Bryan O'Keefe, Kelsey Neubauer, and Sarah Olsen
February 24, 2016
Filed under Enterprise
For 73 years, UVM fraternity members danced in blackface and satin tuxedos during the longest running winter carnival in the country.
At its peak in the 1960s, this event, known as the Kake Walk, was held twice over a February weekend in the Patrick Gym in order to fit all 8,000 spectators, according...
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