Dance to the
Music of Motown (1959-1972)
Martini and Drink Specials All Night
7-11 PM
$6 Cover
Club Vicente is located inside the
beautiful Don Vicente Historic Inn
Corner of 14th Street and 9th Ave. in Ybor
across the street from the HCC Ybor Campus
The Legendary George “Shorty” Snowden and his partner Big Bea in 1937. He was a first Generation Lindy Hopper first captured on film in the 1920′s in the short “After Seven”.
Shorty George is not only credited for giving the dance it’s name “The Lindy Hop” but also the name in which the Jazz vernacular step “the shorty george” came from.
for more information:
http://jassdancer.blogspot.com/
Joel Plys, Gina Helfrich, Crista Seipp doing the Tranky Doo at Swing Dance USA 2010
This commercial for Gap Khakis from 1998 helped propel swing music back into the mainstream and publicized the swing revival of the late 90′s (of which we are currently a part of).
www.CvilleLindy.org