About 100 kindergarten, first- and second-graders learned a new phrase Monday — Mississippi hotdog.
The words themselves weren’t very important. It was the beat that was made when the students clapped along on each syllable that added a little something extra to the song “Louisiana Rag,” played by musician Bryan Wright.
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