tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35691168677925247602024-02-02T02:18:12.323-08:00Harlem's Heritage: Lindy Hop and Swing Dance! Pioneers, Innovators and Keepers of the Flame...bronx barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245913782555345172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569116867792524760.post-23570158056321899332014-06-30T17:50:00.000-07:002014-06-30T17:50:34.135-07:00Frankie 100: May 22 thru 26th 2014! Some reflections.... Part 1<br />
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bronx barbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03245913782555345172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569116867792524760.post-90969307372401222342014-03-30T05:28:00.001-07:002014-04-04T06:29:52.898-07:00Stompin' at the Savoy - and Around the World! 1935 - 1939<br />
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York. In Harlem. At the Savoy. It was an American dance
created by Americans. It had soul and it had swing, which is what made it
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see the emergence of Harlem’s famed dance the Lindy Hop. We also see how
youngsters in Harlem had the energy, resilience and drive to create a distinctive
dance art form that would take them places beyond their imaginations.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Manning’s beginnings with Harlem’s premiere dance at its premiere ballroom - the Savoy! Hear his words</span><br />
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ventures to the Savoy Ballroom. The dancers at the Savoy in Harlem were mixing
dances like the Breakaway and the Charleston to create new styles. The new
music told their feet to do triples… so they added triple steps. Thus the
Lindy Hop was born with an eight-beat basic foot pattern of 1, 2, 3 & 4, 5,
6, 7 & 8. This new style proved very popular and spread rapidly.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Frankie Manning has been invited by Herbert “Whitey” White to join elite group
of Savoy Lindy Hoppers hailing from the Savoy Ballroom. One of his first
innovations Frankie also introduces is a more horizontal style of Lindy Hopping
in contrast to the dancers before him. This allows for more innovation and
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to 1935 and a New York City Contest that would change Harlem’s Lindy Hoppers
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starting in 1935 was the annual "Harvest Moon Ball" and sponsored by
the Daily News Welfare Association. It was going to be held in the
Central Park Mall initially but had to be postponed because a crowd of 100,000
gathered and the contestants couldn't get through. The categories were Foxtrot,
Lindy Hop, Polka, Rumba, Tango and Waltz. This event was so popular that the
20,000 seats were usually sold within two days of going on sale! Remember
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Entrants registered at various ballrooms in New
York, the Savoy being one of them. While the results of the usual Savoy
Saturday night contests were decided by applause (and a</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <b>spot for </b></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">preliminaries for the HMB),
at the actual contest requirements were to be a point system: For grace,
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imaginations. The music was faster…the steps had not been danced on a
ballroom floor before… and the dancers were faster and flashier than any of the
other contestants. The judges had to have their eyes wide open.” </b></i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One <b>had to</b> capture the judge’s
attention. The Savoy dancers who were best in their Lindy contests uptown
had no problem with that - they were used to being on display. Whitey
wanted the top 3 prizes to be brought home to the Savoy, but for the BIG number
1 prize he banked on Frankie Manning and Leon James. He knew there would
be demand for performances after the contest, and he had easy access to sell
this to clubs and theaters across the country. And the contest would also
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was not to separate from your partner. Well as you see form the film clip
that rule was abandoned! Leon James and Maggie McMillan took the cake
with their antics and imaginative moves. Top winners
got paid a cash prize <i>and</i> also received a week long engagement with Ed
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<b><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: large;"><i> That night Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers were born. </i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Norma Miller‘s words proved to be prophetic: <b>The
Lindy Hop belonged to us.</b> Until the Savoy ballroom closed in 1958, Savoy
Ballroom dancers virtually regarded the Lindy Hop prize as their own (despite
its name being changed to <i>Jitterbug Jive</i> and then to <i>Rock 'n' Roll</i>).
And we might add that this Harlem pride continued with the help of a new venue
in the Bronx – <b>the Savoy Manor.</b> </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over 40 years in total between both facilities</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">African Americans DOMINATED
this contest within the Harvest Moon Ball for the Lindy Hop contest’s duration!
And well into the 1960’s, 1970’s and early 80’s with the help of Louise “Mama
Lu” Parks, George Lloyd, Sugar Sullivan, Barbara Billups, Lee Motes, Margaret
“Mommy” Thacker and George Sullivan: <b>They
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Ballroom Lindy Hoppers and Harvest Moon Ball contestants, winners or Champions - trained
successive entrants (who regarded the Savoy Manor as their home) for the
Harvest Moon Ball until 1974 (for the Daily News Charities). Early
editions of the Daily News after the contest in those days had them on the
front cover! Some of these Lindy Hop legends have within their archives the <i>newspaper
centerfolds</i> showcasing the contestants…</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But it doesn’t stop:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Then you have Mama Lu Parks
carrying the tradition further into the early 1980’s with <i>her version</i> of
the Harvest Moon Ball! These award winning and trailblazing glory years will be
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requests after the Harvest Moon Ball Lindy Hop sweep was a tour of several
European countries that included France, England and Switzerland.
Frankie, who had a regular job, declined the offer (despite Whitey’s pleas).
Norma Miller though made a deal with her mother and got to go at the age of 14!
