ANOTHER BIG APPLE DANCE REUNION
September 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