Kenny Vance spent the last 10 years putting 'Heart and Soul' together and is so proud of it. It premiered at the Dances with Films Festival.
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With Jay Black, Jay and the Americans had hit after hit, including: "Only in America," "Come a Little Bit Closer," "Let's Lock the Door," "Cara Mia," "This Magic Moment," and "Walking in the Rain" to name a few. Then in 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit, and the storm destroyed his house and everything inside. He had lived in that house on the beach in the Rockaways for nearly 40 years. When he made it to the wreckage that was once his home, only the kitchen and the floor above it were still standing. It was his office.
"I realized that I was the protector of this stuff, and I didn't want it to be washed away with all the other things that I lost. I wanted this to be something that I carry all the way to the screen so that the rest of the world could see this film," says Vance.
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