As she said “My formal education was ending, but life on the road would teach
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this in her memoirs “Swinging at the Savoy” extensively, and this premiere trip
no doubt put Harlem’s dance further on the map. Frankie though didn’t
feel he would be missing too much – at least at this time. He felt that
“that the man upstairs had something else in mind for me”…</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Indeed he did, as we’ll read later
(<i>that</i> contest). However two years later success had Frankie on a 1937
tour of France, Ireland and Britain. The trip included a royal command
performance</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">for King George
VI at the London Palladium</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Since the beginning of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_dance" target="_blank" title="Jazz dance"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">jazz
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The precise history of events
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Manning's story and claimed that he himself was the first dancer to do aerials
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Head bouncer </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Herbert_%22Whitey%22_White&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Herbert "Whitey" White (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Herbert "Whitey"
White</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> managed a team of local dancers that included </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Snowden" target="_blank" title="George Snowden"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">George
Snowden</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, and he arranged for them to perform at professional engagements
all over the city and country. Their absence from the ballroom with these
performances gave a new generation of dancers the opportunity to shine. With
them returning to the Savoy between engagements, jealousies and rivalries soon
developed between different groups. So this was bound to happen between
Shorty George and his friends <i>and</i> newer upstarts such as Manning, Norma
and their crew. These situations were often played out in formal competitions
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Snowden had a conversation with Whitey, saying the audience preferred his
group over the new kids on the block. He gave 2 weeks for a contest since
he was going out of town, and told Whitey to pick 3 of his best teams for the
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Frankie said there was some
hesitation when Whitey mentioned it to them, but he told them it was all in
fun. Then Whitey picked 3 teams: Lucille Middleton and Jerome Williams,
Mildred Cruise and Billy Williams, and Frieda Washington and his boy Frankie.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Determined to out-do rival dancers,
Frankie Manning devised the <i>Over the Back</i> air step for the
competition. This would serve two purposes: First resolve the tit for tat
between Snowden and Manning's dancers. Second it would top Shorty George’s and
his partner </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Bea&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Big Bea (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Big Bea</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">’s famous show stopper trademark
move. They often finished dances with Big Bea picking Shorty George up on
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next door to each other, and to keep this a secret and a surprise they
rehearsed at Frankie’s house rather then the Savoy</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> They practiced with a mattress on
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Different maneuvers were experimented with to get into the step without
breaking the rhythm of the music. Recall they had two weeks to master
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Finally the Saturday came and all
the teams competed. Shorty and Big Bea went on before Frankie went,
making him and Frieda the last couple of the night. Those two danced
their butts off, making Frankie nervous, thinking he could never top that
dancing! But with Chick Webb behind him driving the music, they made a go
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<b style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #741b47;">It was coming down to the end of our turn, so I said (to Frieda), “You ready
to do the step?” “Yeah, let’s do it.” I swung her out and did a jump turn over
her head… Then I jumped so we were back to back and flipped her. And when
she hit the floor right on the beat… “BOOMP!</span></b></span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the music and yelling, “Go Musclehead!” (my nickname), but when Frieda
landed, for one second, it seemed like everyone in the audience caught their
breath. Their mouths opened, but no
sound came out. It was as if people weren’t sure they had really seen what
they’d seen, like they were trying to figure out what we had just done. They
were awestruck. Then all of a sudden, the house erupted! Everyone jumped up and
started stomping, clapping, hollering, and grabbing each other saying, “Did you
see that?” “What the heck did he just do?” “He threw that girl over his head!”
Folks were just carrying on. It was turmoil</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">!</span></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Back” not only won Manning and Washington the competition, but saw the
beginning of Lindy Hop's most famous family of steps! Even Shorty Snowden
was impressed, having come to find out his step influenced Frankie to a new
level of dancing.</span><br />
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Scenes from 1938 Carnival of Swing concert on Randall’s Island, NY. It is considered the first outdoor jazz festival.
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At this point <i>everyone</i>
wanted to know the step, and Frankie was willing to share if they showed up at
the Savoy. The contest moved Frankie to try new things, searching for
that new exciting step and improvisation. <i>AND Excitement!</i></span></div>
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Follower’s</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">begin twisting</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">:</span></span><span style="color: #c0504d; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">One day, Whitey
and Frankie were sitting alongside the Savoy dance floor when Twist Mouth
George came over with Edith Matthews, asking them to watch. He swung
Edith out about three or four times, and instead of doing the rock steps she
twisted each time. Whitey knew he was very good at copying people… so he
watched intently. When they left, Whitey swung him out and he copied what
he saw Edith do. Then they started showing it to the other girls, and they
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">This idea came to Frankie while dancing to “For Dancers Only” by
Jimmy Lunceford. When the music stopped within the song so did Frankie.
