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Article: It's all in the song.
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- Wind Speaker
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
- Author:
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I am a dancer so I can speak only from a dancer's point of view, but I remember being around the drum, close to the drum, not from the dance floor, but right there beside everyone getting ready to sing the next song. You never know when it could be your turn to sing. Sure, there is a drum order, drum roll call and contests songs, but sometimes you never know. Sometimes, all of a sudden, someone might come over and whistle your drum. You have to be ready, all your singers, the song, the appropriate song, for ...