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Veteran broadcaster for 35+ years. Winner of Billboards magazine's Program Director of the Year Award.
Executive coach in communicative competencies.
Research and development in growth and organizational development. Keynote speaker on social organizations' growth at the Adult Continuing Education Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and keynote speaker on growth and its relation to the New Biology and second order cybernetics at the International Symposium on Autopoiesis at the Federal University in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Author/scholar/musicologist: three books on Beach Music and Shag culture in the Southeastern U.S.

10 Ways Beach Music, Romance & Self-expression Created the First ‘myspace’

Beach music was a hidden treasure of the South, but the word is out. This is a deeper look at the phenomenon which swept U.S dancers, including West Coast swing enthusiasts, boppers, lindy hoppers, jitterbugs, Whip, Push, and Steppers onto the dance floors in pursuit of the joys of Shaggin' and the thousands of songs Beach Music connoisseurs love. For couples looking to reignite the romance in their lives Beach Music and the Shag provide the firestarter (and usually lots with lots of BBQ)! Read

By: John Hook | 02/02/2009 | Music