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At Memorial Union, they’re gonna party like it’s 1799

A few of the hundreds of people gathered in Memorial Union’s Grand Hall on a frigid night last winter joined hands expectantly in the center of the dance floor.
Before long, the hall filled with a buoyant folk tune rooted in the villages of Eastern Europe, and the string of dancers grew, spiraling outward until spectators in folding chairs found themselves precariously close to a stampede of legs rushing past in waves.