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Swing Dancing and Retro Lifestyle in Washington DC
Check out theYear-Long Calendar of Swing Dances
The Weekly Swing Dance Calendar:

  • covers Tuesday 03-03-2020 through Monday 03-09-2020
  • was updated 03-03-2020 at 11:30 pm

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!!THE TOP TEN!!

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  1. Fast Eddie at the Hilton (Friday March 6, 2020)
  2. Terri Burroughs at JV Restaurant (4:00 pm Show) (Sunday March 8, 2020)
  3. Jeff Carmella at Nick's (Wednesday, March 4, 20209)
  4. Seth Kibel in Timonium (Friday March 6, 2020)
  5. The Thrillbillies at JV Restaurant (March 5, 2020)
  6. The Thrillbillies at the New Deal Cafe (Friday March 6, 2020)
  7. Shacara Rogers at Glen Echo (Saturday, March 7, 2020)
  8. Sweet Medicine at Hershey's (Saturday, March 7, 2020)
  9. The Newports at Hersheys (Friday March 6, 2020 )

Click Here to see ALL the Swing Dances for the week.

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Flying Down to Rio
Fred and Ginger's first film


go to the master list of Model Airplane News Covers

Click to look at all the covers of Model Airplane News from 1929-1969.




Air, Rail and Auto in the Swing Era




Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Jukeboxes




The Technology of Music (Updated 01-15-2009)




PHOTOS!


Swing Kids
----- the next generation of Swing
Swing Pets
----- the pets that sit (and Stay!) home while we dance
Vox Pop Photo Collection
Photos of Typical Americans Taken Between 1935-1948



DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK!

This week, Click Here to listen to The Jitterbug Stroll as called by Steven Mitchell

MUSIC!

The Kay Kyser Site
Randy van Horne Group
They did the backup for the Hanna-Barbera Cartoons!!!
Vocal Group Harmony
Information about R&B vocal groups of the 30s, 40s & 50s
Yiddish Themes in Swing
Hit Parade 1938-1959
NPR Special on Artie Shaw
Reveille with Beverly

ART!

Curt Teich Large Letter Postcards
Virtual Tour of Classic Zen Gardens
Cartoons from 1946
Original
W.P.A. Dance Posters from the 1930s and 1940s
All about Trixie Firschke

FILM!

The Carl Spackler Resource page
The Hedy LaMarr Resource page
The Joan Crawford Resource Page
Tribute to Maxie Dorf
Hooray for Captain Spalding!
Jim Kranyak's Swing Movie Site

Pinups that Went to War

VINTAGE!

Voices of World War II: Experiences from the Front and at Home (Upd 10-01-02)
The Radio and Television Museum Bowie, Md (Upd 05-29-02)
Official U.S. Navy specifications for 1943 WAVE Uniforms
Everyday life in Britain in the 1940s (Updated 07-05-02)
F.D.R. Living History Museum (Upd 05-29-02)
Collectibles from the 1940s (Upd 05-11-05)
Our Vintage Directory (Upd 01-10-05)
Chrissy Hall's Vintage Shoe Page
College Style -- in 1959
How to Tie a Tie!

DANCE STEPS!

Online Lindy Lesson taught by Chester Whitmore
Dance Tutor on Line Pay site with instructional videos
Lindy Hop History Link
Balboa Basic Step (Upd 04-23-99)
Lindy Steps Explained
How to do Shim Sham (UPD 03-28-99)
Amazing Lindy Puzzle

PATRIOTISM!

Download Patriotic Posters
Download a free American Flag Screen saver
The University of Minnesota WW1 and WW2 Poster Collection

VISITORS SINCE THIS MORNING...

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EVERYTHING on the Site is indexed in The GUIDE
You May Be a Lindy Hopper, IF... (upd 12-13-04)
Places to Buy Vintage Clothes
Record Reviews
Just what is Lindy Hop anyway?
Who is Frankie Manning?
Zoot Suits by El Pachuco

 
 
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