Very nice. Good work from everyone involved. except those tourists at
the end. :-)
Frankie would have been pleased.
On Jun 10, 2009, at 00:14 , Larry Colen wrote:
A couple months ago, it was mentioned on this list that Frankie
Manning (one of the original lindy hoppers) passed away a month shy of
his 95th birthday. Here's a tribute video that was put together for
his birthday party.
The shim sham is a choreographed dance that dates back to the 20's,
mostly jazz steps. There are a few songs that it is traditionally done
to, the most common are "Tuxedo Junction" and "It ain't what you
do". Though, the dancers in San Jose used to do it to "Mambo #5". It
was kind of like a signature dance for Frankie, and he and his son
Chazz Young would regularly perform it to "It ain't what you do".
To make this video, dancers from all over the world videotaped
themselves dancing the shimsham to "It ain't what you do", it was then
all edited together. You may not recognize the people in it, but
you'll certainly recognize several of the locations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_k_BIA_unI
Joseph McAllister
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