'Only in Chicago could that happen where 200 family members and friends of the family come together to celebrate not only the show but celebrated me on my birthday.'
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“Only in Chicago could that happen where 200 family members and friends of the family come together to celebrate not only the show but celebrated me on my birthday,” Atkins said.“Gem of the Ocean.” “It was really in that space creatively why I started to kind of have that experience,” Atkins said. “Of what it felt like to be on stage and to be in the mix with all these ridiculously creative and talented kids.”
“She was just so passionate and so infectious with her enthusiasm about the craft craft that I just bought it all hook line and sinker,” he said.
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