[Dixielandjazz] When Music Is A Part of Your Being

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Quoting from this source:
(_http://www.williams-syndrome.org/teacher/music-and-williams-syndrome_ 
(http://www.williams-syndrome.org/teacher/music-and-williams-syndrome) )
 
"People with Williams syndrome talk often about a natural feeling that  
music is part of their being."
 
 
If you ever have an opportunity to perform happy music for Williams  
Syndrome individuals and their families, break all other dates to be there  and do 
that.  You will witness a crowd manifesting on their outsides what  you 
sometimes feel on your insides when you make music.
 
Last night a dozen or so members of the St. Louis Banjo Club entertained  
for a Williams Syndrome Convention.  It was like performing for American  
Bandstand for people who were made out of music.  There is no way to put in  
words the joy that manifests on their faces and bodies.  But I can say it  is 
highly contagious.  It will get their families up to dance with  them.  It 
will energize your band to play better than you knew you  could.  It will 
give your heart a lifetime memory.
 
Ginny