Royal Report
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19th May 2023
Swinging right along
Makayla Schmidt, a senior at Bethel University, uses swing dancing as her way to find joy within herself and with others.
Makayla Schmidt quickly shut down her fellow hunting camp counselor’s idea. She was against dancing. That one terrible year of dance classes made Schmidt hesitant, but her friend insisted. He asked for just one chance, one swing dip with Schmidt. In the end, she gave in, just to see if she liked it. Four quick spins and one deep swing dip later, she was breathless from the e