Swingouts Intresseklubb #3

Lindy Hop lördag 2 juli på Tyrolen Rockin Jamboree!
Massor av swing, dans och annat skoj blir det på Tyrolen i Blädinge utanför Alvesta.

Jönköping - Let’s celebrate Frankie Manning by putting on a weekend Lindy Hop event with classes, history talk about Frankie, party and performances! Come and join us, registration is open!

29/5 (kl 16:30-20:00) Come lindy hop the summer away at our beautiful rotunda by the pond at Stora Skuggan (Sthlm), a beautiful walk from the subway station Universitetet.

28/5 (kl 21:00 – 02:00). På Chicago (Sthlm) firar vi varje år Frankie Manning genom att dedikera en danskväll, runt den 26 maj som är hans födelsedagsdatum, med swingmusik som Frankie uppskattade. Och i caféet denna kväll serveras klassiska Frankie-favoriter hela kvällen.

Savoy Ballrom, Chick Webb, 4000 människor i kö för att komma in, fotografier, filmer, dansare!

While in California to film Hellzapoppin, Frankie and the Whiteys also had the opportunity to film the 1940s equivalent of a music video with Duke Ellington. So, this is the Hellzapoppin group doing snippets of the same choreography with minor changes to a slower speed. It was done on a very cold day, Frankie remembers, hence many of them wearing coats. Originally the film was edited on the wrong side, and the dancing in some clips is backward, however the producer of this YouTube clip has changed it to its original orientation.

A self-taught left-handed guitarist, Cotten developed her own original style. Her approach involved using a right-handed guitar (usually in standard tuning), not restrung for left-handed playing, essentially holding a right-handed guitar upside down. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers and the melody with her thumb. Her signature alternating bass style has become known as “Cotten picking”.

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Min blivande hustru behöver ett par gyllene skor som passar till en lång klänning från 1930-40-talen. Hon hittade ett slitet par hos Ateljé Femman i Sollentuna. Men tyvärr, sulorna håller inte att dansa hela natten i. En sån tur att skomakarna hos MANO på Riddargatan finns.…