Later he suggested to Whitey they do an ensemble and everyone do the same steps
- and then stop even when the music didn’t. It worked well and these
combinations became known as “The Stops”. When the group performed the
routine at the Cotton Club it stopped the show, so much so they were banned
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Stops started it, and eventually these combinations and
prearranged routines helped make Lindy Hop suitable for the theater. It
was an important step in the evolution of the dance, and soon bookings came -
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Breaks come after an eight-measure phrase of music. For Frankie a Lindy break was often a time
for improvisation. “You break the flow
of the movement and do something different… in the old days we never even had a
name for this. We just danced.” he says. Spontaneous movements and gyrations – and
more – were bound to come out of this to make Lindy Hop more fun to dance and
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">This was influenced no doubt by Shorty George Snowden and what he did in the Manhattan Casino dance marathon in 1928. - later named "the break away" .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The concept became popular after Frankie did the technique
publicly at a rival dance against Harry Rosenberg at the world famous Apollo
Theater. This was in 1936, and Frankie
admits this white boy was a great dancer!
This move to win the audience over was done to 16 bars of music (after
some furious dancing and swing outs), and floored all when they first saw
it. Where did Frankie get the notion to
do this? At the Apollo Theater! There was a comedy team under flickering strobe
lights, making it appear they were moving very slowly… and he copied it. <i>BUT
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“The next time I was at the Savoy" says Frankie "I told my partner that after
I swing her out a couple of times, we were going to start to move in slow
motion… people who were watching said 'Wow!”’
This maneuver was also incorporated in Frankie’s version of the Big
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">All the guys and girls who
embellished Lindy Hop </span><i style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">all</i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;"> had something special, developing a trademark
move or two. However no one patented steps!</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18pt;">So was there “borrowing” and shall we say stealing? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">YES – even Frankie admits he stole
and stayed stealing for the rest of his life! But some steps just
couldn’t be copied. For instance, <b>Al Minns</b> and his "rubber" or "crazy" legs… it made him so distinct. Really all of them learned and improvised and came up with
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<li><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Joyce and Joe Daniels</b> developed a swing-out that became known as "the submarine" </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Eunice Callen</b> had a very lowdown funky twist... almost to a sitting position</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Tops and Wilda </b>had a "wrap-around" that he executed... and then continues to wrap his partner around him a couple of times</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Snookie Beasley</b>'s specialty step was called "the lock" where he twisted his legs like a pretzel around each other</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Billy Ricker and Esther Washington</b> devised a routine that Frankie christened "Mutiny" where Billy seemed to be throwing and flipping his partner everywhere!</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">These differences added to the
excitement of the dance. It also enabled Whitey being able to manage and
have various groups working simultaneously spreading the dance nationally and
internationally with varying excitement and vigor!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1927, the "<b>400</b>"
<b>Club</b> starts at the Savoy. It was created by the Savoy management
to boost 400 people in membership. This particular number is traced to
400 guests being said to be the “perfect number” to fill a ballroom. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Eventually live radio broadcast were made from the Savoy called “The 400
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tuesday nights were not busy at the ballroom </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">initially,</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> so it became a hangout for a group of
regulars. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Thus enter the Savoy 400
club, a social club formed that included informal contests. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In addition to getting a reduced admission on Tuesday
eves you could purchase a Jacket. Norma Miller said they were yellow and green
corduroy jackets with “400 Club” on the back. There were a number of
dance clubs one could become a member of: Lindy Hop Club, the 400 Club,
or the Old </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Timers Club. Frankie</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> was invited to join the elite 400 Club, whose members could also come
to the Savoy Ballroom during <i>daytime</i> hours to practice alongside the
bands that were booked there.</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
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from back in the day belongs to Rudy Winter's father Rudy Winter
Sr. Rudy Sr. was a member of the Savoy Ballroom elite 400 club as
this jacket proves. He mostly did recreational dancing and also some
competing. Also he taught his son how to dance a bit. Sadly Rudy Sr. passed
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in remarkable condition, and was showcased recently at a 2013 Swing Dance in
Harlem with The Harlem Swing Dance Society (THSDS). During the Frankie 100 Celebration THSDS hopes it can be showcased for visitors and Harlemites to marvel at. </span><br />
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they were driving by. They had to pay twenty five cents each and they had
to sit in the balcony! But during the next few months the white students
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and a talent agent Gae Foster traveled to the Carolinas to audition dancers for
a show at the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Theatre_(New_York_City)" target="_blank" title="Roxy Theatre (New York City)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Roxy Theater</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Eventually the Big Apple was performed during a
three-week engagement that began on September 3rd. These were six shows a
day to sold-out audiences, and this greatly contributed to the dance's
popularity. Even </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Murray" target="_blank" title="Arthur Murray"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Arthur
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In the fall of 1937, four couples
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"Whitey" sent a telegram to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Manning" target="_blank" title="Frankie Manning"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Frankie
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Manning had never seen the dance before but based on the description of the
dance in the telegram, he choreographed a Big Apple routine for the group. The
dance was based on combining jazz steps that the Lindy hoppers were already
familiar with: Truckin', the Suzie-Q, and Boogies. So the group easily
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out. Later in 1939, the group performed a Big Apple sequence for the
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A Day at the Races</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (1937) was the seventh film
starring the three </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx_Brothers" target="_blank" title="Marx Brothers"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marx Brothers</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">: Groucho, Harpo, and Chico. Like their previous films
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The film was finished, “in the
can”, when someone saw the Lindy Hoppers performing at the Paramount Theater with Ethel Waters in California (in 1936). It was then decided that a
Lindy Hop sequence would be added to the film. It is one of the best
dance sequences ever to be filmed with close ups of faces and feet, long shots,
