When: Saturday, November 08, 2014
Time: 5:00-9:30 p.m.
Where: Hansborough Recreation Center
35 W. 13th St.
New York, NY
Cost: Free
The Harlem Swing Dance Society and City of New York Parks and Recreation are proud to present this annual special Harlem event, which celebrates Harlem’s famed winning streak of Lindy Hop, Jitterbug Jive and more from the famous Madison Square Garden Dance Contest! Meet Champions and winners from the 1950’s thru 1970’s and hear their stories about how a REAL contest went back in the day.
Meet Beatrice Pierce (1953), Sonny Allen (1958), Barbara Billups (1958), Tiny Thomas (1971) and Crystal Johnson(1972)
Event includes music from Harlem’s own Solomon Hicks! Also a FREE Swing Dance lesson, light refreshments, classic film clips and DJ’d classics