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200648 minGdocumentary

How Lucky China

200648 minGdocumentary

Mary Lamont Band from Long Island undertook a groundbreaking 23,000-mile tour across six cities and provinces in mainland China in 2002.

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Mary Lamont Band from Long Island undertook a groundbreaking 23,000-mile tour across six cities and provinces in mainland China in 2002.

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Leslye Abbeydirector

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Jim Marchesecast

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Follows Long Island’s Mary Lamont Band on their groundbreaking 23,000-mile tour in six cities and provinces across mainland China in 2002.

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