We once had dreams, remember them? Maybe we didn’t have the opportunity, but if we see our offspring wanting to do it their own way, maybe we should remember our time not so long ago.
Set in 1958, Maggie, (Ginna Claire Mason) who is from a very affluent family of Philadelphia, is preparing to enter into an arranged marriage. She is not in love with her fiance.
She is a trained dancer, who, on a whim, is coaxed by a friend to try out for the Radio City Rockettes. Maggie lands the last open spot and is expected to report in NYC on November 1st to begin rehearsals for the Holiday Season. Knowing that her parents would forbid it, she tells them she wants to go to NYC to look for a wedding gown and meet with a top designer, who happens to be an Aunt of one of her friends who she can stay with.
With no real plan in place, Maggie goes to NYC thinking that she’ll find a way to extend her stay when the time comes and she does.
The Rockettes live in a boarding house with a strict house mother. There Maggie is exposed to the real world which is far from the privileged life she has lived. From learning that if you run the hot water too long, it runs out, to wearing pants on the street (not something that was done much by young women back in the 1950s). She makes some very good friends and learns there’s much more to being a Rockette than dancing; it’s a sisterhood; they look out for and support each other.
Maggie learns to love this life; she feels independent and fulfilled by doing what she loves, dancing!.
During the movie you’ll see the challenges of being an independent woman of that time. She meets a young man, John, (Derek Klena) who also has his own dreams and aspirations, but expectation is that he would take over his family’s business. They both face similar dilemmas. Through it all, they make each other confront their own feelings. Maggie learns what real love is like.
This movie is introduced as a story being told by none other than Ann-Margaret who plays the older Maggie. She is looking back on her life as a Rockette and sharing her story with her granddaughter.
You’ll love seeing NYC in the 1950s, the cars and the clothes. You’ll especially love the dance routines; the Rockettes are flawlessly in sync, as always.
Psalms 149:3 (NIV)
“Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with timbrel and harp.”
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