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What started as a way to help kids connect to their culture during recess has become baton twirling and dancing journey for Estrella Tropicales dance team, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year while also marching yet again as a decade-long participant in the Dorchester Day Parade. Franklin Field’s Joselina ‘Jossie’ Leon, 58, said the Estrella Tropicales (which means ....

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