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The Middle
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey
Psycho
Post Malone Feat. Ty Dolla $ign
Nice For What
Drake
Never Be The Same
Camila Cabello
Delicate
Taylor Swift
No Tears Left To Cry
Ariana Grande
In My Blood
Shawn Mendes
Meant To Be
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line
God’s Plan
Drake
Mine
Bazzi
EVERYTHING IS LOVE
The Carters
Nasir
Nas
Youngblood
5 Seconds Of Summer
Liberation
Christina Aguilera
Post Traumatic
Mike Shinoda
The Greatest Showman
Soundtrack
SQUARE UP (EP)
BLACKPINK
Redemption
Jay Rock
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KIDS SEE GHOSTS
KIDS SEE GHOSTS
Presented by
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DANCE PARADE
for the other, so they said it
wouldn’t work. And in the new
novel, “Before We Were Wicked”
by Eric Jerome Dickey…
they were right.
When Ken Swift first spotted
Jimi Lee, he wasn’t looking for
a woman.
He was looking for the man
his boss, San Bernardino, had
sent him to punish, because
that man hadn’t paid his loan.
San Bernardino didn’t mess
around.
When it came to women,
neither did Ken Swift.
Jimi Lee was gorgeous, an
Ethiopian in a white skirt who
could dance like nobody’s business.
She came to the club
with another guy but she left
with Ken Swift, who took her
to his condo. She told him her
birth name, told him that she
was headed for Harvard in the
fall, said her parents were very
strict and would be angry at
her audacity. Then she said she
was a virgin.
She learned about lovemaking
fast. Jimi Lee and Ken Swift
broke all her parents’ rules and
some her parents didn’t even
know about, and they were purposefully
careless about birth
control. Even so, her pregnancy
came as a surprise.
Jimi Lee’s parents kicked her
out of their house. Ken Swift
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married her at the L.A. courthouse.
She was 19 and her
dream of Harvard was gone; he
was 22, a husband, father, and
an enforcer who busted skulls
to pay for diapers for his baby
girl and clothes for his increasingly
unhappy wife.
And then, while on a job
for San Bernardino, Ken Swift
murdered a man in self-defense.
Jimi Lee knew it, which only
increased her discontent: she
started sleeping around, drinking,
leaving home the second
Ken Swift arrived. Eventually,
Jimi Lee told him what she
wanted out of a divorce, which
was everything he owned.
And that was fine with Ken
Swift; things were not important.
He’d never miss them,
but could he ever give up Jimi
Lee?
poles, Xochipili Dance Ensemble
(Mexican Folklore) Gift of
Dance (Latin Fusion), Dancers
Dreamzzz (Mambo & Bachata),
Mazarte Dance (Mexican
Folkoric) and Los Andulleros
de Santiago (Dominican Carnival),”
according Rebecca Myles,
an official of the Dance Parade
organization.
The annual event starts at
21st and Broadway and brings
together dancers from around
the city and as far away as
Japan to showcase dance
styles in a cross-cultural,
rhythm-infused magical display
of human movement, art
and color. Dance styles reflect
the cosmopolitan legacy of the
city and the elastic inventiveness
of the form, and include
African, Asian-Indian, avant
garde contemporary, ballet,
bhangra, Bolivian Tinkus,
Brazilian zouk, breakdance,
Chinese, contemporary, hiphop,
Irish, Indonesian, Jamaican
Dance Hall, lindy hop,
modern, roller disco, salsa,
samba, Tahitian and tango.
“I’m so happy to share the
beautiful music and dance of
flamenco with the people of
New York!” announced Xianxix
Barrera, artistic director,
Xianix Barrera Flamenco.
Leading the parade will be
more than 200 enthusiastic
city youth and elders dancing
their “debut on Broadway”
and having the fun of their
lives. The young and old dancers
will have participated in
a 10-week education program
of dance workshops sponsored
by New York City Departments
of Parks and Recreation
and funded by New York
City Department of Cultural
Affairs. The workshops are run
in schools, recreation centers
and city parks in Queens,
Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Though the cabaret law has
been repealed the parade will
honor its roots with a presence
by the New York Dance Police
(NYDP) — a jovial group of
uniformed officers inspiring
the crowds to dance and
celebrate the spirit of Dance
Parade. In contrast to the real
Dance Police of the Mayor
Giuliani era, anyone caught
not dancing could be cited
with a summons to attend a
free dance class or party in
the city.
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Book cover of “Before We
Were Wicked.”
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Dancers go through their routine during the 2016 Dance
Parade in New York. Jim Casler
Wicked
Humbleton sets sights on legacy
Jamaican reggae artiste, Humbleton. PlaybookMG
such as “Future Jamaica” and
“We Nice.”
“He describes his fans as
positive and conscious-minded
people, and is personally
passionate about helping others
find value in themselves,”
Chung said.
She said Humbleton also
has his sights on charitable
endeavors, “as he aims at
making donations to provide
necessities to those in need.
“Humbleton has his
sights set on leaving a legacy
behind,” she added. “It’s the
motivation behind sharing
his message, and with hopes
of collaborating with others
that share the same desire
to inspire the world through
music.”
Chung can be reached at
(917) 941-6221, or at roxxi@
playbookmg.com.
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