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On March 26, 2011, virtually all the students at Bishop O’Connell High School will be pouring their energy into helping save kids and young adults from a fatal disease.
They will do it in the way that has been a tradition at the Arlington, Virginia, school for more than three decades—by twelve hours of nonstop dancing.
“Superdance” originated with the classes of ’76 and ’77, but its roots go back to February 19, 1955, two years before the high school even existed: the wedding of Harold O’Donnell and Maureen McManus.
Harold, a handsome Marine Corps officer, planned to enter law school; Maureen was beginning a career as a high-school Latin teacher. They dreamed of a large and happy family.
In their thirty-five years together, the couple knew the joy of welcoming seven children into the world. But they also met with uncommon trials. How they responded when life didn’t turn out as they had planned is a story of faith and its far-reaching consequences.
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