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Concerts brought people to downtown McAlester in droves for the Dancing Rabbit Music Festival in 2022.

Plans are already underway to continue with the Dancing Rabbit Music Festival in 2023 — but first, there's more in store for 2022.

>> obviously, if she left, she had to be on foot. or she had made contact with somebody for them to pick her up. >> reporter: the grapevine was now working overtime. friends from heather's dance class soon heard that she was missing. one of them was cari cooper, the class instructor. she also went over to the house. turns out cari knew as much about crime scenes as she did about dance moves. that's because cari's a cop in nearby memphis. >> well, i kind of took on that police officer role at that moment. and i combed, like, every inch of her property looking for anything. >> did you find anyth...

>> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave your job, you leave that stress behind, you come here and it's like the happy hour. >> reporter: everyone in heather's life noticed that "happy hour" was doing wonders for her. >> i'd say, "heather, turn around." i said, "you've gotten smaller." and she's like, "yeah!" >> were the pounds just melting off of her in front of your very eyes? >> melt...

Confidence. she saw a different life for herself. she immediately started working on her weight. >> reporter: and that's when she found a special group of new friends. women like her who joined this high-powered dance exercise class each week to improve their physiques and their lives. cari cooper was heather's dance instructor. >> when you leave your job, you leave that stress behind, you come here and it's like the happy hour. >> reporter: everyone in heather's life noticed that "happy hour" was doing wonders for her. >> i'd say, "heather, turn around." i said, "you've gotten smaller." and s...