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[The Great Escape]

Ren and Ariel did good work in a Red State...whatever Red State that happened to be.


Actually dancing is illegal in a community in Southwest Virginia not too far from where I live.


Pound, Virginia Bans Dancing?
by Lewis Loflin

Who could ever think one could be jailed or fined for simple country dancing at an everyday restaurant? Welcome to Pound, Virginia a decaying coal town in Southwest Virginia a few miles from the Kentucky state line. Because religious fanatics have taken over local government, a better name is Iran in the Smokies.

Note: Most citizens of Pound and Wise County are not raving fundamentalists.

Here local Christian fundamentalists believe that not only government but all facets of your private affairs should be subordinated to their religion. Why ban dancing? They claim it may cause sin.

Like Sullivan County, Tennessee they are seeking to use nonsense claims of safety and noise as an excuse to demand a license to dance. They also intend never to issue that license or will make it so expensive or hard to get the restaurant closes down.

The owner of the Golden Pine Restaurant has already taken this religious cult to court and won, but they changed the law around and are back in court. As of 9/7/01 town of Pound has been barred from citing the Golden Pine until the case to be heard in federal court.

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http://www.sullivan-county.com/identity/dance_pound.htm

[Bronco69]

1. I was born in Norton and lived in Coeburn until I was 5

The best thing my parents ever did was to get me the hell out of there. Those people are nuts!

[The Great Escape]

4. The Local High School In Norton...J.I. Burton High School...

is playing for a state football title today in Lynchburg. Of course this has nothing to do with my original post either!

[aQuArius]

2. That movie was filmed on my family's property

I know that has nothing to do with this conversation :)

[The Great Escape]

3. Was That The Location Of The Infamous Tractor Fight?

where you can clearly see an overhead mic during the scene.

[aQuArius]

5. YUP! Lehi, Utah!

My family owned most of that town. The outside location for the dance was the Lehi Roller Mill. The inside was a sound stage.

[laheina]

6. This must be the same Borg collective

that spawned Ashcroft. Gadzooks!