LAURA ZISETTE,
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Laura (sometimes dubbed the "Mama 'Possum" ) is a classically trained pianist, but preferred dancing.  Then she broke her toe in the first fifteen minutes of a weeklong dance camp.  What to do with a whole week?  As luck would have it, Bob McQuillen was on staff and became her mentor.  While practicing, he encouraged her with "there are no wrong notes in contra dancing...well, except maybe that one."  In the family band she obsessively arranges clever or beautiful band arrangements.  Her kids grudgingly read through them at home, and then play what they want at the gig.  Gradually she has learned to let go of her expectations for planned and polished performances.  It turns out they were right--spontaneity is more fun!

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