At the Parkside Library in November, readers and listeners gathered to hear the chapter on Carlos Acosta from First Position. Among them was Claudia with whom I had collaborated for several years to promote the work of Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company and Kristen, who helped design this website, as well as Pat, Shirley, Ed and Ann, colleagues and coworkers with whom I have worked in a variety of settings and situations at the San Francisco Public Library. Also there was Jeff, a longtime friend and political activist. Pat showed me the library's window display, which brought First Position together with other books on dance and jazz music using the theme, "It don't mean a thing if you ain't got that swing," the jazz piece my son played on the trumpet as part of Hoover Middle School's celebrated jazz band. After the reading, books were sold, signed and checked out of the library!
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