Word: waltz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nostalgia may be the last refuge of a desperate culture, but that hasn't stopped it from becoming an American obsession. The theme song of the '90s seems to be The Anniversary Waltz. Thirty years pass since the Kennedy assassination; time for another round of J.F.K. reminiscences. D-day hits the / big five-oh; trot out the veterans and the homilies. We've commemorated the 25th anniversary of virtually every milestone of the '60s -- last month it was the moon landing; coming up next, Woodstock. Forrest Gump, the hit movie of the summer, leads baby boomers through a veritable highlight...
...entire evening, was the Wayne Shorter composition "Footprints." Drummer Hayes launched the band off on a simmering version of this '60's jazz classic. This tune featured Soloff's trumpet paying homage to Miles, and he did so in grand fashion. The piece built from a melancholy, loping waltz to frenzied round of everyone's best solos. Soloff first pointed his trumpet towards the sky and tossed out notes, then engulfed the microphone with his horn's bell and a smattering of Miles' licks. Williams closed his eyes for much of this tune, moving his head slowly side to side...
...there you have it. In addition to teams like Southern Illinois, South-West Texas State and Liberty, which are already afflicted with March Madness, look for several more of the above schools to waltz with the upper crust when the NCAA Championship begins on St. Patrick...
...pressure got to enough Harvard students to sell 350 tickets to the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO)'s Saturday Valentine's Day waltz, HRO President Jeannie Kim '95 says...
...American Style Team Match, which includes the waltz, tango, rhumba and swing, the Yale team came in second and the New York University team came in third, McMains said. In the International Style Team Match, which includes the waltz, quickstep, chacha and jive, Yale came in second and Cornell third...