You can see videos that Art Hoffman made a few years ago taking with Marie in her home:
https://youtu.be/0DE1yiMT2Yo Jerome On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, Jerome Grisanti <jerome.grisa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lovers of traditional dance, >> >> > It is with sadness I announce that Marie Cassady, a dancer and teacher of > dance in Louisville Kentucky for many many years, died on Sunday afternoon. > She was 104, just two months shy of 105. > > Marie founded Louisville Country Dancers, which has since become a mostly > contra dance group, but in the day featured English dance as well, and even > occasional international dances. > > I first met her in the mid 1970s, when she and husband Frank Cassady > taught Italian folk dances to a performance troupe that my siblings were > involved in. (I was too young to join the first few years). As it turns > out, they also taught performance troupes for many ethnic groups. > > She was interested in many things besides dance, including national and > international travel. She also sang with her church group for many years. > As well, she reared several children and was a maternal figure for many > others. > > A few years ago, she related to me her memories of the influenza epidemic > of 1919. Imagine that, she had memories of her father from that time, and > of Camp Taylor in Louisville! She also talked about the 1937 flood of the > Ohio River. > > She slowed a bit over the years, remaining active in English and > international but leaving contra to younger bodies. She also took up hula > dancing in her 90s. Gotta keep learning! > > She remained active and mentally sharp until very recently. I saw her in > August, and she immediately called me by name. > > There will be a memorial service for Marie in early November, but the > details are not yet determined. > > Many thanks to you, Marie Cassady, for introducing so many people to dance > and the communities it engenders. I am grateful to have known you. > > Jerome Grisanti > > > -- > Jerome Grisanti > 660-528-0858 > http://www.jeromegrisanti.com > > "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and > power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe > > -- Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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