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Jazz is America's music. I feel for anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to learn about it at length. Learning about it and how smushing together African and European influences changed the world forever is absolutely inspiring. :) Without jazz, where would we be? The genre just amazes me.

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I love Val, names, too, and the nns Val and Vally, which helps the name out so much. And I think Evangeline Valaida sounds fabulous--though I still like Evangeline Belrose more. (Belrose falls into that homespun folksy category for me, and I really love it.) Evening Valaida would be pretty, too, I think. :D I love V's.

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I think we may need to work on making a big list of down-home sounding names. Let's see...

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Alzettie
Ardelia
Belrose
Florinda
Liliola
Lovella
Moselle (and Mose for a boy, of course)
Oradine
Valaida
Vandia
Vidalia

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Array

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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.

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A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.