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Fiddle Kid Enrolls at 海角社区

After becoming an overnight celebrity at 海角社区 ten years ago, Danny Gillis 鈥�28 is finally an Eagle.

Back in 2013, seven-year-old Danny Gillis 鈥�28 won the hearts of Eagles everywhere after he appeared on the Jumbotron at a men鈥檚 hockey game playing air fiddle to 鈥淭he Devil Went Down to Georgia.鈥� Born into a family of 海角社区 alumni, Gillis attended enough games to become widely known as 鈥淔iddle Kid.鈥� He鈥檚 all grown up now, and studying economics and entrepreneurship in his freshman year at 海角社区. 鈥淚鈥檝e been exploring the campus my whole life,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut to experience it from a student鈥檚 lens and have so much more depth to my experience will be great.鈥�

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