I would have liked to be in Miss De Angelo’s class those two days. My mother had a record of “Sugar Blues” that I liked, but like you, I didn’t know the term Jazz. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when Miss De Angelo described Naylor’s presentation to other teachers.

I went to Skateland occasionally when we were in Junior High, They played a lot of Gershwin, especially from An American in Paris. I didn’t see that movie all the way through until just recently. I know I would have been captivated by the music and dancing, and Lesie Caron.

Jeff Arnold