INT. MOSAIC TEMPLARS HEADQUARTERS—FIRST FLOOR ENTRANCE. NIGHT.

The driving funk beat of the 7TH CONTEMPORARY HIT SONG ripples down to the FIRST FLOOR LOBBY and vibrates on the walls.

A group of WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS suddenly charge into the building and race madly up the stairway. They yell to each other on the run.

WHITE COLLEGE STUDENTS
They've already started!  Hurry!   
I'm running out of steam!  I need  
to catch my breath!  Don't be a  
namby-pamby!  We're almost there!   
You can make it!  Ha!  The eternal  
optimist!  C'mon!

INT. DREAMLAND BALLROOM—THIRD FLOOR LOBBY. NIGHT.

Tacked to the wall near the ballroom’s entrance is a HUGE PUBLICITY POSTER containing a BIG PHOTO of JIMMIE and the ORCHESTRA in the center, and a SMALL PHOTO of THE DANDRIDGE SISTERS on the lower left corner, which reads:

   DREAMLAND BALLROOM PRESENTS
 JIMMIE DE LAVALLADE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
 Featuring The Dandridge Sisters