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 really, until I got into that, I did 't appreciate it nearly as much

 as I do now.

C: I really nice, and when they, they show their expressions through

 their dancing, it something that is close to their hearts.

B: And they just have a good time. Everybody has a good time. I think

 most people misunderstand Indian dancing. Every time you go to a

 dance, they figure that you are working yourself up to a fever pitch

 to fight war, or...

C: Or rain or something!

B: Or rain someplace, or rather! It insn' that at all, even though war

 dances are not war dances in the sense, that people generally think

 that they are.

C: I enjoy the Indian dancing-. We were married here in.the Indian Center.

B: Is that right?

C: We had the Indian ceremony. And the Indian dancers danced a lV W .

B: That must have been very impressive. I wish i'd)had an Indian wedding.

C: To me, it was beautiful, and it really was, 'cause no one had re-

 hearsed. It was something that we had never gotten together to do,

 in fact we did know who was going to marry us, until the night

 before we got married. And we were married by an Indian preacher, and

 the Indian dancers were together that night, and Mr. Avery Lewis, who

 did the 23rd Psalm in sign language, his wife stood behind him and

 translated it. To me, it was really beautiful.

B: YeslallLthose Indian ceremonies are beautiful. I conducted my program,

 "Bridge Over Troubled Water'," and toward the end, -you-k4ey after my

 program each night, the dance would come on, and on one occasion they

 gave me a dance of honor, and I was dancing between two, a girl and a

 boy, and I was really proud of that.