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		<title>The Andrews Sisters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patty Andrews, the last surviving Andrews Sister, passed last Wednesday, January 30th.  The Andrews Sisters were part of the cultural fabric of wartime America.  Their image and sound are instantly recognizable to anyone from the &#8220;greatest&#8221; generation; they’re true icons of The Swing Era.  From Wikipedia: &#8220;Until the advent of The Supremes, the sisters were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Duke Ellington So Great?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our &#8220;book&#8221; is stuffed with hundreds of charts, the cream of the crop of the Big Band repertoire, the best of the best of the Swing Era, plus a little before and beyond.  We love them all dearly, but there&#8217;s always an extra thrill when I call for an Ellington piece. Ellington&#8217;s awesome reputation as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz and Freedom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frankie Manning was a treasure in so many ways!  Chief among them, he taught the Swing Dance World that Swing dancing, taken to a higher level beyond fundamentals, is a spontaneously improvised interplay with the musicians &#8211; inspired, touched with a spark of the divine.  This is when dancers get free, and it&#8217;s a life-changing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Big Band Battles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our first confrontation with another Big Band was no confrontation at all.  It was billed as &#8220;Baltimore vs. Washington,&#8221; and was taped at Maryland Public Television&#8217;s studio on February 7-8, 1989.  The B&#8217;more-based band, Zim Zemarel&#8217;s, taped on the 7th, then we taped on the 8th, so we never saw each other until the show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Basie&#8217;s Birthday Bash!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few thoughts about why we&#8217;re so high on Count Basie that we&#8217;re devoting an evening to his music on August 27th. First, in the words of the Count himself, we expect it to be a &#8220;hot sock dance.&#8221; That&#8217;s what happens to your socks when you wear through both your soles, and Basie&#8217;s music [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the beginning&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 02:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remembering back 35 years to the Spring of 1976 when I started the TCO&#8230; what a time it was!  I was 23 years old and in the middle of a massive born-again supernatural encounter with God (or call it a massive psychotic episode, if you prefer).  I was auditing classes at American University and hanging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swing We Must!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I preach to my musicians that the proper relationship between themselves, the music, and dancers should be “triangular,” that is to say they should love the music, love the dancers, and want the dancers to love the music. Believe me when I tell you, big band musicians are highly motivated by their love for the [...]]]></description>
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