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NORWOOD PARK — Grease and Taft High School go together like "rama lamma lamma" and "ka dinga da dinga dong."
In case you didn't know, the musical's co-writer Jim Jacobs is Taft alum, and he wrote the play based on his experiences on Chicago's Northwest Side.
And now, as "Summer Nights" give way to 5 p.m. sunsets, Taft students are preparing to perform the musical based on the school.
On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Heather Cherone reveals some interesting background about the real-life Thunderbirds and Pink Ladies:
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