MY COLLECTION, GLORY DANCE, IS INSPIRED BY A DANCE HALL THAT MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER OPENED IN THE 1940’S. THIS WAS A TIME CHARACTERIZED BY THE DEPRESSION, WWII, AND THE RECESSION. BUZZARDS’ GLORY, THE DANCE HALL, WAS INEXPENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT. IT OFFERED AN EVENING OF AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE, ONE THAT INVOLVED ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR PUREST FORMS. PEOPLE REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HEART OF IT. MUSIC AND DANCE BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE DANCE HALL, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN RURAL MARYLAND, AND TWO HOURS SOUTH FROM THE CITY.