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History - First Witnessed Account:
It was the Korean War which caused the slow down in Swing
Dance Circles all over the country. Never - the - less, and
just prior to Elvis's Army induction, his time of Army
service, and then afterwards, explosion on the dance floors all over the
country - Swing Dance Circles came alive again with the rapture and orchestrations
and soft melodies. It was
his sense of wildness, sideburns, and that cutting edge appeal, the wild
hip action, as if to challenge authority - but held to traditional family
values at the same time which made his public personal. The musical
tempos, his up beat and positive youth image created the flash point in
which American youth came into empowerment - never witnessed before since
the Civil War. Swing Dance Circles, Swing Dancing, and Swing Dance
Classes became the rage, and it even pushed the Dance Board of Arthur
Murray Dance Studios to create it's own program to created both Swing
dance classes, and Lindy Hop dance classes
A cadre of top
independent swing dancers created the
market foundation blocks for the American Bandstand's
success, and suddenly the perpetual youthful figure of Dick
Clark appeared as another American icon. With American Bandstand Winter fore-rays at The War Memorial, Fort Lauderdale, the South
Florida ( though
unorganized at that time ) Swing Dance Circles became extremely strong.
Like the Korean War -
which puncture a lot of youthful energy out of the Swing Dance Circles of
the forties, Vietnam did the same for the Swing Dance Circles of the late
50's - 60s. What this created, is that Arthur Murray's course
program finally became dominate - as most of the Swing Dance circle
leaders signed up to go to the Vietnam War. Elvis was giving his
attentions to other musical movements, yet his records were kept in all
of our hearts. What most did not know at the time is that we
gave birth to most powerful Super - Culture of American Youth, and that
those who loved Swing, Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, or just Dan " Z " ing to " da "
Jazz were also in love with our country at the same time - some (
like Tony Chadwick - " The Wolf Man " of Hialeah, Florida ) of
the best swing - lindy hop dancers lost their lives in this war,
and the vacuum it created still has not been filled. Some day
ask me why ? Everything went
"Squares ‘ vile, or Nerded
Up." Vietnam Veteran Roger M. Christian.
Swing Lindy
Hop Dance Competitions:
Curriculum
Links:
[] Dance Charts [] Bronze [] Silver [] Gold [] Gold Bar []
Star [] Theatre Arts [] Teacher Certification and Adjudication []
The American ( Ithaca ) Social Dance Economy Program: Based on the 4 Dance
Lessons for $ 10.00 Orientation Dance Specials. Contact ithacadance@aol.com Registration and Online Payment - Reservations Tel:
607 – 279 – 9833
All Dance Classes are held at the Club Euphoria Dance Club (
Masonic Building ) – Location cross Cayuga and Seneca, Ithaca,
New York
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