Whenever my parents heard a Benny Goodman or Andrews Sisters song, they would look at each other, with twinkles in their eyes only for each other, rise up together from their chairs, and start dancing.
I always thought they were, well, sort of dopey when they did that, but truth be told, I got a kick out of it.
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