"Allen Hughes" was an American dance and music critic.

Born in Brownsburg, Indiana, Hughes started his career as a critic in 1950 when he joined the staff of Musical America. In 1955, he became a music critic for The New York Herald Tribune. He left there in 1960 to join the staff of The New York Times where he worked as a music and dance critic until his retirement 26 years later in 1986. He was notably chief dance critic of the newspaper from 1963-1965 and was chief music editor of the Sunday Arts and Leisure section during the early 1980s. He died in Sarasota, Florida at the age of 87.

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When he's on, he is as good as anyone we've had. Technique-wise, he's as explosive a wrestler as we've had.

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It seems like we've started (in the heavyweights) the last three, four matches. It helps when you have our better boys coming up later. I don't mind finishing up that way.

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We try really hard to maintain the focus of this day on the kids.

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When you have someone like him for four years and working like that, it's hard to see him lose. He spent a lot of hours preparing for this.

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It really is about a whole lot of people working together that really can make a difference if you band together.

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We've met them the last two years and we knew they were good. They're better than they were last year.

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Bigger kids, once they're on the mat, it's hard to get off. That gave us momentum.

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As far as we're concerned, they are the real stars of the event.

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Part of this day really is a celebration of all of the work the motorcyclists have done. They've worked all year long - they don't let anyone off the hook.

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