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The step dances of this city's Jenkins Orphanage Band were adapted into the musical Runnin' Wild. A competition named for this city ends as dancers fall into a pool in a scene from It's a Wonderful Life. A song named for this city featuring a dotted quarter, eighth rhythm (0[1])by James P. Johnson (20[1])involves "rock (20[1])steps." (20[2]0[1])In one opera, dancers perform to Jasbo Brown in this city before a (*) craps game. (10[1])Performers (0[1])swing their arms as they kick with their (10[1])toes (10[2])in (10[1]0[3])and heels (10[1]0[1])out (0[1])in a dance (10[1]0[1])named for (10[1])this (0[1])city (10[3]0[1])and (10[1])performed by (10[1])flappers in a 1920s (10[2]0[1])craze. (10[4]0[2])An opera character in this city's Catfish Row (10[1])sings that "Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high" (0[1])in the lullaby (0[1])"Summertime." For 10 points, Porgy and Bess (0[1])is set in what city in South Carolina? (10[3])■END■ (10[12]0[1])

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