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| | Arizona's Lithuanian Folk Dance Ensemble Saule |
 | | In 1999, through the efforts of Dalia Motiejunas and Aldona Vaitkus, a Lithuanian folk dance ensemble called Saule (or Sun in Lithuanian) was organized in Arizona. |
 | | To practice dancing a location was found equidistant from Phoenix and Tucson - the American Legion hall in Florence, Arizona, and practice began in the fall of 1999. |
 | | Saule dancers in Florence, Arizona, in the spring of 2000: in the front row of the left photo are Siga Eidukonis, Violeta Juodakis, Aldona Vaitkus, Rima Reklaitis, Ruta Motiejunas, Antonija Petrulis, and Maryte Tallat-Kelpsa; in the back are Kestutis Eidukonis, Rimas Vaitkus, Rimtis Tallat-Kelpsa, Don Adamavich, Algis Motiejunas, Vytas Reklaitis, and director/instructor Dalia Motiejunas. |
| www.lithaz.org /arts/saule.html (255 words) |
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