ANOTHER BIG APPLE DANCE REUNION

Frankie Manning at the last Big Apple EventSeptember 11, 12, 13, 2009

“This is not to be missed.”

It’s not too late to

  • PACK YOUR BAGS
  • FIND SOMEONE TO FEED THE PETS
  • GET A FLIGHT (Contact us for information on cheap tickets.)
  • STAY  LOCALLY (Contact us for great prices on  hotel rooms.)

where:  Find your way to Columbia, SC where the BIG APPLE DANCE CRAZE got its start.

contact information:  e-mail      bigappledance@gmail.com   taps222@aol.com

phone     803.600.5813      803.518.6147

join:  RICHARD DURLACH AND BREEDLOVE and their co-sponsers

  • HISTORIC COLUMBIA FOUNDATION
  • PALMETTO SWING DANCE ASSOCIATION

learn:  original and never before seen dance steps for the called social dance version of The Big Apple

meet:  JEAN FOREMAN one of the original 16 Roxy theater dancers of 1937 who introduced  Columbia’s Big Apple Dance to the rest of the country

dance lessons:  a weekend with the renowned LANCE BENICHEK from Minneapolis who studied with nine of the 16 original dancers and partner DENISE STEELE from Oregon who studied with Betty Wood one of the 16

live music:

  • FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE

special musical guest SOLOMON DOUGLAS and the Quintet

  • SATURDAY NIGHT DANCE

SOLOMON DOUGLAS and the 10-piece Swingtet

Solomon is known for his extraordinarily danceable Lindy Hop arrangements of Count Basie compositions and jazzy Freddie Green arrangements