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Photos and Video: Using belly dancing to connect with socially distanced neighbors in Cedar Rapids
Sandee Skelton leads neighbors, friends and family in the little drum belly dance in front of her home along Tenth St. NW in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Skelton, 82, a belly dancer and dance teacher for the city recreation department for 50 years, invited the gathering to listen to the music and dance at a safe distance to provide a fun relive from the coronavirus shutdown. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Deborah Wooldridge shakes her hip scarf as she dances the little drum dance as Sandee Skelton leads neighbors, friends and family in the little drum belly dance in front of her home along Tenth St. NW in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Skelton, 82, a belly dancer and dance teacher for the city recreation department for 50 years, invited the gathering to listen to the music and dance at a safe distance to provide a fun relive from the coronavirus shutdown. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
From left: Shelly Meyer, Alicia Wall and Wall's son Mason Akers, 14, dance along the curb as Sandee Skelton leads neighbors, friends and family in the little drum belly dance in front of her home along Tenth St. NW in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, May 2, 2020. Skelton, 82, a belly dancer and dance teacher for the city recreation department for 50 years, invited the gathering to listen to the music and dance at a safe distance to provide a fun relive from the coronavirus shutdown. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
