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Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today’s generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.

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People like to hear songs that they can dance to. Even if they’re sitting, they like being made to want to dance and move. By me being a dancer, I know how I’d dance at certain tempos. I was always good at it.

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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.

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May 1, 2024

Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.

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May 1, 2024

People like to hear songs that they can dance to. Even if they’re sitting, they like being made to want to dance and move. By me being a dancer, I know how I’d dance at certain tempos. I was always good at it.

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