Ozarks At Large

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Friday, November 29, 2013
Ahead on this post-Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks, a discussion with the author of this year's selection for the "One Book, One Community" program in Fayetteville, and two Grammy nominees play inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Here are our ten clips celebrating dance in honor of the NCAA's Big Dance: 1) Dancing Queen by Abba. 2) Al Pacino does the tango all the way to an Oscar in Scent of a Woman. 3) Marni Nixon provides the voice to Audrey Hepburn's celebration in My Fair Lady. 4) Gene Gene the Dancing Machine delights the audience on The Gong Show. 5) Uma Thurman and John Travolta debate in Pulp Fiction. 6) Chubby Checker launches a dance craze with The Twist. 7) Kevin Bacon makes the case for dancing in Footloose. 8) Los del Rio launches another dance craze with the Macarena. 9) Billy Elliot explains why he dances. 10) Gene Kelly ends the best (disagree?) dancing scene ever in Singing in the Rain. Apologies to: all those other dances, dance movies and dancing songs. Maybe next time.
Becca Martin Brown begins a week's worth of road trips to start Spring Break off right.
We end today's show with another song from the band's new album Lion's Den.
The university system's board voted yesterday to start offering online courses. And, the state departments of health and education partner on educating schools about the dangers of heat-related illnesses.
Sister by Andrew Belle
Michael Tilley from The City Wire says the 188th Fighter Wing has recieved approval to spend to $12.5 million to build a facility that could help the unit become an ISR Center of Excellence.