'Swing Girls' jazz club to perform at U.S. cherry blossom festival

'Swing Girls' jazz club to perform at U.S. cherry blossom festival

NAGANO, Japan - Photo taken on March 8 shows members of the Tateshina High School Jazz Club in Nagano Prefecture, which helped to inspire the popular movie ''Swing Girls.'' The club will send a group of about 30 members to Washington to perform at the annual cherry blossom festival's opening ceremony.

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