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on 2/28/03 1:38 PM, JimDBB@aol.com at JimDBB@aol.com wrote:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>In a message dated 2/28/03 12:30:19 PM Central Standard Time, nancyink@ulink.net writes:<BR>
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</FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial">Over the years, Mister Rogers introduced children to a wide variety of<BR>
singers and musicians, including Tony Bennett, the Empire Brass Quintet,<BR>
clarinetist Richard Stoltzman, Zydeco musician Queen Ida, jazz saxophonist<BR>
Eric Kloss, and many others.<BR>
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Not to mention the Dreadful Great, Wynton Marsalis, who did a nice turn on Mr. Rogers show. <BR>
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I join Nancy in saluting a great man, Fred Rogers, who helped raise my kids. I used to watch him just to calm down myself...and he often had an outstanding musician on.<BR>
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Jim Beebe</FONT> <BR>
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Like to add: when I first joined the Celebration Road show in the spring of 1973 we were doing school shows every day (K through college) and we made it at rule to watch Mr. Rogers every day to steal stuff we could use in our shows. We watched The Muppets, too, and of course I enjoyed them; but the real surprise was Fred Rogers: I became addicted to him. An ordained minister who understood ministry to kids: unique. <BR>
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Charlie</TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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