Lindy Hoppers Sweep the Jive Joint

couples on the floor at one time, Capital Gold "Open" then eight couples went through Jive .Championship to the final. The music for the Winners competition was '50s rock 'n roll, and the cramped conditions First just enhanced the atmosphere, Warren Heyes & Maxine Green with many different styles Second visibJ, from flying Lindy Hop to i Ron Lesley & Sing Lim Rock 'n Roll to Ballroom Jive. , Third If prizes were a warded on i Michael Grimshaw & enthusiasm, the judges could , Margaret Kirkaldy never have made a decision. ' Greatest Sense of Fun What judges were asked to look Brigid Kirst & Tim Flach for was timing and rhythm, body The Judges coordination, styling, variety and originality, musical Freddie Haugan, Dance Institute The winners, Maxine Green and Warren Heyes, and their Jiving Lindy Hop. Photo sent in by Simon Selmon. interpretation, lead and follow, Director, Norway teamwork, showmanship, and Amelia Hill, '88 Rock 'n Roll costume. Champ,UK "It was heaving", said Hoppers week, on Monday night hosting fi A special prize was given to Randall Lee Rose, Capital Gold DJ, who were at the rst Capital Srompin' run by the London USA the couple who showed the most Gold "Open" Jive Competition, Swing Dance Society. This Stuart Colerhan, Capital Gold DJ, enthusiasm and greatest sense I on 15 November ar rhe 100 Club pat1icular Monday, streamers UK of fun. This couple could be in London. More to the point, and balloons hung in their chosen by the judges from any Lindy ffoppers dominated the hundreds from the ceiling and of the heats, so couples who dance floor and took the top two rose from the streamer-covered Louise Thwaite didn't make the final also had a Inside prizes! of the tables. Running wild on stage chance to win. This prize went London Swing Dance Society and was one of the best bands in the Frankie's Having a to Brigid Kirst and Tim Flach, its pe1forming group, the land, King Pleasure and the Birthday! along with £100, for their lively, Sugarfoot Stampers, reports. Biscuit Boys. When the club entertaining performance. And New York plans to celebrate opened at 7:30 pm the queue to (page 2) Third prize and £150 went to The 100 Club never looked so get in was half way down the Margaret Kilkardy and Michael Interview with glamorous. Opened originally in Street; by 9 pm as the competition Grimshaw, a professional Norma Miller the 1930s as a dance hall, it has was about to start the already hot couple from Scotland who did a been the shrine of British jazz and excited, 400-strong crowd Bob( Crease on a true original very polished, ballroom-style page 4) since 1942 when it became home gave room for no more and the Jive, full of fast spins and of the Feldman Swing Club. La­ doors were closed. Spt>tlight on acrobatics. Second place and ter it became the London Jazz The competition was an Open, The Rhythm Hot Shots £250 went to Sing Lim and Ron Club, then the Humphrey meaning that any dancer could 0 Lesley, two of London's finest Sweden's high energy Lindy ) Lyttelton Club, and finally in enter, professional or amateur. troupe and their history (page 8 non-professional Lindy 1965, drawing on its extremely With £ LOOO prize money to be Hoppers, who wowed the crowd Lindy Bits congenial address ( l 00 Oxford won there was plenty of incen­ with their great show-manship Street) the 100 Club. Its well­ tive. The contest was jointly Lifetime achi!:vement award and acrobatic style. presented to Frankie Manning jn trodden dance floor and dark red sponsored by the LSDS arid Finally, the judges unanimous­ Hungary and other Jtews from walls, smothered in photographs Capital Gold, a London-based around Europe (page 13) ly awarded first place and £500 of the jazz greats of fifty years, radio station, and couples came to Maxine Green and Warren Lindy Hop - Defined? are much loved by dancers in from as far afield as Scotland to Heyes, a professional couple London and beyond. take part. Fifteen couples Thoughts on the Lindy Hop (page 6) and more... The Club is open 7 days a competed in five heats of three ...continued, page 9

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It's Hoppin' '•

Welcome to the second issue of Hoppin'. thank all those who helped distribute the first So many of you out there have sent positive issue - the endlessly energetic Lennart feedback and contributions, I feel comfortable Westerlund in Sweden; Hoppin's roving saying the first issue has been a success! ambassadors, Rob van Haaren, Simon Bell, and However, I would like to address an issue Chris Batchelor; Erin Stevens, Leslie Coombs, that concerns us all, like it or not - money. Maria Barry, Craig Hutchinson in the US; Publisher and Editor: Perhaps because of the professional look of Freddie Haugan and Anita Helen Johannessen Hoppin' some people may think this a money­ in Norway; and Caroline Cole and Tim of Deborah Huisken making operation. Letme say here it is not, Hellzapoppin' in London. Two new US and is unlikely to be for a year or two, if ever. distributors, Patricia Brennan and Steve International We fortunately had some capital to start us Cullinan have just signed on, and Nancy Correspondent: off, but many people have contributed many Sandburg in Santa Barbara has agreed to Rob van Haaren unpaid hours to make this newsletter possible. handle US circulation. As the first issue had such a warm response, Thanks to Sing Lim, Fred Hunt, and Beckie Writers: we'll now mount a concerted drive for sub­ Menckhoff for letting me gather names at the Bob Crease, Virginia Lawrence, Terry scriptions, the Swedish pilot for which was Jam, and to Sing again for letting me sell the Monaghan, Eva-Maria Schmid, Porl Smith, most successful. This issue's printing costs newsletter at Jitterbugs in London. Many Viola Spencer, Nancy Sandburg, Louise were covered through the cover price, sub­ thanks to the very talented writers and other Thwaite scriptions, and advertising Not covered are professionals on the masthead (I hope I costs like international (groan!) telephone remembered everyone!) who contributed their Additional Contributions: bills to gather information, postage, production skills to make this the calibre it is. Franck Balbin, Margaret Batiuchok, Ivan materials, and the hours of time spent to write, And a very special thanks to Floyd Striegel in Berggren, Kurt Bieller, John Brooks, create and produce this. Writers are unpaid. CA for all his great ideas, long phone conver­ Jeanefer Jean-Charles, Monica Coe, It really is up to you, the Lindy Hop com­ sations (oh, our aching phone bills!) and sup­ Melinda Comeau, Leslie Coombs, Steve munity. If you like this newsletter (many port in getting Hoppin' off the ground. There Cullinan, Mal Dunne, Eileen Feeney, thanks to those who've said you do), please, are a lot of wonderful people in this dance Freddie Haugan, Craig Hutchinson, Anita subscribe, contribute, and it will continue! community of ours - long may we all keep Kankimaki, Frankie Manning, Jann Olsen, The people who distribute Hoppin' at your dancing! Odella Schattin, Simon Selmon, Cyrilla local clubs and collect the money forus are Smith, Porl Smith, Rob van Haaren, Martin also unpaid. I'd like to take this opportunity to Wedby, Lennart Westerlund.

Editorial Assistance: Simon Bell, Becky Crane Frankie's Having A Birthday! Virginia Lawrence, newly a swing dance by Cynthia Millman on the history and evolu­ Consultant: enthusiastic, is helping with the Can't Top the tion of the Lindy, and Bob Crease will lead a Christian Batchelor Lindy Hop! weekend, lives in New York, and panel discussion (supplemented by Ernie sends the following preliminary information: Smith's rare vintage film footage), featuring Distribution Managers: On May 26, 1994, Frankie Manning, one of reminiscences by musicians and hostesses who Lennart Westerlund, Sweden Lindy's living legends will celebrate his 80th were at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem during Nancy Sandburg, USA birthday. The New York Swing Dance the 1930s. Society invites the international Hoppin' com­ Your CAN'T TOP THE LINDY HOP! Submissions: munity to our city to a 4-day extravaganza in "Lindy Passport" admits you to all workshops, honour of Frankie's 80th swinging year. parties, and activities, except the Monday night Submissions for future issues should be sent CAN'T TOP THE LINDY HOP!, 27 to 30 trip to Harlem. The NYSDS are working hard to Hoppin', c/o Dancing Star Productions, May, is an opportunity to connect with living to line up inexpensive hotels and group rates, Ground Floor Flat, 135 Sutherland Avenue, Lindy history. and members have already volunteered luxury London W9 2QJ, UK. phone +44 71 402 Daily workshops, from novice to advanced, sofa and floor space in their homes. 3565 or +44 71 289 9450. Deadline for will be taught by the best Lindy Hoppers in the At his birthday party, we will be presenting a Spring issue April l, 1994. world today, including Margaret Batiuchok commemorative journal to Frankie, with (US), Ryan Francois, Jiving Lindy Hoppers, personalized greetings from the Lindy Hop Advertising: Simon Selmon & Louise Thwaite (UK), Steve community. You or your group can place a Accepted for worldwide Lindy-related pro­ Mitchell (Germany), Rhythm Hot Shots greeting in this journal for a reasonable ducts, events, venues, organisations. Edito­ (Sweden), Erin Stevens, Sylvia Sykes & donation. In keeping with our mission to help rial calendar, rates, and deadlines available Jonathan Bixby, and Rob van Haaren (US). preserve this great African-American dance on request from Hoppin' (see Submissions There will be parties throughout the week­ form, we have kept the entrance fee at a above). end, culminating in a Birthday Bash for minimum. Revenues from the journalwill help Frankie on Sunday night with foot-stompin' defray the costs of the weekend, which the low performances by our guests from around the price of admission will not cover. Deadline world and dancing to the big band sound of for journal entries is end of April. Please give "°>1993 Dancing Star Productions except where held by Clark Eno's Band. Monday night we take the generously! author (noted). All rights reserved. Responsibility for veracity of information withln the articles is the A train uptown to dine and dance in Harlem. We hope you are as excited about this author's alone - Hoppin' and Dancing Star Productions There will be a lecture/demonstration given accepts no liability. weekend as we are. See you in May!

