ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A federal judge was deciding
Wednesday whether a Florida town should allow country line dance
classes by instructors wearing cowboy hats, spurs and nothing else.
An assistant to U.S. Magistrate David Baker said the judge had
not yet ruled on a request from the Silver Spurs Dance Studios of
Palm Shores, Fla., that he issue a temporary injunction allowing it
to resume naked dance classes.
The town of Palm Shores shut down the dance studio two years
ago. The town contended that the naked classes violated an
ordinance that lets the local government cancel the business
license of any establishment violating the health, safety and
welfare of the community.
During a hearing on Tuesday, an attorney for Palm Shores said
Silver Spurs had lost its license not because of the nude line
dancing, but because it committed fraud on its business license
application.
Silver Spurs did not tell Palm Shores that its line dance
classes would be conducted by teachers without clothing, attorney
Michael Kahn told the court.
If Baker grants the injunction, Silver Spurs would be allowed
to reopen its doors until a hearing expected early next year.
The school's nude classes taught such country music dances as
the "Achy, Breaky Heart" and "Water Melon Slide."