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This article talks about Frankie Manning’s dance partners – Freda Washington, Willa Mae Ricker, Ann Johnson and Norma Miller

An article about when Frankie Manning and seven of the Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, billed as the Eight Original Apple Dancers, last visited Melbourne.

How important were the Great Swing bands of the 30’s and 40’s to the culture and evolution of the dance we know and love today? Well, let’s just say that it is thanks to these musical entrepreneurs that we’re not milling ‘round dance floors today doing the ‘Sit’, the ‘Shuffle & Yawn’ or even the […]

Jennifer Farrington talks about the life of Frankie Manning after Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers disbanded