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White Christmas x 2

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Ten years ago! … December 25, 2008 … the Christmas we were snowed in … a white Christmas … with White Christmas, 1954 … Enlarge photo to see shadowy cat in front of forced-air heater … Perkins or Teeny Tuxedo? …

Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Vera Ellen … and a train full of snow, snow, snow, snow … SNOW! …

They’re Doing Choreography

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September 4, 2014 –– Always liked this Danny Kaye song … Sang first 3 stanzas on a road trip or two with Glynnis (I taught it to her) …  Recently realized it’s from White Chirstmas, 1954 (ALL words and music by Irving Berlin) … Always seemed like it’s from one of Danny’s other films … No matter, it’s hep, man, hep!
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The thea’tuh, the thea’tuh
What’s happened to the thea’tuh
Especially where dancing is concerned

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Chaps
Who did taps
Aren’t tapping anymore
They’re doing choreography

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Chicks
Who did kicks
Aren’t kicking anymore
They’re doing choreography

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Heps
Who did steps
That would stop the show in days that used to be

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Through the air they keep flying
Like a duck that is dying
Instead of dance
It’s choreography