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Released in 1937 it had the dance
sequence set to the tune of "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm"</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">(featuring </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivie_Anderson" target="_blank" title="Ivie Anderson"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ivie Anderson</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington" target="_blank" title="Duke Ellington"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Duke Ellington</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">'s orchestra). </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey%27s_Lindy_Hoppers" target="_blank" title="Whitey's Lindy Hoppers"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Whitey's
Lindy Hoppers</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> included here are </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Willamae_Ricker&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Willamae Ricker (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Willamae Ricker</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snookie_Beasley&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Snookie Beasley (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Snookie Beasley</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ella_Gibson&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Ella Gibson (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ella Gibson</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Greenidge&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="George Greenidge (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">George Greenidge</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dot_Miller&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Dot Miller (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dot Miller</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnny_Innis&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank" title="Johnny Innis (page does not exist)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Johnny Innis</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_Miller" target="_blank" title="Norma Miller"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Norma
Miller</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and Leon James. Whitey himself got in this one, and can be seen on the sidelines: He is identifiable by that
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for the short-lived </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Dance_Direction" target="_blank" title="Academy Award for Best Dance Direction">Academy Award for Best Dance
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #2e2e29; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;">Some have called
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;">this concert and it's music </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;"> “<span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;"><a href="http://welcometoharlem.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/the-best-jazz-youll-never-hear/">The Best Jazz You’ll Never Hear</a>" </span>… </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;">And its<span style="color: #2e2e29;"> questionable in our lifetime</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 18pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #2e2e29;"> if these words will hold
true.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Back in
the 1930s and ’40s, a jazz musician and technological wiz named William Savory found a way to record more than one thousand live
performances of jazz music’s all-time greats. The National Jazz Museum in
Harlem acquired the cache six years after Savory’s death, and the world soon learned
the extent of the collection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jazz festival. This collection is, in a word, historic. The event</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">was held May
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there: In addition Duke Ellington and the following artists performed: Chick
Webb, Artie Shaw, Hal Kemp, Bunny Berigan, Kay Kaiser, Count Basie, the Andrew
Sisters, and more. </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lindy Hoppers and Swing Dancers!</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">The New York Times described the audience as “Young and
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incubator… It was an important step for a band to play the Savoy, because he
Savoy bestowed upon them the medal of Swing… The music inspired the dancers, and
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Lunceford, Hampton, Miller - just to name a few. They are readily
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in those golden years that seemed to touch them all… </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">one that most Lindy Hoppers and
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Texas... notably first with </span><a href="http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aaw/oklahoma-city-blue-devils-1923-1933" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">WALTER PAGE'S OKLAHOMA
BLUE DEVILS</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and next, </span><a href="http://youtu.be/sV_r_GEBf3w" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE BENNIE MOTEN ORCHESTRA</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. He codified the
Kansas City swing era into an organized dancing culture, as a new idiom to Jazz
- literally "swinging the blues". </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">His contribution and legacy
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">He wrote, translated, charted, arranged
and co-wrote many </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL541C3E631CD151A7" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">seminal 1930's musical
arrangements</span></i></b></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, including<span style="color: #741b47;"> <b>One O'Clock Jump, Swinging the Blues, Moten's
Swing, Jumpin At The Woodside, Sent For You Yesterday (Here You Come Today),
Every Tub, Lafayette, </b>and <b>Good Morning Blues</b>. </span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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untouched by the talents of Eddie Durham </span></i></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">He created the template (of charts
and of stage movements for the brass sections) for the <b>IDIOM of
"SWING" </b><i>with one classic after another</i><b>.</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">His customized 1930's-1940's Swing
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Big Band Swing Dance era anthem <b><span style="color: #741b47;">“In the Mood”</span> </b>for Glenn Miller would garnish
him a Grammy award! here is a rare video clip of Eddie Durham playing with The Harlem Blues and Jazz Band in Germany in 1981</span><br />
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Durham is one of the 5 children of Eddie Durham. Several of them are dedicated
to keeping their Fathers contributions and legacy alive to the world of
Blues and JAZZ/ Lindy Hop/Swing/Big band era of music and dancing. “Many swing and jazz enthusiasts already know
Eddie Durham's compositions and arrangements. My father wrote & arranged
the seminal big hit numbers and choreographed the brass sections for big bands
such as </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz6_9bz--00" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Lunceford</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, Artie </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A78b6vGcfz8" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Shaw</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, Glenn </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAIjurglWI" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Miller</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, and Bill Count Basie whom he
brought into the Bennie Moten Orchestra, to name a few”. Hits like<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://www.allmusic.com/song/wham-re-bop-boom-bam%21-mt0008152515"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Wham
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of the dance pioneers of Lindy Hop from the ‘30’s in Harlem (and in later years
thru Mama Lu Parks and her dancers) up to today's resurgence, love the charts
he wrote for these bandleaders. They love Miller’s<b> <span style="color: #741b47;">IN THE MOOD</span></b>, arranged
by my dad… He said he wanted to make Blues danceable", Topsy proudly notes.
