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DOWS hosts women's dance
2015-03-23
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Dance of the Western Suburbs. a project that started many years ago as a project of Women of the Western Suburbs, was held March 21 in Kildeer, Illinois, in the Northwest suburbs.
More than 560 tickets were sold to the event, which is now an annual dance for all women.
Photos by Tracy Baim
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