[Callers] Marie Cassady of Louisville

[Jerome Grisanti]

You can see videos that Art Hoffman made a few years ago taking with Marie
in her home:

https://youtu.be/0DE1yiMT2Yo

Jerome



On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, Jerome Grisanti <jerome.grisanti at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Lovers of traditional dance,
>>
>>
> It is with sadness I announce that Marie Cassady, a dancer and teacher of
> dance in Louisville Kentucky for many many years, died on Sunday afternoon.
> She was 104, just two months shy of 105.
>
> Marie founded Louisville Country Dancers, which has since become a mostly
> contra dance group, but in the day featured English dance as well, and even
> occasional international dances.
>
> I first met her in the mid 1970s, when she and husband Frank Cassady
> taught Italian folk dances to a performance troupe that my siblings were
> involved in. (I was too young to join the first few years). As it turns
> out, they also taught performance troupes for many ethnic groups.
>
> She was interested in many things besides dance, including national and
> international travel. She also sang with her church group for many years.
> As well, she reared several children and was a maternal figure for many
> others.
>
> A few years ago, she related to me her memories of the influenza epidemic
> of 1919. Imagine that, she had memories of her father from that time, and
> of Camp Taylor in Louisville! She also talked about the 1937 flood of the
> Ohio River.
>
> She slowed a bit over the years, remaining active in English and
> international but leaving contra to younger bodies. She also took up hula
> dancing in her 90s. Gotta keep learning!
>
> She remained active and mentally sharp until very recently. I saw her in
> August, and she immediately called me by name.
>
> There will be a memorial service for Marie in early November, but the
> details are not yet determined.
>
> Many thanks to you, Marie Cassady, for introducing so many people to dance
> and the communities it engenders. I am grateful to have known you.
>
> Jerome Grisanti
>
>
> --
> Jerome Grisanti
> 660-528-0858
> http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
>
> "Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and
> power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
>
>

-- 
Jerome Grisanti
660-528-0858
http://www.jeromegrisanti.com

"Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power
and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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