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Article: Kids blend 2 cultures in music
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- May 28, 2008
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MATTHEW VAN DUSEN, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-28-2008
Kids blend 2 cultures in music
By MATTHEW VAN DUSEN, STAFF WRITER
Date: 05-28-2008, Wednesday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions
Column: A LOOK INSIDE
Back in the days before Jennifer Lopez made it safe to be Latina and proud, little girls nicknamed Chiquita endured taunts about being different.
It was for these resilient and plucky girls that Diana Gross, a Hackensack elementary school music teacher, penned her bilingual musical "Chiquita, Abuela y La Luna Blanca."
"I wanted to do a show on the theme of the strong little girl," Gross said.
Gross and a cast of more than 50 third- and fourth-graders brought the musical, ...