Page2 Camp Reports Hoppin' Winter '94

International Swing Dance Festival

to better pe1formances, but the tourists, movie stars, and Presi­ results were stupendous. The dents, but is also located conven­ multi-talented Hot Shots present­ iently close to Hollywood, home ed classic Tap and Jazz routines of many celluloid toe-tapping of the '20s to '40s, Swedish com­ greats. When Rob van Haaren edy, and a Josephine Baker num­ presented film clips of the legen­ ber that caused audience eyes to dary Nicholas brothers for the bug. Eyes widened further at the audience, the Rhythm Hot Shots troupe's exciting acrobatics. were the last to expect Fayard ln addition, the Upbeat Lindy Nicholas himself to emerge from Hoppers showcased van behind the screen! Haaren's choreography, fol­ The last day ended with a walk lowed by a fresh young group of to the beach for aerials under the Hip Hop performers, cheered by sunshine. What better way to the crowd. (Did you know that conclude a weekend of work­ Organiser Rob van Haaren and partner Jann Olsen take it to the streets. Hip Hop dancers search for shops? From this fledgling "new" moves from Lindy Hop?) beginning plans are underway for --"It don't mean a thing ifit and enthusiasm radiated smiles The audience danced with fer­ a larger event to sizzle your socks ain't got that swing ... " particularly those enjoying their vour before and after these in April. And Santa Barbara is --Duke Ellington first taste of Lindy Hop after events, and spirited Sing Lim and sublime in Spring...... and swing they did in the first years of experience in other smooth-toed Jann Olsen jumped ©Nancy Sandburg, California. annual International Swing swing dances. Daily classes in to jam with partners Francois Santa Barbara is a Hoppin' place Dance Festival, June 26-27 in increased participant's appetites and van Haaren. for Lindy, with at least two other Santa Barbara, exciting Southern for the Saturday night dance and Santa Barbara provides not Swing organisations active in the Californians with Lindy Hop! show. only a vacation experience for area (see Listings). Check it out! There are few places more On a cultural note, there was a pleasant to be in summer than great high-energy show by under the sway of both palm members of the Rhythm Hot trees and swing as taught by Rob Shots and Ryan Francois, but van Haaren (Santa Barbara), Californians were mystified by Ryan Francois (London), and the the concomitant ceremonies con­ Rhythm Hot Shots (Stockholm). ducted in the late summer night Cooled by sea breezes, 100 hours by the seemingly reserved pairs of happy feet danced Swedes, involving the consump­ through the weekend, in a smor­ tion of liquids blessed with the gasbord of classes in Charleston, word "skoal I", boisterous sing­ Shag, Tap, Aerials, Shim Sham, ing, and hopping frog imitations. Black Bottom, and, of course, Science is not cognizant of Lindy Hop. People full of energy whether this tradition contributes Beach bums Ryan Francois and Sing Um show off their style. Photos this page courtesy of Jann Olsen. Washington's Wild Week Washington State in the US from the dorn1itory to the beach began to weave around the floor community here hopes to see even was the scene of a wild week of where the wind whipped waves holding hands; soon, virtually the more countries represented next fun and dancing as the 4th annual of the Pacific ocean. Various entire crowd was whipping year. After all, the Northwest is a Winter Wild Week dance camp dance forms were taught at the around the room in a giant snake great place, and wild in more took place 26 December to l camp, including Lindy with dance that became increasingly ways than one: the beautiful January in Port Townsend, Margaret Batiuchok (New York) intricate. At l am the live music scenery, the enthusiasm evident Washington (two hours north of and Balboa, Shag, and Lindy Hop was over, but not the party - it for Lindy Hop, and most of all, its Seattle). The site of an old with Rob van Haaren (Santa moved to another building, where crazy dance community. As Rob military camp (for film buffs, the Barbara). Other classes included the festivitieswent on until 4 am. van Haaren noted about Seattle location for the filming of An Tango with Rebecca Shulman and The Northwest corner of the US (which provided the bulk of the Officer and a Gentleman), Fort Daniel Trenner (New York) and (with Seattle as its center) has camp's dancers), "It's one of the Worden's dormitories and Body Percussion (using the body seen its dance scene in general happiest places l've ever visited." outlying buildings provided as a percussive instrument, tap­ and Lindy Hop scene in particular Viola Spencer lives in Seal/le comfortable accommodations for ping, clapping, slapping, etc.) with grow by leaps and bounds. Dan­ and caught Lindy Hop fever last the 130 people attending this Sandy Silva (Seattle). cers at this camp represented year when Steve Mitchell was in year. Live bands played at four of the thirteen states and two Canadian Washington. She has since travel­ Although the weather was for nightly dances, with taped music provinces. Two dancers - Eva led to Sweden (Herriing '93) to the most part relentless! y grey, the other two nights. A big party Gretenkord and Godehard learn more Lindy, and is Cllrrently occasional breathtaking glimpses was held New Year's Eve, and Poettker - travelled all the way a memher o_(theSavoy Swing Cluh of the snowy mountain ranges of '94 was greeted with cheers, from Germany to anend. Their & Dance Troupe. When not dan­ the Olympic peninsula were hugs. and kisses all around. Then presence added a welcome inter­ cing she teaches and writes. visible, and it was a short walk as the band played, dancers national flavour, and the dance

