Verna Leonard Christmas Pages VII
Hyannis, MA
1931
Hyannis, MA
1931
On December 9, 1932, Verna Leonard went to her first dance. Her anticipation is barely containable as she recounts waiting for the dance to begin: “We waited and waited and waited and waited and all the time I was getting more and more excited.” When her date arrives along with the other boys (“we found out later they went upstairs for Lifesavers”) they head over to the dance. “Then,” writes Leonard, “began my first dance.” Elsewhere on this page Leonard saves a newspaper article about the ball and a note from her mother, granting permission to attend an after-party.
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