Our dear friend Marianne has departed for a better land.

I am inserting a short message from another dance leader who has said this better than I can : "

Marianne Taylor died today, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 3:20pm.

   Those words are as difficult for me to type as they are for you to
read.

But she is in a better place now - no doubt already forming a longways set (undoubtedly improper) with those who have gone before her: her daughter Joanna, Conny, Ted Sannella, Dick Crum, John Langstaff and others. She is free of the cancer which demolished her body, but never her spirit, and she is smiling from ear to ear as she encourages all to "take hands four from the top."

She was always one to say "You don't have to go home, but you can't

stay here." Today she amended that slightly - she did have to go home, but as much as we all wanted her to stay, that home could no longer be here.

Please keep her family in your hearts, thoughts and prayers. We will keep you informed through the website (www.facone.org) as details
emerge about memorial services.

   In love and great sorrow,

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Thanks for your prayers and support
MD