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Graceful Retirement Norma Strong responds to applause from the audience at the 50th annual Norma Strong Dance Studio recital. Strong has retired after five decades teaching dance. Photo by Nancy Frasier
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By Fred Herbst
fred@denpubs.com TICONDEROGA — Norma Strong has been a dancer her entire life. “There’s something about the r hythm of music that makes me want to move,” Strong said. “And dance offers such variety. There’s tap, ballet, jazz, acro (acrobatic dance). You can dance for days and never do the same
things twice. I love to dance.” Her love of dance became the Norma Str ong Dance Studio. For the past 50 years she has worked with thousands of area children, passing on her love of the art. It all ended Jan. 10. The studio’s annual r ecital at Ticonderoga High School that day was Str ong’s 50th — and final — one. She has retired. “It’s been a long time; I think I should retire,” Strong said. “I have competition now — all of them former students I had at one time or another. It’s their time.” Strong started dancing when she was 4 years old. “A couple of dance teachers came to Ticonderoga from See NORMA STRONG, page 15
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