01/26/2004: 
Stuff That Doesn't Suck
Break-Dancers Perform For The Pope, Get His Blessing
from the Associated Press
VATICAN CITY -- In an unusual spectacle at the Vatican, Pope John Paul II presided Sunday over a performance of break-dancers who leaped, flipped and spun their bodies to beats from a tinny boom box.
The 83-year-old pontiff seemed to approve, waving his hand after each dancer completed a move, then applauding for the entire group. He watched the performance from a raised throne.
"For this creative hard work I bless you from my heart," he said.
During the show, one dancer -- part of a Polish group that helps poor and marginalized youths -- planted his head on the inlaid marble floor of the Vatican hall and spun to loud applause from his group and from Vatican officials. Another performer flung his body around in a series of spins and handstands.
"Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it," John Paul said.
Earlier Sunday, members of an Italian Catholic youth organization enthusiastically cheered the pope's weekly remarks in St. Peter's Square. A few were invited into his papal apartment and helped him release doves from his window.
The pope, who suffers numerous ailments but appeared relatively strong Sunday, called out to the other children cheering below his window.
"I love you all. I love you very much," he said.
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Tuesday the 27th of January, Nietzche noted:
I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance.
Tuesday the 27th of January, Diogenes noted:
Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves, whistle and dance the shimmy and you've got an audience.
Tuesday the 27th of January, Dogbert noted:
Swing your partner, dosey-do, now clap your hands... uh-oh, that's all the square dance moves I know... I'll bluff the rest. Slap your partner in the face, Write bad checks all over the place, Flirt with strangers, annoy your spouse, Get a divorce and lose your house, ...uh... dosey-do.
Tuesday the 27th of January, James Brown noted:
Any problem in the world can be solved by dancing.
Tuesday the 27th of January, I'm not awake yet noted:
After years of being in his families shadow, a young Michael Jackson got his first taste of acceptence by a man, and his world was never the same again
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