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41. The ballet/dance studio my daughters took classes at was a real old ballroom (100 years old), I think because of the age

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of the surrounding area. A smallish stage for a band/orchestra on one end, with a huge dance floor with storage bench seating on the 2 long walls. Opposite the stage, behind a wall with doors on each side was a long skinny full kitchen for catering. The ballroom was upstairs, downstairs was a reception room with a small apartment, 2 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, bathroom for the owners or a dance teacher and a few rooms for private lessons. It was a great building, it went from the house of our local ballet academy and several owners and now is a church. It was a great space to watch your children leaping across the floor with no restrictions.

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