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The Good, The Bad & MICHAEL JACKSON

Imagine that it is 1963, and you're in a small kindergarten classroom in the town of Gary, Indiana. The children are a tad restless, as five-year-olds often tend to be, and they impatiently squirm in their tiny wooden seats as the long afternoon wears on.

March 2, 1988
Steve Peters

The Good, The Bad & MICHAEL JACKSON

Imagine that it is 1963, and you're in a small kindergarten classroom in the town of Gary, Indiana. The children are a tad restless, as five-year-olds often tend to be, and they impatiently squirm in their tiny wooden seats as the long afternoon wears on.

One of the students is standing at the front of the room, perhaps slightly nervous about being the center of attention before his peers. But as he launches into a stirring rendition of “Climb Every Mountain,” a popular ballad from the now-classic film The Sound Of Music, virtually all motion in the classroom ceases and all the minor distractions are forgotten. The kids listen attentively, impressed, maybe even a little jealous, as a young Michael Jackson gives his first “public” performance ever.

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