The musicians know no fatigue; still the dance rages on

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The family and friends of the old man have gone about four blocks away from the band when it abruptly swings around and heads back toward town and the bar where they had met earlier. Then it happens! The bass drum resounds like a small cannon with Boom, Boom, Ba, Boom, Boom, Boom! The whole mood has changed as Onward screams happily into "Bourbon Street Parade." The second liners go wild! They laugh, dance with broad gyrating hip-swing movements; dipping and whirling their umbrellas, they sway, strut, and jive. The crowd has grown to over a thousand now as Onward goes blasting down the street. Almost everyone in their path gets caught up in the absolute, released joy and frenzy. As they move along, they go almost immediately from one happy "finger-poppin' " tune to another. Because the departed brother was a "ramblin' man," a "swingin' cat," they do "Didn't He Ramble?" Then it's 'The Saints Go Marchin' In" and "The Saint Louis Blues." With all this, the band seems to have come completely back into key as the "happy jazz" bounces and shouts down the street.