Page] Interview Hoppin' Winter '94

Stories from the Life of Norma Miller

.Hany rhanks ro Bob Crease for permission Sonny Ashby. One day the two decided to just to the right of the house bandstand. to reprilll exce1ptsfrom his article on Norma enter the Apollo's weekly Thursday night "How could we kids turn him down?" Miller, originally primed in New York's Lindy contest. Competing couples met Norma says. "To us, it was like getting se­ Village Voice in August 1987. Bob is current beforehand in the Apollo rehearsal hall in the lected by Ziegfeld. What were we going to chairman ofrhe New York Swing Dance theater basement. say when the man said he was going to pay us Society, and has interviewed many of the "As soon as we stepped in the room, we to do what we ordinarily did free? When we original Lindy Hoppers in New York. realized we were way over our heads,", were going to get more money a week than -Norma says. "We were both 14, and all the our parents 9" Norma Miller probably holds some sort of other dancers were mostly adults from the Saturday night was the highlight of the record for uncredited appearances in shows, Savoy - the best in Harlem. We retreated to a week at the Savoy, when Whitey's Lindy movies, revues, cabarets, musicals, and film corner and Sonny kept mumbling to me, 'Shit, Hoppers competed against each other - and shorts. She's worked the Apollo stage - first Nmma, let's get out of here."' anyone else who dared - for the weekly as a dancer, then as a comedian - for over a "But there's a saying in show business: Lindy Hop prize. The place was packed to half-century. Her picture is among those 'Never go up on stage against kids or dogs.' the rafters while the eight or nine best teams adorning the walls of the star dressing room Well, we were the kids." competed for $10. "We'd go off in a corner on the first floor. Norma and Sonny won $25, more than her and come up with something that nobody'd In the '30s and '40s, Miller danced with mother made in a week. This was the one done before. We'd do anything outrageous to Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, which operated out and only time, however, that she performed win. We did what we had to to get the audi­ of Harlem's Savoy Ballroom backing up acts as -a free agent. The next morning, while her ence on our side - throw our partners into the such as those of Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, mother was at a church function, Norma crowd if we thought it would break up the and Ethel Waters. She toured with the bands answered a knock on the door. There stood a house. That's how many of the basic Lindy of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway stocky man, six feet tall, and about 40, in a steps developed. They weren't made up in no and others. Wherever jazz happened in those well-pressed suit. When he removed his hat, rehearsal hall - they were invented for con­ years, Norma was there too. But, as Norma Nmma saw that his short, curly black hair test time. We worked like hell for that $5. says, "In the performance business, dancers was divided by a two-inch-wide white streak. Once I won 12 weeks in a row, 'cus I bought are lowest on the totem pole. They get He smiled nicely. But he was also flanked by a coat at $2 a week for 12 weeks." treated as ornaments to singers." Though the two ominous-looking men. In August of 1935, Whitey consolidated his Lindy Hoppers were an omnipresent part of "Good evening," the stocky man said. grip on the Lindy Hop thanks to the Harvest the jazz world, none are listed in books such 'Tm Whitey." Moon Ball, a dance contest sponsored by the as The Encyclopedia of Jazz Peiformers. Normadidn't know him, and said so. Daily News. The News originally intended None have received the tributes or medals or "Herbert White. I thought you danced very the ball to be restrictedto the traditional accolades given jazz musicians. Theirs is one well last night at the Apollo." ballroom dances; the Lindy was added only of the untold stories of jazz. Normathought so, too. Whitey explained after the persuasions of Whitey and Savoy Norma's mother, Alma, a native of Barba­ that he had organised a group of young dan­ manager Charles Buchanan. dos, arrived in Harlem in 1915; she married cers at the Savoy whom he placed in talent "We were apprehensive," Norma says. No,man Miller the next year. Dot, their first contests in and out of the ballroom. Everyone "Until then, we had only danced in Harlem, child, was born in 1917. Nonnan died while pooled their winnings. Atier Whitey took his where the audience knew what to look for. Alma was eight months pregnant with her cut, they shared what was left. But at the Harvest Moon, there were rules. second, whom she named in his memory. ''I'd rather you worked with us than against We'd never heard of dancing to rules. We "Mama couldn't get a real job because she us," he said. "I think you'd prefer that, too." couldn't be away from our partner and had to was a foreigner," Norma says, "but she was a Norma glanced at the two huge men on keep our feet on the floor. And the crowd survivor. If there were any free services either side of him, wondered briefly what didn't decide the winner - they had all white given out, my mother made sure we received mother would think, and nodded. She didn't judges and a poinr system! them. She worked as a maid, and we'd move care what he was up to. He had said the Couples competing in the Waltz, Fox Trot, every month when the rent was due." In magic word: Savoy. Tango, and Rumba went first. "You couldn't 1930, Alma finally settled down at 65 West Behind Herbert White's charm, elegant imagine a bigger contrast with the Lindy 140th Street. Eleven-year-old Nonna could suits, and easy smile was a street fighter Hoppers," says Norma. "First of all, the not believe her luck; they were right in back who'd been born in the roughest section of clothes: They had tuxes and evening dresses, of the Savoy, to her, a fairyland. "My friends East Harlem. He'd been an amateur fighter and we were in sneakers and short skirts, and I hung out on the sidewalk in front of the as a teenager; then hung up his gloves and got Then there was the noise. The ballroom Savoy, near the huge marquee, wishing we work as a dancing waiter. He organised a people danced silently, maybe swishing their were inside. We'd cut up, and dance around gang - nominally a social club - and in 1926, gowns a little. But there's no such thing as a like the couples we saw through the windows, when the Savoy opened on his turf, he got quiet Lindy Hop - we grunted and screamed and people passing by would throw money himself appointed bouncer. like martial arts people do today. We'd never because, hell, we were good!" Whitey had mastered the Lindy Hop - like seen people dance quiet before." Norma attended Textile High, but her gang most of the first generation Lindy Hoppers, he The top three prizes in the contest were often played hooky to hang out at the ApoJlo often claimed to have invented it. Whitey taken by Whitey's kids. The Harvest Moon Theater. "New shows always opened Friday realised that the Lindy was not just another Ball brought fame to the Savoy dancers; clubs mornings at 11," she says. "When someone dance step, but a potential show itself. As uptown and downtown began to call Whitey like Louis Armstrong came to town, you can floor manager in the early \930s he'd prowl for Lindy Hoppers. When a European pro­ rest assured that the school was empty. It got the Savoy, sizing up the dancers. He'd select moter wanted four dancers to tour, one of the so that the truant officer knew to go straight to those who were young, energetic, and could dancers Whitey sent was Norma. the box office to wait for us." After classes, swing, invite them to join his group, and train Norma practiced the Lindy with her partner, them in the northeast corner of the ballroom, (continued, page 7)

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Page5 Article Hoppin' Winter '94

Lindy Hop - Defined?

What is it ahour the Lindy Hop which makes '40s, when Harlem drew people by the bus­ which I have moved. its fans.few as we might be, so passionate load as they discovered the intoxicating Which brings us to the touchy question, is it about its pursuit? The following, intentionally energy of its clubs and dance halls. At this possible for anyone else to dance this dance anecdotal rather than academically exhaus­ time, popular films and stage shows around as well as black people do? A Trinidadian riw, are Deborah Huisken's thoughts on what the world began to showcase Swing music and friend says that, when dancing, people of "expresses the essential nature of' Lindy Hop. Swing dancing (in particular Lindy Hop), so African heritage do what comes naturally, thoroughly had it captured the public's continually creating new dances, whereas Is it possible to define - what Webster's fascination. Europeans (and I would add Americans) are Dictionary calls "the action... of describing, Some of the original Lindy Hoppers have more interested in learning techniques in explaining, or making definite and clear" - the spoken of Lindy as one of the first integrated established traditions. This embodies for me Lindy Hop? To put hard and fast rules around social activities. These same people were the difference between the majority of the something as expressive of individual person­ "treated" to the indignities of segregation and community dancing today and the original ality and style as this social dance form? prejudice while traveling with major acts like dancers. The originals did (and do) what the Friends, family, and colleagues have asked Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, music calls them to do, creating their own me "what is this Lindy Hop you do, anyway?" where, infuriatingly, they were deemed fit to dance, communicating from their spirit. Were they willing to stand in one place long entertain huge white audiences but not fit to There is a communication between dancers enough, this would be part of my answer. eat in the same restaurant or use the same and the musicians who play for them. They Most dancers would likely agree that there toilet. One of the few places the superiority feed off each other. Musicians that dancers are basic elements which one tries to master of these peuple was acknowledged outside most love watch what the dancers are doing to have a foundation on which to build their their own community was on the dance floor. and provide them solos and riffs with which to version of Lindy. In term of steps, these Yet those I have met have risen above this improvise; a clear, easily-followed, not-too­ include the 6-beat basic (with or without triple mistreatment, and manifest a joy, a generosity fast beat; and songs that are not too long steps but ending on the rock step back) the of spirit too often missing in other realms in (Lindy is energetic enough to start with!). Lindy turn,and at least in some classes in Dancers that musicians most love must, in London a move that separates the inter­ Advertisement turn, be those who listen to hoth the underlying mediates from the wannabees, the swing out. SWING DANCER structure and the surface variations in the mu­ The stance is typically bent low for the leader. sic and mirror those elements in their dance. VERSION 1.12 upright for the follower. Lindy evolved from a social dance into a A Swing Dancer's Manual There are travelling steps where dancers performance vehicle partially because people by Craig A. Hutchinson can cross the entire dance floor (great fun on like Frankie Manning innovated concepts like a large floor!) in eight beats, and contrast With 280pages, including: • Training, music, technique, air steps and synchronised dancing. He him­ moves where rapid movements are followed • Definitions choreography,and history • Abbreviations dancecode self talks of the difference between perfor­ by a freeze or break. Kick steps, including • Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Hus'tle, • 1,530 moves & turns We.st CoastSw ing, Carolina mance and social dance. The communication but by no means limited to variations of the • 17,260dance positions Shag, Big Apple, & Shim Sham between partners that is inherent in good Charleston kicks with which the origins of the • 17 deciltion rhythm brea� • Bibliographies: books, \/ideas, articles, periodicals, & movh�s social dancing, particularly necessary in a • 45Q duodecilion figures dance are linked, are common. • Over 50 turn exercises • Support system Includes: dance as fast and complex as Lindy, is a skill The more advanced, acrobatic, and/or • Swing dance club directory supplements, video tapes, news ett&r, and upda1es in itself, perhaps the most important. stably-partnered among us may then add air • Annual calendar of events l • Over 1go R&B titles • Pre-punched for a three-ring, My favourite partners are those, courteous steps or aerials, where typically the follower's • 0V8f 2eO supplement.I pages 8.5x11 inch, looS&-leiaf binder and considerate, who relax and move with the (but occasionally - and originally - the music, less concerned with exact steps than leader's) feet leave the floor and a body flies SWING DANCER VIDEO SERIES with the dance we are creating, playful, each through the air in defiance of gravity. of us contributing, laughing and working There are attitude steps, and imitation-of­ A series designed to get you started dancing together, covering potential missteps with West Coast Swing. Based on the popular life steps, and new steps which are as yet improvisation (pet peeves - partners who stop undiscovered or unnamed, because another reference manual, Swing Dancer, the series takes you from a historical perspective through moving when they make a "mistake", disrup­ characteristic of Lindy is that it is a dance of beginning basics to more advanced moves and ting the flow of the dance, or those who, improvisation, a dance of discovery. Talking rhythm breaks. unasked, insist on lecturing me on my "mis­ with original Lindy Hoppers one hears of takes"). For improvisation is another funda­ experiments tried, of a new idea used to Swing Dancer Manual without binder $20 mental characteristic of Lindy. In my opin­ achieve an aim - win a contest, impress an Swing Dancer Manual with binder $25 ion, there are no mistakes in Lindy, simply audience, awe other dancers - of art used to Introduction to West Coast Swing $35 West Coast Swing Figures Level 1 opportunities to explore new steps, or new imitate or mimic life. $35 WCS Rhythm Breaks Level 1 Part 1 $35 ways of doing old steps - preferably, although But beyond that, it is its history which de­ WCS Rhythm Breaks Level 1 Part 2 $35 not necessarily always, in time to the music! fines Lindy Hop. Roots firmly based in Follower's Swing Turn Package $35 When I was a teenager with my first African"folk" dance, Lindy developed in Shipping & Handling USA Overseas dancing date at a Ramada Inn in Lynnfield, First Item · $3.50 $1 o New York's Harlem in the 1920s. It is a part­ Massachusetts (we all have to start some­ ner dance with elements of both European Each Additional Item $1 $2 TOTAL---- where!), we agreed that you can tell a lot ballroom style (usually satirised) and of the about a person by the way they dance. I was free-flowing Charleston, Texas Tommy, and struck that night by what the dancers I was Black Bottom, among others, that preceded it. POTOMAC SWING DANCE CLUB watching communicated about themselves, Although the origins of the dance were in 3409 Silver Maple Place and to this day I enjoy (and learn) as much or the '20s and earlier, it "arrived" as a national Falls Church, VA 22042-3545 USA 703-698-9811 more watching other dancers as dancing and world-wide phenomenon in the '30s and myself. ... continued page 12