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of their father with fastidious loving care. From Durham’s beginnings to his
post-retirement comeback (spurred by DJ Phil Schaap's West End Cafe Sessions in
Harlem) visitors can read about Durham’s life. Peruse photos, find links
to other sources… even enjoy an interview of Eddie in a documentary short
featuring Dan </span><a href="http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/IJS/morgenstern1v_i1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Morgenstern</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">, Loren </span><a href="http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/ajazz.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Schoenberg</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> and Vince </span><a href="http://vincegiordano.com/about" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Giordano</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">. This website is an
essential resource and tribute to their father’s legacy to “Swing the Blues”
for dancers of those times and future ones. See </span><a href="http://www.durhamjazz.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">www.DurhamJazz.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">,
and for complete song list at </span><a href="http://ascap.com/ACE" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ASCAP.com/ACE</span></a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">His name was Chick Webb. He was
black and crippled, and as a child he sold newspapers on the streets of East
Baltimore. To while away the time, he played at being a jazz drummer, using the
bottoms of overturned garbage cans for his drums. Webb was born in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" target="_blank" title="Baltimore, Maryland"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Baltimore,
Maryland</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">. From childhood he suffered from </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pott_disease" target="_blank" title="Pott disease"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">tuberculosis
of the spine</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">, leaving him with short stature and a badly deformed </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spine_(human_anatomy)" target="_blank" title="Spine (human anatomy)"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">spine</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (this was why he
was always seemed hunchbacked). The idea of playing an instrument was suggested
by his doctor to "loosen up" his bones. He first played
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">At 16, he ran away to New York to
try his luck. At 17, he was leading his own band. By the age of 18, Webb
was known as the "King of the Drums</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">."
</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Chick was mentored by Duke
Ellington, toured with Louis Armstrong, argued with Jelly Roll Morton and
jammed with Artie Shaw.</span> <span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
began leading a quintet called the Harlem Stoppers who performed in theaters in
Harlem, where swing music fueled the blaze of the Harlem Renaissance. In the
late 1920s, the group expanded into a full big band called the Chick Webb
Orchestra, and frequently headlined at the Savoy Ballroom. Webb’s band,
pitted against other top big bands in good-natured “battles,” often came out as
the winner (though he did lose to Ellington).</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In 1935 he began featuring a
teenaged </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald" target="_blank" title="Ella Fitzgerald"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ella Fitzgerald</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (aged 17) as
vocalist. Together Chick and Ella would electrify the Swing era of jazz with
hits such as "A-Tisket a Tasket", which stayed #1 for 19 weeks!
Within his band was “The Father of Rhythm –n- Blues: Pioneer Louis Jordan, whom Chick </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">fired (for trying to steal away
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Black band to host a national radio show.
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">After his death
Ella led the Chick Webb band until she left to focus on her solo career in 1942
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Before he died in 1939, Webb's band
was sitting close to the top of the list of big bands, and he was recognized as
one of the great jazz drummers of all time</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
He </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">built the
hottest Swing orchestra of the 1930's - the "house band" of The Savoy
Ballroom - and i</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">n time
he had the title “The Savoy King”.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> In 2012 the film documentary
was made </span><b><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><em><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Savoy King</span></em><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:
Chick Webb & The Music That Changed America</span></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: #741b47;">”</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">to honor and </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">remember the </span><span class="st"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Swing era’s iconic drummer</span></span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">’s remarkable talents and fortitude.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Chick always had the number one bandstand when he played the Savoy. In Frankie’s words “”He had a bigger
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1937 in the famous Savoy Ballroom that the little drummer from Baltimore –
Harlem’s King of Swing - was in a battle with the popular
mainstream’s "King of Swing" Benny Goodman. Goodman's drummer going
one-on-one against Webb was the formidable Gene Krupa. Hours
before the scheduled battle, the police had thrown a cordon around the stage!
