Classical Dances

<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Songs include: Stardust by Artie Shaw, Swinging On a Star by Bing Crosby, The Second Star to the Right by Doris Day, Stars Fell on Alabama by Guy Lombardo and The Stars and Stripes Forever by Frankie Laine.</span></p> 

<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Songs include: Marimba by Lydia Mendoza, Granada by Frankie Laine, Arentia De Oro by Cuarto Coculense, Mexican Joe by Jim Reeves, Perfidia by Lupita Palomera and Tampica by Stan Kenton. </span></p> 

Songs include: Wedding Bells by the Four Aces, The Bells of Saint Mary by Bing Crosby, The Blue Bells of Scotland by Ella Logan, Serenade of the Bells by Jo Stafford and The Liberty Bell by The Band of the Grenadier Gaurds. 

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