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Jiving Lindy Hoppers at the Lincoln Centre!

enabled 3rd to 5th-grade school a young audience, after all - was children from all the city's piercing at times. Their senti­ boroughs to get to close quarters ments were endorsed more so­ with the Lindy Hop. The dates berly by the string of special were December I 3- l 7th l 993; guests who came to see the show: the location, Alice Tully Hall in Frankie Manning, Chazz Young, the Lincoln Centre. Pepsi Bethel, three of Mama Lu From the outset JLH has been Parks 's dancers lead by Richard dedicated to turning people on to Harris, Mercedes Ellington, the Lindy Hop, but during the legendary Savoy band leader preparations we wondered if this Panama Francis, past acting MD time we had taken on too big a for the Count Basie Orchestra challenge. The IOOO+ eager and Dennis Wilson, and Ernie Smith, raucous audience ·of New York who has been in the fore of kids was awesome despite their supportingand encouraging the being "only" 9-12 year olds. Lindy Hop revival. mg m y Hoppers and friends backstage at the Lincoln Centre. Front, (I to r) Karen Cadogan, Hughie Davies, Carolene Hinds, Eileen Feeney, We had been warned that The JLH has reached big audi­ Terry Monaghan. Back (I to r) Justin Saunders, Warren Heyes, Panama other acts had died out there, but ences before - 5000+ in major Francis, Frankie Manning, Russell Sargeant, Chazz Young, Maxine Green, Ernie Smith, Harriet Bernstein. Photo supplied by Eileen Feeney. our first show was a hit right outdoor UK bookings, tens of from the beginning. JLH dancers thousands in Japan, and 8000 Terry Monaghan, Research and The enthusiastic yelling of 9,000 ensured they merited the "P" over two nights in New York. Planning Direcror of the Jiving New York school kids still rings work permit in their passport, But these young NY audiences Lindy Hoppers, dance enthusiast in our ears. The event was the reserved for artists of outstanding were special - they are the fu­ and dance historian, writes this 23rd Community Holiday Festival ability. The shrill rather than ture. The kids liked us but, more review of1heir recent NY show. sponsored by Con Edison which thunderous applause - they were important, they loved the Lindy!

a scene with his dancers. treatment at home. "I didn't even several weeks until they scraped Norma Miller "That was the hardest work I know about segregation. From the together enough for a ticket home. (continued from page 4) had ever done," Norma says. time I started going to the Savoy I The moment they hit New York, After classes at Textile High "We rehearsed at six in the always saw white people there. It Whitey demanded money. When one Friday that October, Norma morning, and stayed on the set all never dawned on me that there Manning told him there was none packed a suitcase and left at day. At night we went to the club were places where black people left, Whitey accused him of midnight on the S.S. Berengaria. Alabam, where we also worked, couldn't go. There was Roseland, stealing. By this time, after years In the midst of the Depression, and slept there on the benches but, hell, who wanted to go there of turning over most of what they 15-year-old Norma Miller from between shows. Then back to the when we had the Savoy? 1 didn't earned to Whitey, all the Lindy Harlem watched the changing of set again in the morning. We had know we couldn't go there." Hoppers were bitter enough to the guard in Buckingham Palace, the routine down, but someone They accompanied big bands on back Manning, and Whitey roamed the palace at Versailles, like Judy Garland would show up, tour."Every band that went out of stormed away. The dream was climbed the Eiffel Tower, and and Whitey would say, "OK, the Savoy went out with a team of over - the Lindy Hoppers backed up black musicians self­ kids, let's try it again!" Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. And you disbanded in a single afternoon. exiled to Europe who had found By 1936, Swing was the reign­ did not have a show without Lindy The men were drafted; Norma left the work there steadier and more ing style of jazz, and tour buses Hoppers in those days. for California. She created and remunerative. now stopped at the Savoy. Cele­ However, things changed in managed a succession of jazz By the time Norma returnedto brities dropped in, and millionaire I942. While negotiating for an­ troupes, then turned comedienne the States in the summer of 1936 playboys from Park Avenue. All other film, Whitey got an offer for in the 1960s when she could no Whitey had three separate teams visitors were welcome - even the six weeks in Rio, and gave it to the longer dance with the required of three couples each. Frankie groups of white kids who tried, group which had made agility. "It took me about IO years Manning, who had become sometimes successfully, to con­ He/lzapoppin' - Norma, Ann to learn to stop dancing and start Whitey's right-hand man, was in vince Whitey's dancers to tutor Johnson, Al Minns, Frank Manning, talking. That's a transition - baby, one; a second, including Billy them. "The Savoy was ours," Billy & Willamae Ricker. They it don't just happen!" Ricker, played at the Harlem Norma says. "We thought of it sailed on the S.S. Argentina, ar­ Since the above article was Uproar; the third, with Norma, as our territory, and we were rived on December 6, and learned wrillen, Norma has moved from Leon James, George Greenwich, proud of it. We didn't mind that about Pearl Harbour two days New York where she was a regular and Willamae Ricker, was sent people came from downtown to later. They weren't able to leave at the New York Swing Dance out on tour with Ethel Waters to watch us. No white kids could for six months, when they boarded Society's Car Club dances and a the west coast. This last team ever cut us up on the ballroom a blackout plane that flew overland vital presence on the dance camp brought Whitey his first movie. floor, but we liked it that they to Miami. They arrived broke. scene. She now lives in Las Vegas, At the Paramount in Los Angeles tried. If they came close, we just "That was the first time I met where she has a lap and comedy they were spotted by someone asked the band to up the tempo." racism," Norma says. Manning revue which includes Frankie involved with the Marx Brother's The Savoy was a peculiar spent days going around to white Manning's son, Chazz Young, tap Day at the Races. The movie environment for a Harlem girl, nightclubs looking for work, but dancer and Lindy Hopper par was already shot, but Whitey was not yet 20 who received special was turned down everywhere. excellence and favourite at the contacted and asked to arrange treatment on the road and special They played in black clubs for Herriing dance camps in Sweden..

