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When Sardia Lewis took the mic on a recent Tuesday evening in the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library auditorium to lead class, you would have never known it was her first time as an instructor.

Cha-cha right. Cha-cha left. Step up, step back and turn and turn ... On a recent Wednesday night this summer, more than 30 women and girls danced, laughed and learned those moves during a soul line ...

Gloria Kingcade calls this her ministry. Every Wednesday, she's at the Sheller Center in North Philadelphia, leading a room full of dancers through the steps of soul line dancing. "I've been teaching ...

Every Tuesday before lunch, 78-year-old Sylvia Sherrod attends a soul line dance class at the East Orange Senior Citizens Center. “When the ”Cupid Shuffle" comes on, everybody hits the dance floor,” ...

The class is free and a lot of fun. "Once you get bitten, that's it," instructor Anita Mullin said. "You become a line dance junkie. You want to do it more and more and more." A sentiment shared by ...

Willingboro’s Karen Abdul-Malik, an award-winning folklorist and storyteller known as “Queen Nur," had a day fit for royalty Feb. 27. The day started with an appearance on "Good Morning America" in ...