A few weeks ago I reported that Larry Peacock put out a challenge on Facebook to swing dancers around the world to organize a "shim sham" line dance in honor of legendary lindy hopper Frankie Manning. Well I am proud to say that dance organizers everywhere have responded, and nearly 30 commemorative workshops, classes, performances and other activities will take place from as far away as Tel Aviv and Kuala Lampur!
Here's the latest list of cities participating that I was able to put together, in no particular order:
- San Francisco, CA (920 Special, Wednesday Night Special, Rent Party)
- Los Angeles, CA (Lindy Groove)
- New York, NY (Frim Fram)
- Harlem, NY
- Brookline MA
- Boston, MA
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- Shanghai, China
- Barcelona, Spain
- Paris, France
- Phoenix, AZ
- Rio, Brazil
- Sao Paolo, Brazil
- London, UK
- San Diego, CA
- Germany (where?)
- Dallas, TX
- Utah
- Providence RI
- Singapore
- Athens, Greece
- Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Tuscon, AZ
- Orlando, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Genoa, Italy
- Cincinnati, OH
- Kaula Lampur, Malaysia
- Champaign, IL
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- St Louis, MO
- Las Vegas, NV
So what are YOU doing May 26?
See the FaceBook group page for additional info.