{"id":7,"date":"2019-10-30T23:38:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T23:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T23:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T23:37:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Established in 1927, the Vasa Junior Dancers are ambassadors of Swedish heritage through dance. Their goals are to preserve Swedish dance, traditions, and heritage and to share Swedish culture with the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information email <a href=\"mailto:vasajuniorfolkdancers@gmail.com\">vasajuniorfolkdancers@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageZw9sHE-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageZw9sHE-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageZw9sHE-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageZw9sHE-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vasajuniorfolkdancers.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/tempImageZw9sHE-1536x1024.jpg 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