Article: FIRST NEW EDITION, THEN NEW KIDS: CAN LIGHTNING STRIKE THRICE? IN HOLBROOK, GIRLS' GROUP SPINS A DREAM

HOLBROOK - It happened in Dorchester, when five local boys suddenly turned into teen-age heartthrobs known as the New Kids on the Block. It happened in Roxbury, when five boys from housing projects became the fabulously popular band New Edition. Why couldn't it happen here?

Three cheerleaders from Holbrook Junior/Senior High School believe it could. Together with a student from Somerville, the four are members of a new all-girl pop group called Ivory Soul. The group has a professional manager and is planning to cut its first album this summer.

"They are genuinely sweet and they genuinely have talent," said Sharyn Hinton, publicity director for Ivory Soul Productions. "We are not ...

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