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Hoping in Paris ... In the last issue we asked "Do they Lindy Hop in Paris?" Armed with a listfrom Monica Coe's recent sojourn there, forl la. FAYE.TTE ,..,.,ri � Smith and partner Judy Martin oplored for themselves and 28 brought back these answers. Paris is an ideal city for walk­ ing to the best dancing clubs in the world, but locations and va­ riety seem to change as much as the English weather. Unfortu­ nately there are no swing clubs, but there are places to dance - lots of them. However, you have to choose carefully. For a shor! visit it is bes! lo check the lisrings in !he weeklies and phone around if you wan! to find live music. Most clubs are closed Mondays ( exceptions are noted in the listings); Wednesday through Saturday nights are most active. Clubs start late and finish late so you have to budget for cabs as well as entrance fees, which can be expensive but typically include a drink. You have to dress to impress so leave the Union Jack shorts behind. The inspiration behind the Jazz Age architecture and music of Paris in the 30s seems to have been diluted by !he French thirst for independence, resulting in a perfect blend of the lowest common denominator - Europop. Parisians typically move with the times and rarely look back. However, the temples of Jazz around rue de la Huchette are small pockets of resistance, still pulling some of the great Swing legends. If you Lindy Hop at these places, you will be appre­ ciated for your syncopation. Hopefully we can lead by example and inspire the revival of Swing dancing which is just waiting to happen here - after all, Here's how Hoppers get around Paris! Drawing by Par! Smith. based on a 1932 map of Holland by E. S. French jive is only a few steps Campbell from Of Minnie the Moocher and Me by Cab Calloway, and Bryant Rollins. Crowell: NY 1976. from Lindy wherever you are. (ed. note: There are currently workshops. He says "I found a Zed Club, rue des Anglais/Blvd three very enthusiastic Hoppin' new motivation with Lindy". In Places to Dance: St. Germain (5th arr). Yuppie subscribers in France, one of addition, Frankie Manning has French jive. whom lives in Paris. Franck taught in Lyons at their biannual Slow Club 130 rue de Rivoli/rue Balbin a 10-year veteran of tap festival, so this is very fertile du Pont Neuf (1st arr). Live Quay St. Bernard. Open-air and Rock 'n Roll, formed the ground for Lindy. If you hear of bands. phone +33 1 42 33 84 30 dancing (or opportuning) in a French Swing Dance Society - more, let us know!) Caveau de la Huchette, 5 rue small amphitheatre in a park honourary president Rob van Port Smith has been Lindy de la Huchette (5th arr). Live beside the river. Choose your Haaren of California! - after Hopping for about two years, and bands. Panama Francis plays season; summer's most popular. attending the Swing Masters Jam pe,forms with the Suga,foot here. Best (only?) place to Lindy Bafago, 9 rue de Lappe ( I I th in London and holds monthly Stompers in London. in Paris. phone +33 1 43 26 65 OS. arr). Open Mondays (rare in

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Lindy Hoppers Hoping in Paris... Sweeo ... Paris). Large old theater Magnetic Terrace, 12 rue de la (cont.Ji-om page I) converted for dancing. 50s - 70s Cossonerie (1st arr). New club music. phone +33 I 47 00 07 87. in a converted church. Great from London's Jiving Lindy Hoppers who impressed every­ La Scala, 180 bis, rue de Rivoli acoustics' phone +33 l 42 36 26 (1st arr). Free entrance for 44. one with their inventiveness, Evasio11 The Oansant, immaculate timing and beautifully women, except Fridays. Regular Blvd. de night club ideal for French jive. Bonne Nouvelle/Blvd St. Denis crisp air steps. Along with the phone +33 I 42 61 64 00. (2nd arr). A friendly, late-50s prize money they took home very Les Bains Douches, 7 rue de Lea dance in the best sense of the smart art deco-style neon radios, Bourg I'Abee. Great building, words. and all competitors received very expensive. Consider Capitol Gold t-shirts and flowers. wearing leather. phone + 33 1 48 Places to Learn: So, the competition was over, 87 01 80. Caveau de la Huche//e (see the prizes given, but this was by New Morning, 7 rue de Petites above). "Slim Dance" dance no means the end of the evening. Ecuries (10th arr). 400-seat Jazz class, similar to Gem1an-style As the crowd moved back onto club, for the larger show. Prince Boogie Woogie/Bebop (similar to the dance floor to King Pleasure jammed here w/ dad John Nelson rock) both rhythmic and acro­ and his Boys, before long the phone +33 I 45 23 91 41. batic. phone +33 1 42 33 84 30. winners Look to the floor in a spontaneous jam session, first 5rh Avenue, 2 Avenue Foch £space Vit'Hal/es. Jazz dance. (16th arr). Three dance floors, Warren and Maxine, next Ron Maison des Jeu11es et de la cabaret, tango. Free breakfast! and Sing, then Michael and Cu/lure. Rock 'n Roll.dance phone +33 145 00 00 13. Margaret. As a finale, to the class. M.J.C. St. Michel. Bar Lionel Hampron, Hotel absolute delight of the crowd, Meridien, 81 Blvd. Gouvion-St­ Cell/re Oa11se du Marais. Jazz, Warren took Sing onto the floor Cyr (17th arr). Well-organized African, Tap dance classes. as Ron swung out with Maxine. The author and partner, starting on No one could have asked for a Jazz. Try Sunday brunch. their way to suss out Paris. Photo better end to the evening. phone+33 1 47 58 12 30. by Deborah Huisken. Advertisement London's Ladybugs! Ca{{ing a{{ 'Boogie�real<§, Lindy fans, and others crazy about Swing!

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to the cinema hoping to so we were quite isolated. tape the dance bits, but "We continued to work and in June 1985 getting home to find formed the Company. At that time we were nothing visible on the quite strictLindy dancers, with a little bit of tape.) Jazz. In fact our first job was with the "In late May '84 Anders, Harlem Blues and Jazz Band at a jazz festival Henning Sorensen, and I in Stockholm, which to us was starting at the booked tickets for New top. We had always before danced to taped York City. We had been music. It was totally different with a live collecting films for about band, and exciting to be working with some of a year, so had some the original musicians from the old days. knowledge of the dance. "We didn't start the company with plans to We knew from Jazz make money - it was more inspiration and a Dance of two of the dedication to Lindy. Hel/zapoppin' was the dancers from the 30s, Al best thing we had ever seen and was our goal. Minns and Leon James. . "In early '86 our Lindy started to look quite Asking around, we found good. We'd been working hard, and '86 was that Leon James had died the start of something that we felt might be but that Al Minns was good for the future. We started to get some working at Sandra jobs, but then we realised we couldn't just do Wha1 drar1·s a group of20 10 30-someihin.� Cameron dance studio. Lindy on stage as it was too exhausting at the year olds, in a counlry where original Lindy "We met Al at a memorial concert for 75 beats/minute we were dancing at that time, Hopper Al Minns reporledly said he fell like Count Basie. We watched him closely, the tempo of Hellzapoppin'. We expanded "a raisin in a howl of milk", lo a street dance because we knew he was one of the great our repertoire, practising more Jazz, Tap Ji-om Harlem in !he 1920s' dancers from that period. He appeared from dancing and other things close to Lindy, and a Here we focus on Sweden's Rhythm Hot his clothes to be quite poor, and perhaps to few years later were able to perform them. Shots. In addition to being one of the oldest live in a bad neighbourhooq, although we We were definitely not good at tap dancing, Lindy companies around today, !hey run the were never there. The next day we inter­ but we did it on stage anyway. annual Herrdng dance camp. viewed him. They were very basic questions "We saw Frankie Manning when we first because we knew so little about the dance at The Rhythm Hot Shots was started in the were in New York in '84, but we didn't know that time, but he was very friendly and we mid '80s by members of the Swedish Swing about him because no one mentioned him and invited him to Sweden for the autumn of '84. Society. Prior to that time, most people were he wasn't mentioned in Jazz Dance. But Al Few people in New York at that time were dancing what in Sweden they called the mentioned Frankie when he was in Sweden, interested in the stuff he was doing, so he was Jitterbug, although it didn't look like what one and we had heard of him from Erin Stevens quite amazed andl very happy about the sees in Bill Haley movies. It was, however, and others. So invitation. related to the 50s dance style. Many people although Original RHSMemb!itf$_! "Al came to Sweden in September '84, and Frankie had were competing - there had been a boom in Eddie Jansson stayed for about a month. He was teaching this type of dancing as a famous Swedish said he didn't Eva Lagerqvist forthe Swedish Swing Society, with which he dance any Anders Lind .. orchestra started to play 50s music which made a TV program. All of us that later on more ("all that Catrine Ljunggre11 generated new interest in Jitterbug where Lena Ramberg •. were to start the Rhythm Hot Shots were part .. previously there had been little. was a long Lennart Westerlti:nd of the SSS at that time. Al made a great im­ time ago," he Late in 1982 or early 1983, Anders Lind pression on most of the dancers, but very few found the book Jazz Dance by Marshall said), in late '86 I called him and in February of them really took the whole thing to heart, I Stearns in the Dance Museum in Stockholm I saw him dance in New York with the New would say. Most just took a couple of steps and became very interested. Before that, few York Swing Dance Society. I got the feeling and movements and put them into their people in Sweden understood that Jitterbug he had a lot of knowhow in Lindy. dancing. had not started in the 50s, but earlier. After "He came to Sweden the first time in the "Anders and I were very interested, but reading the book, Anders realised it bad not . summer of '87 and practised with the com­ realised that we must start from the basics. only started earlier, it was a black dance pany for a week or so in Herrling, future We tried to forget the things we had been do­ from America. home of the famous dance camp. We put in ing before and really get what Al was Lennart Westerlund says "I was one of the hours of work, and Frankie really gave us a teaching, his relaxed, swinging feel for the firstpeople Anders got interested in it, and we feeling for the atmosphere of the dance, the music. We worked in front of the mirror hour started to work together. We didn't have heart and experience that is hard to get by hour, and practised every day or at least much to work with, but we started listening to learningfrom tapes. all the time we had. It was just the two of us jazz music, and saw as many as possible of "It's light in Sweden at night in summer, and in the beginning, with our partners. Later on a the films listed in the book. Early in 1984 Day Frankie woke up at 4 am one morning. He few more people became interested, like at the Races was shown at a Stockholm cine­ saw the sun and thought "oh boy, it's 4 in the Eddie and Eva. ma, and a few months later, Hellzapoppin'. afternoon". He got dressed and went "But there were also problems because of After seeing those two movies, we decided to downstairs... to find Anders practising (they Al's visit. While we decided to really make try to do something with this type of dancing never sleep in Sweden!). Anders told him it something out of it. the rest of the SSS wanted because we thought it was great. We were really was 4 am, so Frankie went back to bed. to stay with the old dances and music. So particularly amazed after having seen "Being so influenced by Hellzapoppin', we there were two groups now - a small minority Hellzapoppin'. tried to perform at the fast tempo of the which was to become the Rhythm Hot Shots (A reliable source tells of our boys hiding a movie. This gave us problems, but was also and the rest of the Society. Very few people video camera in their clothes and going back quite good because we had to get that much realised the potential of this dance at the time, better to keep up. There were a lot of aerials