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"Benny's band played first and made a great impression. But then the Webb
boys got into it. They blew the roof off the Savoy! The crowd screamed and
whistled with delirium. The Webb band easily toppled Goodman's that
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exaggerated) and everybody swinging some thought the floor was going to
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band into the Savoy Ballroom on January 16th, 1938 for a band battle – another HOT
classic Harlem jazz night. Interestingly so, because Count and his cats
had just come from playing at Carnegie Hall: This late night gig would be <i>after
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the night even spicier: A rift between Whitey and Chick Webb. This occurred
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"When he (Webb) heard it, it
sounded like the kids were saying he didn't have it anymore… he responded in
typical Chick Webb fashion "I don't give a good G%$#^% what those raggedy
Lindy Hoppers think or say. Who needs 'em? As far as I'm concerned they can all
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">"The surprise came later that
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event, unaware of the "behind the scenes" rift, would have
undoubtedly taken note of the Savoy Lindy Hoppers leaving the floor. So
its understandable how the Basie big band would have been perceived as a favorite
of the Swing dancers at the Savoy Ballroom on this night. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In Frankie’s words “As far as I
was concerned Basie won.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s the only
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">We weren’t there, so we take Norma and Frankie's words for it , huh? YES and there is classic footage around to hear them speaking fondly of these days together...</span><br />
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2001, and was released on </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD" style="text-align: start;" title="DVD"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">DVD</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;"> and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS" style="text-align: start;" title="VHS"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">VHS</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;"> in
January 2, 2001 later that year by the same company. Its chronological and
thematic episodes provided a history of the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" style="text-align: start;" title="Jazz"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">jazz</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;"> emphasizing
innovative composers and musicians and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_history" style="text-align: start;" title="American history"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">American history</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;">. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_(jazz_performance_style)" style="text-align: start;" title="Swing (jazz performance style)"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Swing</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;"> musicians </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" style="text-align: start;" title="Louis Armstrong"><span style="background: white; color: #0b0080; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Louis Armstrong</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="text-align: start;"> and Duke Ellington are the central
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participated in it, and over 44 million people attended its exhibits in two
seasons. The NYWF of 1939–40 was the first exposition to be based on the
future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day": This allowed
all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow". On April 30th</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
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along in the Amusement Area”. Feeling he
virtually stumbled upon it, it was “the only large African-American concession
at the fair, featuring all Negro personnel, musicians and dancers… plus
informal dancing outsider the tent.”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Nicknamed the “Temple of the Jitterbug” (more on <i>that </i>word later) was
the $100,000 </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Savoy Ballroom Theater featuring the dances of the day and
“tomorrow”. So goes the description, along with the building being for
“Lovers of the Big Apple, the Lindy Hop, the Shag and other dances made popular
by Harlem”. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Erskine Hawkins played at
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think it was closer to modern slavery. “The work schedule was brutal… we
ended up doing near hour shows… they ran from 12 to midnight during the week
and till 2 am on the weekends”! There was only one group of the dancers –
and this was projected to go on <i>for 6 months</i>. It was anything but
a palace on the inside, “tacky” in Norma’s words. No dance floor, plain
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Despite the work haul this was a
great exposure for NYC and the world: Harlem’s dance inspiration and Home of
Happy Feet were given a showcase <i>that had not happened in any World’s Fair
before or since.</i> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Norma stated that business
wasn’t bad during the day but it was better at night</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. So despite the initial disappointment
and the interior they carried on to enthusiastic audiences. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A Lindy Hop contest was
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were great, the dancers however started to get injuries – an ambulance had to
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too grueling and stressful. So while the money was good and welcome the
exhibit ran for only 3 months. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Yet it</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> made history as
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also introduced at the fair as a major phenomenon. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Harlem roots were going to be
making a world impact with Lindy Hop – how fitting! And there was something else on the horizon
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<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">This play came to the fair and was based on an
operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan, and the swinging version was met with rave
reviews! </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">The show
is set in Japan in the 1940s, with suggested settings and costuming combining
Japanese design with American 1940s design. The set used Japanese architecture, brought in the textures of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Club_(New_York_City)" title="Cotton Club (New York City)">The Cotton Club</a></i>
(neon, brass, mahogany), and the costumes included <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoot_suits" title="Zoot suits">zoot suits</a>, snoods, wedgies and felt hats
along with colorful silk kimono textures of Japan!<i> The Hot Mikado</i> was
described as “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazzier</a> than <i>The Swing Mikado</i> and had a
‘full-voiced, star-studded cast to back up its sass’”.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">The musical was then produced at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_New_York_World%27s_Fair" title="1939 New York World's Fair">1939–1940 New
York World's Fair</a> for two seasons and was reportedly one of the most
popular attractions at the fair. The show was produced on a large scale there,
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music but is re-orchestrated using 1940s popular musical harmonies and
arrangements and a wide range of styles, including jazz, hot gospel, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">blues</a>,
rock, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cab_Calloway" title="Cab Calloway">Cab Calloway</a> swing, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_songs" title="Torch songs">torch songs</a>. The 'Three Little Maids' characters
sang in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrews_Sisters" title="Andrews Sisters">Andrews Sisters</a>'
style! The dances included the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Hop" title="Lindy Hop">Lindy Hop</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap-dancing" title="Tap-dancing">tap-dancing</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitterbug" title="Jitterbug">jitterbug</a> and other 1940s dance styles…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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performing under this name or one of a number of different names over the years
