Swing Sisters

The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm

By: Karen Deans, Joe Cepeda (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 10 August 2021

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Paperback
32 Pages

Age
4 - 8

Grade
1 - 4

Dimensions(cm)
23.5 x 27.94 x 0.64

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Back in 1909, not far from Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones opened a special place for orphans named Piney Woods Country Life School. Dr. Jones loved music and wanted the children to love it too. In 1939 he started a school band that was just for girls, and he called it the Sweethearts. The music the girls played was called swing. It had rhythms and melodies that got people up on their feet to dance. And like all good music, it told stories about how it feels to be alive. After the girls left Piney Woods, the band stayed together and performed around the world. With their enormous talent and joyful music, the Sweethearts chipped away at racist and sexist barriers wherever they went.

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