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learned from working with original dancers like Al and Frankie. They dig deeper, into what Martin Wedby calls "the mysterious things about dancing" - self-expression, the insertion of ones own personality. Martin cites the pressure of performing profession­ ally as forcing them to try to understand what's behind the dance, which perhaps explains their rich appreciation for the history of the dance and the original dancers, for Frankie in particular and Lindy in general. Martin says now that he knows Al was trying to Leach him things that he didn't yet have the experience to understand, things that, as Frankie says, "Well, you don't understand? You will". "A few things about what's happening with RHS today. October through December we were working in Norrkoping, two hours from Stockholm, with a famous Swedish comedian. The RhythmHot Shots (I to right), Eddie Jansson, Eva Lagerqvist, Martin Wedby, Catrine We did four shows per week on the same L1unggren, Lennart Westerlund, Ewa Staremo. Not pictured - Anita Kankimaki. Photo provided by the Rhythm Hot Shots. stage each night, which was a good job as we knew what to expect when we went on. We in Hellzapoppin', which we tried to master, year, to preserve what happens there which did vocal and a little comedy. Next we start a successfully for the most part. we believe will be of interest in SO years. musical, "Hello Dolly", also in Norrkoping, "Now we have reduced our Lindy tempo "In '94, in addition to the wonderful It's a big job, with the opportunity to do and relaxed, thanks to the influence of people teachers we've had in the past, we'll also vocals, acting, and choreography plus dances like Frankie and Ryan Francois. We have have Warren Heyes and Maxine Green, Ivan like the Cakewalk. It's our first musical, and tried to stay close to the Afro-American and Elisabet Berggren, and Maria Weber and will run for two and a half months. The story tradition so we don't do modem dancing, Michael Johansson, plus hopefully some takes place at the turn of the century, so the although we have moved beyond our original surprise guests from the remaining group of Afro-American style will work fine here. fascination with He/lzapoppin' to tap, vocal, original Lindy Hoppers. In the beginning Then we have jobs in Germany, New York in comedy, and other things related to this Afro­ camp was just something we did, but it is more May for Frankie's birthday, and the camp in American tradition. and more part of the company. In the rest of summer. We also have a couple of "normal" "After that summer of '87 we started to get the year we don't teach so much - a few of us jobs - discotheques, company parties, etc. more jobs. Anders left in '88 and is now a teach private lessons, but we concentrate "The company is almost 9 years old now, saxophonist. In '89 we started the Herrling mostly on performances. and we've been lucky with one thing - most of dance camp. About 200 people came for two "We did a lot of performances in '90 and us have been with the company for about weeks that first year. We were all Swedes '91 and I think the company can be con­ seven years or from virtually the beginning. except one American guy, from Boston as I sidered as quite established now. We have Eddie, Eva, remember. At this time more SSS members toured different countries, including England, Cathy, and CurrentRHS Members: became interested in what we were doing. Germany, Finland, Norway, Holland, and the myself were Eddie Jansson Many members in the Stockholm area had USA to perform and teach. part of the Anita Kankimiiki (1991) seen us perform and decided that the things "Perhaps most memorable was our company Eva Lagerqvist when it Catrine Ljunggren we were doing were better than the SOs way appearance at the Apollo Theatre during our Ewa Staremo (j.986) of dancing the SSS was teaching at the time. first trip to America in October '92, where we staited and W Martin Wedby (1990} [ Anita Kankimaki, for instance, says that joined a competition. The audience was very joined quite Lennart Westerlund seeing Frankie in Herrling made her want to special for us because it_ was almost entirely soon after change her dancing style, she was _so black people, and they really tell you what that. We've got people who are very impressed with his smoothness.] So a lot of they think about your performance. It wasn't dedicated to this kind of dance. Other Lindy members of the SSS came to the camµ, which like a Swedish audience, anyway. Most of the companies have more general dancers who was important to spread the dance in Sweden. audience liked what we did and we won that could dance probably anything that you asked "We decided to continue with the camps competition, which is really something that I of them. In this company we're mostly every year, which we are doing to this day. It - will cherish forever. interested in the Afro-American tradition and will be four weeks in '94, and international. "During that trip we also made a documen­ I definitely think as long as the company exists Last year we had people from about ten tary on Frankie and his life in Harlem during we will stay with that. It has nothing to do different countries, and hope to have more the 30s, plus a little on what he's doing today. with money - it's hard to make a living out of next year. It is good to see so many different We travelled around Harlem with Frankie, this type of dancing. Dedication has been the people in different places interested in doing and he showed us all the places and intro­ most important thing. For people in the Lindy and dances related to the Lindy. I duced us to some people up there. It gave us company, this type of dancing is a way of life. think the best thing about camp is the atmos­ knowhow of where the dance originally came phere. We try to bring the best teachers in from." Compiled by Deborah Huiskenfrom this kind of dance, as we feel that if people A common thread in conversation with RHS material provided by Lennart Westerlund, with are exposed to the best, it will generate more members is their feeling of responsibility for contributionsfrom Anita Kankimiikiand interest. We do videos of the camps each carrying Lindy on and sharing what they've Martin Wedby.

