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They still have it in them.

Gathering recently at Lynn University in Boca Raton, 14 South Florida alumnae of the Radio City Rockettes, ages 44 to 94, took to the stage and performed one of the troupe’s signature routines: the Parade of the Wooden Soldiers, taking straight-legged steps in a perfectly aligned pinwheel, all heads turned to the right.

It was a few minutes of joy for each of them. After several go-rounds, they laughed, clapped, obsessed over each move and recalled when they were younger and the tiny steps didn’t hurt their hips.

Dancing with the famous kickline, which has been a centerpiece of Radio City Music Hall in New York since 1932, was the seminal event in many of their lives, and shaped who many became in later years. In

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