Lindy Hop in the Wall Street Journal
“They’re Still Doing the Lindy Hop?” is the title of a short piece published in the Wall Street Journal last week, complete with a video featuring Frankie Manning.
When someone sent me the link, I was like, “Yes, infact, we are still doing the Lindy Hop, where’ve you been?” As you probably know if you’re reading this, the Lindy Hop is alive and well, even if it’s not in the exact form it was back then. But it’s a nice little account of how swing dancing is still vibrant and alive after all the years since Charles Lindbergh’s historic “hop” across the Atlantic in 1927.
Check out the article here: They’re Still Doing the Lindy Hop?
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