Perkins created the Dancing Dolls, ... Perkins turned to her former students and contacted their parents. "They were going to have to be committed, and that's who we knew," explained Perkins, ...

Melrose Davis Biagas, a Dancing Doll from 1974 to 1976, had never traveled outside of Louisiana until the Dolls and the band went to Washington, D.C., where they performed on the steps of the Capitol.

Parents of the "Dancing Dolls" said it was surreal to see them on the national network. "It's been rough some days. It's been fun some days. It's been exciting. It just has it's moments, and we just ...