(including <i>Whitey's Hopping Maniacs</i>, <i>Harlem Congaroo Dancers</i>, and
<i>The Hot Chocolates)</i>. Being based in New York it was only a matter of
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif";">The explosion was just starting: Frankie Manning, Norma Miller and the rest of the crew were making inroads and establishing milestones for future generations! With the Savoy ballroom being the main hub Harlem's dance and it's premiere Lindy Hoppers dancing up the storm all over the world only more history and excitement could be on the way.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/294574.Evette_Jensen"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Evette
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Culture... Dance... Jazz... <b>Lindy Hop</b>... SAVOY... <b>Swing</b>! These are the lively rhythms and sounds of Harlem that came alive during the Harlem Renaissance. This was especially true at Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom that was on West 140th Street and Lenox Avenue.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 8pt;"> and Shorty George Snowden</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Courtesy of </span><span style="mso-field-code: ' HYPERLINK 'http://www.freemaninstitute.com/JAFbio.htm't '_blank'';"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #00005b; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Joel A. Freeman, Ph.D.</span></span></span><span style="color: #00005b; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">: </span><span style="mso-field-code: ' HYPERLINK 'http://www.freemaninstitute.com/foundation.htm't '_blank'';"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: #00005b; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The Freeman Institute Foundation</span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before Lindy Hop Legend Frankie Manning and The Whitey's Lindy Hoppers hailed as a premier group from the Savoy Ballroom there was another legendary pioneer group of youngsters leading the way with innovation and steps - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">that influenced Frankie.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">The Savoy Ballroom</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The Savoy has been described as the largest <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">and most elegant ballroom Harlem ever had…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Clarendon Condensed Bold', serif; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Owned by Moe Gale, a Jewish man, and managed by Charles Buchanan, a black man, the Savoy Ballroom opened its doors on March 12, 1926 right in the middle of Harlem, between 140th and 141st Streets on Lenox Avenue. The vision of the two young men created one of the first racially integrated public places in the country. The ballroom was on the second floor of a two-story building stretching the entire block. The block long ballroom, 50 by 200 feet, had two bandstands, colored spotlights and a spring-loaded wooden dance floor. Approximately 700,000 patrons visited the ballroom annually.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Over 250 name and semi-name bands were featured at the Savoy. The most famous house band was led by Chick Webb, and later came to feature a singer named Ella Fitzgerald.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Webb’s popularity and musicianship had him come to be known as<span style="color: #c8089f;"> </span>“The<span style="color: #c8089f;"> </span>Savoy King”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two bandstands allowed continuous live music all night, and provided the stage for the famous battles of bands. The most famous was the battle of Chick Webb vs. Benny Goodman, when both bands were at the crest of their popularity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Herbert White, a.k.a. Whitey, an ex-boxer and bouncer at the Savoy, organized and cultivated a group of young Lindy Hoppers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eventually he had them appear in theaters around the world as well as in films.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to<span style="color: #c8089f;"> </span>Norma Miller in her memoirs <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black;">Swinging at the Savoy: The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer</span></b><span style="color: black;">: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>“The Savoy played an enormous and largely unrecognized role in the history of jazz. The Savoy should always be remembered along with the men and women who created music that America danced to… they deserve the admiration and respect of all who love good music.”</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The Savoy Ballroom was built for black patrons,</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> and for the first time in history a beautiful ballroom</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> was made even more beautiful with no segregation</b>.</span><b style="font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Origins and Name</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The origins of the name 'Lindy Hop' are still debated in Lindy Hop communities today... almost 90 years later.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very influential </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">revived was started back in the 1980’s by American, Swedish and British Dancers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since that time Lindy Hop and Swing dancing is enjoyed throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia...<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>seemingly everywhere than where it began…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">“Lindy”:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> In one account it is argued that, in the slang of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a 'Lindy' was a young woman. The word "hop" has been documented as early as 1913 as a term for swing dancing, used by early</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Texas Tommy dancers to describe the basic move for their dance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In the more colorful account dancer "Shorty" George Snowden renamed the </span><span style="mso-field-code: ' HYPERLINK 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakaway_(dance)'t '_blank'o ȫreakaway (dance)'';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">breakaway dance</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> as the Lindy Hop in a dance contest. Snowden was one of the 24 couples that competed in a negro </span><span style="mso-field-code: ' HYPERLINK 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_marathon't '_blank'o ⋚nce marathon'';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">dance marathon</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> that began on June 17, 1928 at the Manhattan Casino, a ballroom that was located at 8th Avenue and 155th Street in Harlem (later to become the Rockland Palace ). During the contest Snowden stated that he decided to do a </span><span style="mso-field-code: ' HYPERLINK 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakaway_(dance_move)'t '_blank'o ȫreakaway (dance move)'';"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">breakaway</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>fling his partner out and improvise a few solo steps of his own. Fox Movietone News was there to cover the marathon, and took close-ups of Shorty's feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An interviewer asked him what was he doing with his feet, and Snowden replied 'The Lindy'". <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whether Snowden meant it or not, Lindy Hop became associated with Charles Lindbergh's<span style="color: black;"> transatlantic airplane flight, completed in 1927 ("Lindy" was the aviator's nickname). This three way association between the aviator, George Snowden and the dance continues in Lindy Hop folklore.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Lindy Hop was a combined number of dances popular in the United States in the 1920s and earlier, many of which developed in African American communities. Just as jazz music emerged as a dominant art form that blended and joined with other forms of music, the Lindy Hop could absorb and integrate with other forms of dance. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> For many Lindy Hop historians, the Charleston has Lindy Hop's basic footwork and timing. The transition from Charleston to Lindy Hop came by means of the Breakaway, a partner dance which introduced the 'Swing out' and 'open position' of dances such as the Texas Tommy to the 'closed position' and footwork of partnered Charleston. As jazz music in the late 1920s changed likewise did jazz dances. