle and sendout to McDonald's for food.And finally they rest fromtheir labors and look at their little heaven and call itgood.Well,there are still some spots in the false ceil-ing that are a little skimpy,but the lights are going tobe low anyway.  \nSo they go home to shower off the sweat 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