7 Minute Stories w/ Aaron Calafato
Jul 16, 2026 · 10 min · 7 segments
At his daughter’s annual father-daughter dance, Aaron enters an air guitar competition he has never managed to win. This year, however, the stakes feel different. As *Stairway to Heaven* builds toward…
The amazing actor Ralph Macchio and guitar legend Steve Vai went head-to-head in a guitar battle in the 1986 film Crossroads.
Because nearly 40 years later, at the father-daughter dance that I attended with my little girl, I was asked, along with all the other dads, to participate in an air guitar competition.
Now, before we get to the results of this incredible air guitar competition, I just have to say this father-daughter dance experience is such an emotional time for me.
It's like a great ritual, a great tradition in that the activity doesn't change.
The amazing actor Ralph Macchio and guitar legend Steve Vai went head-to-head in a guitar battle in the 1986 film Crossroads.
Because nearly 40 years later, at the father-daughter dance that I attended with my little girl, I was asked, along with all the other dads, to participate in an air guitar competition.
Now, before we get to the results of this incredible air guitar competition, I just have to say this father-daughter dance experience is such an emotional time for me.
It's like a great ritual, a great tradition in that the activity doesn't change.
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