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Not a single Twist Left. After more than 61 hours competing in Twistathon at Yonge St. dance club, Marie Wall, 21, collapses out cold in arms of partn(...)
Not a single Twist Left. After more than 61 hours competing in Twistathon at Yonge St. dance club, Marie Wall, 21, collapses out cold in arms of partn(...)

Not a single Twist Left. After more than 61 hours competing in Twistathon at Yonge St. dance club, Marie Wall, 21, collapses out cold in arms of partn(...)

Date1/24/1962
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Original Toronto Star caption: Not a single Twist Left. After more than 61 hours competing in Twistathon at Yonge St. dance club; Marie Wall; 21; collapses out cold in arms of partner Jerry Stein. Only other couple left of 18 original teams; Flo Gardiner and Jim Livingston were winners.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0105066F
The big beat and the big twist
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Worker hurt when wall collapses
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Allow dough to double in bulk, Then thrust fist into dough until it collapses
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Nine-year-old Richard Rodriguez joins Abbe Lane in twist
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