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Transplant stories, Backwards In High Heels, Focal Plane and Treasures of Heaven

Posted Thursday, January 13, 2011

When this opera singer lost her voice, she was given a second chance…her story coming up on this round of Applause.  Plus we meet a couple whose business, Focal Plane, skyrocketed shortly after “they” took off. And she followed the lead of her co-star Fred Astaire to perfection, but only backwards.  How Ginger Rodgers kept Astaire on his toes…all this and more on the next Applause.

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opera singer
Focal Plane
Ginger Rodgers

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Arts and Culture, Dance, Music, Economy, Regional Economy/Business - Analysis and Trends, Health, Lifegiving Transplant Stories

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