Setting the scene…
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The Drill Team Dream
I, La Shele, was a 1st grader living in Los Angeles California. I marched in parades and competition as a Captain in the Johnny Hi-Steppers Drill Team until I was in High School. This kept me out of trouble living in poverty.
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Previously
…As La Shele walked home that evening, the city sounds seemed different. They were still there, the car horns and distant sirens, but now, underlying it all, she heard the steady beat of a drum, the echo of synchronized steps. She wasn’t just La Shele, the little girl from the apartment building anymore. She was La Shele, a Johnny Hi-Stepper, and she had just taken her first step onto a path that would lead her to places she’d only dreamed of. The spotlight, even if it was just the California sun, felt warm and inviting, and she was ready to step into it.