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Frankie 95 Festival Day 1: Jazz Vipers, Hellzapoppin, Junior Jitterbugs! (video)

Posted on May 22, 2009 by

Here's a jam circle at the first dance party of the Frankie 95 Birthday Festival. With all of our guests not even here yet, it's already a blow-out, crazy-fun event.

Day 1 highlights:

  • a very moving documentary film about Frankie called "Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging."
  • Norma Miller in an intimate Q&A about her life as a dancer and performer
  • the Jazz Vipers of New Orleans and the Gordon Webster band ripping it up in the beautiful Grand Ballroom!
  • the Hellzapoppin Wildcard Round dance contest
  • performances by the Cleveland jitterbug kids, the Harlem Hotshots of Sweden, Vicenzo and Isabella of Italy, (video) and The One-2-Swing Jitterbugs from LA

Here's another video of the Jazz Vipers playing to a jamming crowd of dancers.

Today is going to be amazing, with the Frankie Manning Memorial Service in the morning, followed by a Second Line processional from the church to Central Park, then a huge dance party in the sunshine at the Naumberg Bandshell.  Then tonight we've got The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn, Ron Sunshine & Full Swing, The Cangelosi Cards and The Paul Tillotson's Trio performing from 9pm-4am!

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