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The PAC dance team at Walden Grove High School in...  ...ta, Arizona, gave us a Wizard of Oz dance routine and a Harry Potter dance routine that really impresse...  ...years. They've set our expectations pretty high, and still came through with a production featuring th...  ...me through with a production featur...

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