CATTANOOGA CATS!

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Prologue

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"Okay!" Cowboy told the rest of his band, hanging up the phone. "They want us to perform at the Community Center. Guys, black tie and shoes. Kitty Jo..." He smiled at his girlfriend.

"Ah'll need to get a new dress!" Kitty Jo said. "And maybe some new shoes? What do you think would look good on me, Cowboy?"

"Heck! Anything would look good on you, Kitty Jo," Cowboy said.

"I'm all set and ready!" Scoots said.

Groove pantomimed playing his drums with his hands. "All I can say is, I'm ready and wiling to go to a go-go-go!"

"Either of you two fellows picked out a girl?" Kitty Jo asked.

"Ah, girls don't even notice me!" Scoots said. "Anyway, it's easier to crash the refreshment stand if you don't have a girl."

"Mah hero!" Kitty Jo quipped. "You'll be sorry someday you didn't date more girls."

"I can handle it," he assured her.

"What about you, Groove?" she asked. "Surely a big, handsome young fellah like you has noticed somebody he likes?"

"Ah, nobody's interested in a guy like me," the drummer told her. "Besides, those dances are way too tough for me."

"If that's what's bothering you, ah can take care of that easily enough," Kitty Jo offered, holding out her hand.

"I'm not exactly an easy person to train," Groove told her.

"Just do what ah say and everything will be fine," Kitty Jo assured him. She started dancing. "Come on, Groovy, you have to follow me! Now...one...two...three...ouch! One...two...three...ouch! One...two...three...ouch!"

"I'm sorry, Kitty Jo!" he told her. "I can't seem to get my feet to do what they're supposed to do!"

"Try looking at mah feet and I'll try to go slower," Kitty Jo said.

"But I'm hurting you, and that's not right!" Groove said.

"One...two...three...ouch! Look at mah feet, don't step on them!" Kitty Jo told him.

"They also want us to go down there and get everything working for us," Cowboy said.

"Is it well equipped?" Scoots asked.

"Well set up smorgasbord?" Groove questioned.

"Ah hope it's warm up there," Kitty Jo suggested. "And has something for me...ouch! Poor feet!"

"There's supposed to be a lake nearby for people to go ice-skating," Cowboy said. "So get everything ready and we'll take off tonight!"