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The Munich Scene Lindy Hop Defined? (cont.from page 6) myself, finding places where I stiffly hold back and learningto One night in London, still an release them; finding my "voice", inexperienced dancer and feeling physically as well as verbally; wholly inadequate to ever pick up letting my feelings flow; my body this complicated Lindy stuff, I find new ways to move to the spoke of my doubts to Simon music as well as to my own and Selmon, who tut tutted,then my partner's rhythms; finding my helped me see what I can do by confidence. leading me in a very clear Lindy Lindy to me is a dance of self­ that helped me find my feetand awareness and self-discovery. It my self-confidence. evolved in the hearts and souls In his lessons, Ryan Francois (soles?) of its originators, not for­ emphasizes that it isn't the steps mally taught but drawn from with­ which make a good dancer, but in. In my opinion, the best practi­ Marcus Koch and Barbi Kaufer · Munich's World Champions '93 thanks tioners today carry that tradition to their unique Lindy/Boogie dance style. Photo by Deborah Huisken the ability to feel the music, to feel your partners' movements and on, continually exploring new ways to add to and improve their mysterious stories again and work with them, to stay loose and The Boogie-Biiren's Eva­ dance. It is this about Lindy again. Their friends were still ready to respond to a lead. Maria Schmid sends this review which makes me passionate in its skeptical towards Li� jy_ These experiences and more of what's Hoppin' in Munich. pursuit. Marcus Koch, best dancer and have been an exploration of member of the Boogie -Baren Picture Munich, stronghold of board, was more deeply im­ Boogie Woogie, in Spring 1989: pressed from his time in Sweden Advertisement For the first time at the European than the others. He recognised Championship in Boogie Woogic, the value of Lindy and was able Swedish couples also danced. 6th ANNUAL to convince the committee of the Next to the splendid rustling annual Boogie-Baren Whitsun petticoats and glittering cocktail Camp in Landsberg, Germany. HERR.ANG jackets of the other couples, they Al the camp in 1992 the 400 made a rather modest impression DanceCamp-94 participants were offered not in the simple clothes of the 30s only Boogie but also Lindy baggy trousers with broad Afroamerlcan Style; lessons given by none other than braces*. And their dance style! Frankie Manning himself. Steven Lindy Hop, Boogie Woogie, Tap, Charleston, To many people, their steps gave Mitchell, Erin Stevens, Simon Black Bottom, Acrobatics et cetera an impression of simplicity, Selmon and Rob van Haaren also danced in a plodding manner. Teachers; taught. The overwhelming Only 2 or 3 Boogie dancers enthusiasm of most participants Frank Manning, Chazz Young were fascinated - they knew this rewarded Marcus's good nose! style of dancing from the old Rob van Haaren/Jann Olsen -USA Inspired by what he had learnt movies of the 20s and 30s. They Steven Mitchell, Marcus Koch/ in both Sweden and Landsberg, had especially admired the dance Barbara Kaufer -Germany Marcus integrated Lindy Hop scenes in Hellzapoppin' for a elements in his competition dance Simon Selmon, Ryan Francois -England long time. Excitedly they asked style as well as in the choreogra­ The Rhythm Hot Shots -Sweden the Swedish dancers and found phy of the Boogie-Baren routine. out that for some years there had Audience and jury needed time 1-WEEK PROGRAMS, JULY 9-AUGUST 6 been a Lindy Hop summer camp to get used to the "Flying in a small village near Stockholm. ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS Charleston", "Swing Out", and Tn Summer 1991, the first four "Lindy Circle", but his increasing couples from Munich and sur­ success, leading him together For further information please write to: roundings visited the Rhythm Hot with his partner Barbi Kaufer The Rhythm Hot Shots Shots' summer camp in Herrang. step by step towards the top, is a c/o Lennart Westerlund Although the figures looked easy proof of the growing interest in Ploggatan 1, $- 116 34 Stockholm, Sweden and effortless, they proved quite Lindy Hop. At the World Cham­ Phone: +46 (8) 643 40 58 difficult to learn because the "8- pionship held in Switzerland in count" steps and insertion of Tap Autumn 1993 they danced a dance steps were unusual for our unique combination of Boogie champions. There in Herrling integrated Lindy steps - lately Max-Emanual-Brauerei, reacted and Lindy, inspired by the swing they also got acquainted with even Shag has been seen. If you immediately. Every second Tues­ beat of their song in the final Frankie Manning, who inspired make a pub call through day a month there's an evening of round, and were awarded the them with his knowledge and Munich's Boogie scene, you can swing, because it depends on the title 1993 World Champions. charm. After they returned, it see more "Charleston" and music what happens to your feet. In competitions around Munich was not easy for their friends in "Swing Out" than before. To rock 'n roll, the feet Boogie; to more and more couples have Munich hearing the fanatic, Munich's Boogie stronghold, the swing they Lindy Hop.

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The International Dance Organi­ performing and teaching 18-20 Books sation of Italy presented a lifetime March in Lippstadt Germany Black Dance from 1619 to Today, Lynne Pauley Emery. Brief achievement award to Frankie (contact Torsten Hilz in Lippstadt, references to Lindy, and photo of"Whyte's Hopping Maniacs". Manning in November for his con­ +49 29 41 51 05), teaching in Black Dance, Edward Thorpe. 2 pages of photos of '40s Lindy tributions to the dance world. The Gothenburg, Sweden 14-17 April Hoppersand the Savoy, with some Lindy history. ceremony was held in Danaujvaros, (contact West Coast Swingers, see Jookin', The Rise of Social Dance Formations in African-American Hungary, an hour out of Budapest. Listings) and performing at the Culture. Katri11e Hazzard-Gordon. 3 brief references to Lindy Hop, and Lindy Hoppers from Oslo, Norway, Feather Awards in Beverly Hills, unreferenced photo of young Frankie Manning, mid-aerial, on the cover. and Hungary attended, and hosted USA 25 June (contact Cay Cannon, Let's Lindy, Simon Selmon. 58-page how-to book with photos, Frankie during his subsequent ex­ + I 714 494-5086) instructions, some history and references. plorations of Budapest. Ivan and Elisabet Berggren, also Films In related news, we are very of Sweden, will returnto London in pleased to repott that, only a little March to give another aerials work­ Listed in chronological order, the foJJowing have varying amounts of Lindy Hop. Desc,iptions excerpted from Marshall Stern'sJazz Dance. over four months after his hip shop with the London Swing Dance After Seben - l929 - Three pairs of Lindy dancers from the Savoy operation, Frankie's back to Society. Ballroom, including George "Shorty" Snowden, performearly Lindy. dancing and working with the Big Kurt Bieller and Regina Forster Day at the Races, 1937. Numerous Lindy dancers, incl. LeonJames. Apple Lindy Hoppers. You can't in Attstria, inspired by the Jam in He/lzapoppin', 1941. Choreographed by Nick Castle/Frank Manning. keep a good Lindy Hopper down! London, have started a "Cool and The one that inspired so many of today's best dancers! Freddy Haugan, Oslo, Norway Crazy" Jitterbug Club in Vienna, Hot Chocolate - 1941. Duke Ellington short, features Whitey's Lindy has had six Lindy workshops in the have already been mentioned in an Hoppers (Frank Manning, Al Minns, Billy Ricker, Norma Miller, et al). last year and a half, with about l 00 article on Lindy Hop in local papers, Jammin' the Blues - 1944. Archie Savage & Marie Bryant Lindy Hop. dancers every time. "People love and have performed with the Vienna Killer Diller - l948. The four Congaroos with Nat King Cole. it, and the music, of course." Steve Swing Orchestra. Call of the Jitterbug, ca 1987. American documentary on Lindy Hop Mitchell gave a workshop in Rob van Haaren has workshops Autobiography ofMalcolm X - 1992. Lindy scene w/Frankie Manning January; Margaret Batiuchok in Eugene, Oregon in February and and Ryan Francois among others; Lindy choreography, Frankie Manning. teaches in Norway 1-14 February. Santa Barbara in March. Contact Swing Kids- I 993. Disney movie; Lindy choreography, Ryan Francois The Rhythm Hot Shots will be Rob (see Listings). Advertisement

