Word: capitol
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Even after earning three Harvard degrees, Strauss never stopped being a student as he thought up sharp lyrics and catchy tunes for the Capitol Steps...
...Christmas party for Percy in 1981, Strauss and his coworkers sang parodies ridiculing a number of federal government officials, including President Ronald Reagan—and so the Capitol Steps began...
...When we first started making up some songs for the Capitol Steps, he started writing charts with little arrows like you’d see in football games, and stage directions for each song,” she said with a laugh. “He basically wrote a whole book on where each person would stand...
...Strauss wrote a number of songs for the Capitol Steps to satirize everything from the Kennedy family to secret agents to Paris Hilton. Many of his compositions incorporated "Lirty Dies," a routine that uses spoonerisms, a play on words created by switching the first letters of two words...
...Capitol Steps now performs more than 400 shows per year across the United States, including an annual performance at Sanders Theatre...