Retro swing era returns to clubs and college vibes in Florida
In Pompano Beach a retro swing revival blooms with bands like Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Squirrel Nut Zippers. Dancers crowd venues such as Man Ray's while teens to forty-somethings embrace 1940s attire and Lindy and jitterbug styles, spurred by Swingers films and Gap commercials.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Gap
Craig Lozowick
Stacy Wyllys
Man Ray’s
South Florida
Atlanta
Washington
Tom Cunningham
New York
Hollywood
Calif
Family defies evacuation amid Florida wildfire chase
The Hamblin family in Flagler County while 45,000 residents were ordered out chose to stay on their rural land. Kim Hamblin, her brother Gary and neighbor Donald Kuhn kept watch as smoke thickened near their home and cemetery. They packed belongings, kept humor, and awaited official orders while looters worried them more than flames.
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Espanola, Fla
Kim Hamblin
Espanola
Brandy Nicole
Flagler County
Hamblin
Flagler
Gary Hamblin
Kuhn
Virginia
Charlotte
Roots of swing dance across decades and regions
Randy Atlas notes swing dance emerged from 1920s jazz and movie dance, producing names like jive jitterbug Lindy push whip shag East and West Coast swing. WWII soldiers spreading to cities and states caused regional variations such as West Coast in California and shag in the Carolinas. The 1990s revival ties to 1930s Benny Goodman Glenn Miller and Louis Prima.
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Randy Atlas
South Florida Swing Dance Association
New York
Chicago
Oklahoma
Carolina
Los Angeles
Atlas
California
Texas
Carolinas
Benny Goodman
Glenn Miller
Louis Prima
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Jeremy Cottrell
Yvette Roman
Man Ray's
Cafe du Nord
San Francisco
West Coast
Royal Crown Revue
Brian Setzer
Stray Cats
Louis Jordan
Steve Perry
Fletcher Henderson
Duke Ellington
MTV
Perry
Pacific Northwest
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Sandy
Squirrel Nut Zippers
You
Bottle
Rebecca Weill
Brian Tindell
Dominica Landimarino
Tindell
The
Associated Press
Johnson
Glass & Mirror
wbDance
Andrews Hwy
Odessa
Cosmetic Surgical Center
the Cosmetic Surgery Center of Texas
Howard A. Tobin
M. D
F.A.C.S
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery
Ramada Airport Inn
Airport Plaza
Humana Plaza
Abilene
Newlook.com
Sun
Jim
N. Grant
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