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Picture This: Making merry on the Plaza

We Keep Dancing is a community group whose members dance to stay healthy and have fun. The group appears in Ashland parades and performs throughout the Rogue Valley. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini
December 22, 2025

‘We Keep Dancing’ group performs its second flash mob dance of the season

Ashland’s We Keep Dancing, a group of dancers in their 60s through 80s, perform their second flash mob dance of the season on the Plaza in Ashland on Saturday.

Ashland’s We Keep Dancing, a group of dancers in their 60s through 80s, perform their second flash mob dance of the season on the Plaza in Ashland on Saturday. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini
Michael Framso and Risa Morgan dance as part of the We Keep Dancing group during a flash mob dance on the Plaza in Ashland on Saturday. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini
Risa Morgan, Deborah Costella and Kathleen Devit dance to holiday music during the second We Keep Dancing performance on the Plaza in Ashland on Saturday. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini
Lynn Roberts performs with eight other dancers to holiday music Saturday. Ashland.news photo by Bob Palermini
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