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Hana Goldschmidt, left, and Beth Fingerman, right, help Dorrie Swanson with her hair before the group dances at a reading of Meredith Maran’s book, ‘Class Dismissed,’ about life at Berkeley High School. The Friday performance and reading was a benefit fundraiser for Berkeley High students wanting to go on a trip to Cuba. At right, Lizzie Dodd and Swanson stretch.