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Lindy Listings B6bis & Szikora) Budapest. 3AA, phone +l 44 81 964 5512. Contact Sing Lim (see above). phone +361 202 0289 *Chestnut Grove Lindy Saturdays (2 per month, 20:00- B6bis Laszlo, Szikora Boglarka Hoppers, performing group from 23:30), Hellzapoppin', Cecil Sharp Austria (perform tap - new to Lindy), a multi-cultural comprehensive House, 2 Regents Park Rd. Club: Budapest. phone+361 176 7970; school; dance curriculum based Camden Town, London NW!. fax +361 115 3202 around Lindy. Contact John DJs, cost £4. *Upcoming dates *Cool and Crazy Ji1terbug Brooks, Chestnut Grove School, Feb 19, Mar 5,19, Apr 9,23, May Club, Mautner Markhofgasse 17- Chestnut Grove, Ealham SW12 7,21, June 11,25. Contact Tim 21/12/5, l 110 Vienna. Contact Norway 8JZ. phone 081 690 2364 +44 81 886 3473 or Caroline Cole Kurt Bieller or Regina Forster Organisation: +44 81 444 9623. phone+43 222 74 94 581 Jitterbugs (holds workshops, Bardar Dance Institute, camps). Sing Lim, mgr, 7 Eton Kristian August Gate 15, N-0170 *Saturdays 19:30-3:00 am), The Road, London NW3. phone+44 Jazz Age, a Lindy Hop Club at France Oslo. Contact: Freddie Haugan. 71 483 1055. phone +47 22 20 90 10 Turnmills, 63B Clerkenwell Road, Venues: London Swing Dance Society, London, EC!. Beg. class 17:45, La Caveau de la Huchettes, rue 28 Nottingham Place, London 20:30-23:30 Swing, Jazz, R&B; de la Huchette, 75005 Paris. Jazz Sweden WlM 3FD. Contact Simon 23:30 - 3 am Jazz, Latin, Fusion & club, small, crowded dance floor, Dance Companies: Selmon (teaches, performs). Funk. DJs, some bands, cost £4. atmosphere.phone +33 4326 6505 Rhythm Hot Shots, Ploggatan I, phone +44 81 954 2147. Contact Simon Selmon (above) Slow Club, 130 rue de Rivoli, S-116 34 Stockholm, (perform 75001, Paris. Jazz club, crowded, and teach). Sweden's first and Dance Companies: small dance floor, atmosphere. only professional Lindy company. Jiving Lindy Hoppers (teach, phone+33 42 33 84 30. Contact Lennart Westerlund +46 perform), Eileen Feeney, mgr, 35 USA 8 643 40 58 or Anita Kankimaki. Newton Avenue, London W3 Organisation: +46 8 18 07 82. SAR. First of the '80s profession­ California *French Swing Dance Society, al Lindy Hop troupes in London. Dance Companies: 25 E. rue Andre Lassagne, 69300 Club/Organisation: phone+44 81 992 8128 Steppin' Out Dancers Calvire. Contact: Franck Balbin. Swedish Swing Society, *The Ladybugs, the world's (perform), P.O. Box 91131, Bergsundsstrand 43, S-11738, only female Lindy revue (ama­ Pasadena, CA 91109-1131. Stockholm. phone+46 8 84 75 60 teur). Contact Sing Lim, mgr. Contact Erin Stevens (teaches 6- Germany or contact Stefan Lof, phone +46 (above). week Lindy classes on Thursdays; Clubs: 8 36 56 66 performs, and choreographs). Boogie Bears, Munich. Contact Sugar/oat Stampers. Semi-pro West Coast Swingers, performing troupe of the London phone+ I 818 799 5689 Marcus Koch, Pelikangasse 34, Eklandagatan 60B, S-41261, Swing Dance Society. Contact The Upbeats (performing group 85551 Heimsletten, Tyskland, or Gothenburg. Lindy Hop club on Simon Selmon, mgr, (see above). of the Upbeat Swing Club), P.O. Barbi Kaufer, Georgenstr. 49/II, the West Coast of Sweden. Box 20081, Santa Barbara, CA 80799 Miinchen (Marcus & Barbl Contact Susan Schultz, Johan Zoots & Spangles, Ryan 93102. Contact Rob van Haaren compete, perform, teach). Boogie Burell, phone+46 312 076 89. Francois, director. (Choreo­ Woogie & Lindy dance club. graphs, teaches, performs), 59A (performs, teaches). phone Marcus +49 89 904 4767 Venues: Crowland Road, Tottenham, phone+ 1 805 687 6407 or Barbi +49 89 271 7299 Wednesday (19:30-23 :00) London Nl5 6VL. Professional Organisation: Jesse's Jazz Club, Pryssgrand 14, dance company dedicated to Boogie Club, Berlin. Contact *Santa Barbara Swing Dance Stockholm. Beg. class 18:30. Lindy - perform and teach. Volkart Meier, President, Club, P.O. Box 21225, Santa Contact Lennart (see above). phone +44 81 809 5507. Drewitzerstr. 59, 13467 Berlin, Barbara, CA 93121. Contact or Andreas Seebach, Hagenstr. 2, Contacts: Venues: Sylvia Sykes (teaches). phone+1 E. Berlin 1130. Boogie dancers; 805 569 1952. Maria Weber (teaches), Mondays (20:30-midnight), new to Lindy. phone Volkart +49 Daljunkaregatan 16, S-791 37 Stompin' at the 100 Club, 100 *Ventura County Swing Dance 30 4044 580 or Andreas+49 30 Falun. phone+46 23 69 286 Oxford Street, London. Beg. Club, P.O. Box 2124, Ventura, CA 553 3484 class 19:30 , DJs and bands, cost 93002-2124 Contact Melinda Contact: Switzerland £5 to £7 depending on band. Comeau (teaches weekly classes Steve Mitchell (teaches, chore­ Contact Simon Selmon (see throughout Ventura County). ographs). phone+49 6103 86920 Contacts: above). phone+ l 805 643 3114. Manuel/a Foresti (facilitates Venue: Lindy workshops), Basel. phone Tuesdays (19:00 - 21:50), Venues: *Tuesday {2nd ea. month, 20:00 +41 61 65 0683 Urdang Academy, 20 Shelton *Thursday, Lindy Classes, 23 to 23:00) Max-Emanual-Brauerei Street, London. Classes. Contact West Key Terrace, Santa 33 Adalbertstr, 8000 Munich 40. Simon Selmon (see above) Barbara. Contact Rob van Contact Marcus Koch (above) UK Wednesday (21: I 5-23:30), Haaren (see above). Organisations: Jitterbugs, Notre Dame Hall, 5 *Friday (2nd of each month, *Bullies Ballerinas, (teach, Leicester Place, Leicester Sq. Hungary 20:30-24:00), Dance, Poinsettia perform). Jeanefer Jean­ London WC2. Beg. class 19:30, Pavilion, 345 Foothill Road, Contacts: Charles/{Tobias Tak. Contact 67 int. class 20:30, DJs and bands, Ventura. Class 20:00. Contact Gabor Janicsek, (works with Bravington Road, London W9 cost £4 to £5 depending on band. Melinda Comeau (see above).

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Lindy Listings Advertisement Saturday Savoy Sundays (1st & 3rd, 20:00- (19:00-24:00), INTERNATIONAl� 23:30), Dances, 997 E. Walnut Continental Club, l 7 Irving Place Street, Pasadena.(see above). Contact Erin at 15th Street, live bands, cost$ I 2. SWING DANCE' Stevens phone*Monday + l 212 696 9737 Illinois (2 l :00-23:30), Well 's FESTIVAL Restaurant, 132 Street & 7th Ave. Organisation: 30's; reopened by daughter of *Illinois Swing Dance Club, original owners. 18-piece Renaissance Band (formerly at 14-17th, 1994 8510 N. Knoxville #307, Peoria, Willie's Lounge) moved up to IL 61615. Contact Steve Well's when Willie's shut. Be Cullinan, + I 309 672 5681. sure to tried their famous fried Maryland chicken and waffles. Venue: Washington *Sarurday Contacts: (21 :00 - 24:00) Livint?Traditions, Swing Baltimore, Townsend 2442 NW Armory, 307 Washington Ave., Market St. #168, Seattle, 98107. Teachers: Performers, Dance Historians Townsend. Class 20:00 - 21:00, Classes/events include Lindy FrankManning - New Yolk BettyWood Florida Rhythm Hot Shots - Sweden• Rob van Haaren - Calitomia then dance. Upcoming Lindy Hop. Contact Nancy Ann/ Walter • - dates: Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 26, Lance Benishek - Minnesota • Chester Whitmore- California Dill.*Savoy phone+! Swing 206 Club, 781 1238 Apr 23. phone +I 410 377 7410. Jann Olsen� California Contacts: 9709 35th an:J *Swing Balrimore, Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98115. 1937Harvest Moon alf.arounddancecfiampion WalterCosdon! 752 6-week sessions of Lindy Hop Make checks payable to: THE UPBEAT $WING CLUB Overbrook Road, Baltimore, MD classes; dance on alternate P.O. Box 20081, Santa Barbara, CA 93120, +1805687- 6407 21212. Contact Leslie Coombs Tuesdays. Performances /work­ (teaches) phone + I 410 377 0832 shops. phone +I 206 726 2997. Name_.------�-�------Address______.....,,.. ______New York City Virginia Dance Companies: Contacts: Horne Phone Work Phone: ______Big Apple Lindy Hoppers. *Potomac Swing Dance Club, D D InternationalSwing DanceFeSllval 1994 Regis�uon-$135 · Contact Cynthia Millman via New 3409 Silver Maple Place, Falls . · lntematitmal(Lodging$wing informationDance Fe$tiVal available'1993 with Video registration)· - $75 York Swing Dance Society, 303 Church, VA 22042-3545. Con­ Fifth Avenue, Suite 1515, NY tact Craig 'Hutch' Hutchinson 10016. phone +l 212 696 9737 phone +1 703 698 9811. Venues: Venues: Lindy Hop Night, Teddy's VA. Beginner/ Intermediate. class NY Swing Dance Society's *Thursday, Lounge, Ramada Hotel, 780 I I 18:30, Intermediate/ Advanced(see above). (20:30 - 23:30) Leesburgh Pike, Falls Church, 19:30. Contact Hutch

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