Back in HighStepper’s Day

[HighStepper]

Evolution of Dance by Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlmR1YV_s8Y

[bladegunner]

good find

[HighStepper]

Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myRc-3oF1d0

DANCE - Nigel and Katya Quickstep to It Don't Mean A Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVo1I3xqv6E

[HighStepper]

Sabrina - Isn´t it Romantic?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCOYiaeVdlA

[Tuscano]

Born to a too-young mother...daughter of a too-young grandmother

I spent my early years with my Italian grand. While she cleaned the house, she sang Italian operas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQOfyR75vY&t=34s

American music!

[Tuscano]

More...In liberal San Francisco back in High-Steppers day ...

Blacks, Irish, followed by Italians! ..."Need not apply" for job applications...

My Italian grandmother was a force! She took no prisoners! At 18, she was an orphan and raised her five younger siblings in the '20s. All the while, Italian relatives are suffering in their homeland.

LONG REMEMBERED! I learned..with affection! When I stopped by for a visit at my grandmother's birthplace!

The "village" ALL came! To welcome me and my daughters! Giving remembrances of my grandmother's generosity.