Monday, December 1, 2008 East Central Illinois

After meeting on dance floor, Harrises waltzing through life

By Richard Anderson
Sunday, June 8, 2008 9:18 AM CDT

Frances and Mitch Harris treasure these five minutes. They have plodded through the evening, trading partners and sharing laughs, surrendering to the spirit of community dance. Now they get to dance alone, together.

Frances and Mitch follow this routine every other Friday at the contra dances they have attended together for 11 years. This is where and how they met – at a contra dance in the Phillips Recreation Center in Urbana – same building, same room. He was a bachelor. She was divorced. A decade later, they are married – and still in love.

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