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          played guitar and bass since he was   From 1994-                                     Alan had given
          13 and has played in bands from 1970   2014, he played                               Andrea a bunch of
          until 2014.  Andrea grew up playing   country, rock,                                 colorful socks last
          piano and has recently been learning   folk music and                                Christmas, and she
          the mandolin, thanks to Alan’s help.   more with Carol                               came up with some
                                              Huddleston.                                      easy choreography to
          Dancing has also been a huge part   His passing left                                 go with some of their
          of Andrea’s life. She took ballet, tap,   a big void, but                            favorite songs. Alan
          contemporary, and ballroom dance    Alan continues to                                used his phone to
          through college and had a jitterbug/  find fulfillment                               video her, and to date,
          East Coast Swing and contra dance   in music. (Much                                  they have 27 songs
          partner for seven years in Seattle. She   of their music                             posted on YouTube.
          also spent a year on a competitive   is available on                                 The movements are
          clogging team in the 1990s.         YouTube – The                                    simple, and the songs
                                              Carol Huddleston                                 are fun – ranging from
          Second to her love of dancing is a   Group.)                            Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “Sixteen
          passion for creative writing. This                                      Tons” to songs from Hamilton and
          resourceful lady self-published a   This story came about because       Aretha Franklin’s “Soulville” to a
          book of poetry and essays in 2020   Andrea and Alan wanted to introduce   couple of Alan’s original pieces.
          and had three poems and six haikus   Amarillo to their delightfully fun
          published in an anthology called    YouTube channel. “Seniors Wearing   Some of the props are intentionally
          Pandemic Poems by Poets of the Texas   Socks” began as a way to help seniors   silly. The goal is to get people moving
          Panhandle, which became available on   and others to keep moving during   and evoke some laughter. Both are
          Amazon in September 2021.           the pandemic. Andrea missed being   healthy for all of us. Go to YouTube
                                              able to go to the gym or “go” dancing   and search Andrea Elise or Seniors
          Alan had a career as an IT guru, but   during COVID, so the artists put their   Wearing Socks. Then get up, take off
          his first love has always been music.
                                              heads together.                     your shoes, and get ready to smile.




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