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Shorty” George Snowden </span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> ranks among the most famous of the original Lindy Hop dancers at the Savoy Ballroom and had a huge impact on the dance as it developed. He was the reigning dance champion at Savoy, until up-and-comer Frankie Manning and Frieda Washington unseated him in a dance contest at the Savoy Ballroom in 1935 in which they introduced the first air step to Lindy Hop.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This pioneer group set the pattern and wave for many other Harlemites who were intrigued with Lindy Hop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>George Snowden is immortalized and honored with the famous dance “The Shorty George” being named after him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the Shorty Snowden Trio was the first professional dance team to take the dance out of the Savoy with performances. It included the three couples you see pictured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Culture...Dance...Jazz..<span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385897665522_3183" style="font-weight: bold;">..<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Lindy Hop</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">.</span>..SAVOY...<span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385897665522_3039" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Swing</span>!</span> These are the lively rhythms and sounds of Harlem that came alive during the Harlem Renaissance. This was especially true at Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom that was on West 140th Street and Lenox Avenue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was at this landmark venue where a new dance called the Lindy Hop was perfected, and one of its innovators groomed this dance to new heights. His name? Frankie Manning. Such was his influence and vision that in May of 2014 there will be an international celebration in New York City<span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_8515" style="font-style: italic;"> and Harlem</span> celebrating this Lindy Hop Legend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14760"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14759"><span class="yiv0616431543ms__id6443 yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386555102145_5085" id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14758" style="line-height: 115%;">Frankie Manning came to Harlem as a child by means of the great migration from Florida. In the early 1930's, while in his teens,</span></span></span><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_7_1386555102145_55"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_2421"> Frankie and his friends loved dancing to the big band music of the day. As he would say, "I frequented the Alhambra ballroom; next was the Renaissance ballroom, which was like "high school". When you got really good you got to enter the Savoy Ballroom, which was like college". Or<span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_15162" style="font-style: italic;"> the creme de la creme</span>.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14747"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14746"><span class="yiv0616431543ms__id6450 yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386555102145_5107" id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14745" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 115%;"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14744">Frankie went from the Savoy Ballroom to Broadway and Hollywood, enjoying a fantastic career as an inspirational teacher and choreographer of Harlem’s world famous dance the Lindy hop. He also led the way in giving the Lindy hop professional expression</span></span><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14750"><span style="font-size: small;"> while thrilling audiences</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">.</span></span></span><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14753" style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14752"> </span></span></span><b id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14748" style="font-size: 18px;"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14747"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14753" style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_14752"> </span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Because of the Savoy Ballroom Frankie Manning and others became masters to an American art form that is still danced and cherished worldwide. Lindy Hop, Jitterbug Jive, Swing Dancing, Savoy Style: All of these have their roots in Harlem. It's an exciting culture worth revisiting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Harlem Swing Dance Society (T.H.S.D.S.) has the mission of promoting and preserving this cultural and American dance art form in Harlem. They have teamed with Harlem One Stop to have the Harlem community look back at their exciting dance history. We feel it is vital as portions of this exciting event will be in the area in May 2014, <span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386555102145_11714" style="color: #652191;"></span>and in this series you will learn about Harlem's signature dance. We will be exploring it's roots and gradual world impact thru the lives of many. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br clear="none" /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You'll also how Frankie Manning influenced others...<span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386441473675_37319" style="font-style: italic;">and was influenced himself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are many stories out there, so we implore you to talk to relatives and friends about the Lindy Hop....Jitterbug Jive....Swing Dancing...and <span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385870587050_6373" style="font-style: italic;">especially</span> about the Savoy Ballroom. Harlem is a rich treasure trove of this history, and there are many still alive who can tell their experiences first hand in our midst. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">Late in September 2013 Ronald Jones was talking at his job about his love for Lindy Hop and swing dancing...and an upcoming event having to do with Harvest Moon Ball Winners. Angela Pierce overheard and got in the conversation. She stated "I knew my aunt won first place in 'something'" but she wasn't sure what. Immediately she called her, and was floored to find out that Beatrice Pierce was a 1953 Champion of the famed New York City Harvest Moon Ball Dance contest at Madison Square Garden! Due to this remarkable </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">find </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;">within 3 weeks </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 18px;">she was honored at The Harvest Moon Ball Swing Dance at the Joseph P Kennedy Center on October 19th given by T.H.S.D.S..</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Beatrice came to Harlem in 1944 as a dancing teenager, residing at 557 Lenox Ave. She was 20 years old when she started going to the Savoy and became part of a group Big Nick</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_26932" style="font-size: 18px;">(Delma </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Nicholson</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">) got together in the ballroom (part of their 400 club). In 1953 Mr.</span><span style="font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="color: #444444; line-height: 16px;">Charles Buchanan </span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small; line-height: 16px;">(</span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Savoy Manager) told her and her partner John Smith (Smitty) to "Go and bring back 1st prize" in The Daily News Harvest Moon Ball contest at Madison Square Garden - </span><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386555102145_28604" style="color: black; font-size: 18px;"><i>and they did!</i></span><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><span style="font-size: 18px;">When T.H.S.D.S. met Ms. Pierce (and saw her cherished Savoy collection) she was asked did she ever think</span><span id="yiv0616431543yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1386445643510_27790" style="color: black; font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;"> anyone </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">would be interested in her historic accomplishment anymore. "No I didn't; I am so happy that other people are still dancing the Lindy Hop and Swing like we did at the Savoy!". Beatrice would like to see Harlem, especially it's youth, embrace this art form once again. </span><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><span style="font-size: 18px;">So would we.</span></span><br />
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