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Every New Yorker has a spot they call their own, a place where they go to unwind . . .

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. . . for those from the East 59th precinct, it was The White Panther Jazz Club, the oldest jazz spot in the city situated among the poorly lit, seedy back streets of New York. Residents of this city were renowned for their progressive attitudes and The White Panther Jazz Club always had a cutting edge music scene which they all enjoyed. It hosted some of the biggest names in Jazz and had a comfortable, intimate space, where you could drop by for a quick cocktail, or make a total evening of it. It was the perfect meeting place for the girls and tonight was special . . . Kate was singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by instrumentalists, was often regarded as having purity of tone and wonderful improvisational ability. -oOo- Work in Progress is the making of The White Panther Jazz Club, step by step. The Players are the dolls that play a part in my story. On the Catwalk custom designed clothing made for the players.
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The Triplets

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Precilla, Regina and Amapola Parker, otherwise known as Cilla, Reggie and Poppy, were born just a few minutes apart, in the seaside town of Fairfield, just fifty miles from the city of New York. They grew up being cared for by their father, in a beautiful four bedroom home close to the beach, where they would spend most of their free time. The girls had lost their mother in a fatal car crash, when they were just five years old. They all had retained strong memories of her and the wonderful career she had in the fashion industry. Their father had seen to that; the hallway in their home was like a photographic gallery, lined with photographs of their mother wearing the most elegant clothes, mostly designed by their father. It was no wonder the girls had decided, before they even left school, they would follow in her footsteps. Though Reggie was to be an exception. From a the tender age of two she had shadowed her father so closely, it was almost a foregone conclusion she would end up...
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