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Rhonda Laurie
Jazz in the Library: Rhonda Laurie Brings "Happy Days" to Small Town Audiences
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
How did a gal raised in Queens end up singing Irving Berlin tunes in a library in Delano, MN? If you know Rhonda Laurie, the connection isn't that remote. The Twin Cities-based vocalist, teacher and former paralegal spent childhood summers in the Catskills where her grandfather performed vaudeville shows. She got another taste of musical theater performing and directing high school productions. Then there was that detour working as a paralegal on Wall Street, a career she finally abandoned after ...
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