Through 16 editions of the Cupid’s Ball father-daughter dance, Jeffrey Sharp has cut a rug to everything from “The Macarena” to “Gangnam Style.” Frankly, though, he reserves his best moves for “YMCA.”
“I didn’t think (the DJ) was gonna play it,” Sharp said as Saturday evening’s event wound down at the Smith-Cotton High School cafeteria. “I told him I wasn’t gonna leave until he played it.”
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