DANCING WHILE THE WORLD COMES TO AN END

“This grew out of a songwriting class I taught in the midst of the Covid pandemic. I’d started this song, about finding strength during tough times, but wasn't happy with the choruses I’d tried. The last two assignments I’d given my song students were to write a “character song,” and a “list song”. So I combined these two tasks and arrived at a list of famous characters from songs. I asked for suggestions on Facebook and squeezed in as many as I could.”