“ORCHESTRA” in italiano

”An orchestra hidden in a screened-in mezzanine began playing.

If she hadn’t been wearing the heavy dress, she might have begged the orchestra to play the song again so she could just execute spin after spin after spin by herself, knowing when to throw in doubles and triples by instinct and ear alone.

Most of them had something to do with celebrations of Independence Day and other national holidays, when the school-teacher or some other citizen would make a speech, and at night there would be an orchestra composed of villagers to play the national tunes and after that play for the assembled crowd to dance and make merry.

As if the conductor of the orchestra hidden in this room wanted her to have a breather.