Frankie Manning: May 26, 1914 - April 27, 2009
I am going to be putting up a memorial page on this website in the next few days. If you have photos of Frankie
at workshops you attended, please send them to me at margiekate@lindyhopping.com. If you have a story or thoughts about
what Frankie has meant to you, please also send that to me as I'd love to include it.
Donations in lieu of flowers should be made to "Frankie Manning Fund" in his honor:
Frankie Manning Fund
PO Box 980581
Houston, TX 77098
http://www.frankiemanning.com
http://www.frankie95.com/
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Regional Dance Information Links
Lindy Hop Sites:
- United States:
- Lindy Exchange
Want to know about events happening all over the place? Remember the
foreign exchange program in high school? Well, this is a Lindy
exchange program.
- US
Swing Dance Server
- Swing Out of Town: Events from all over the world
- Hellzahoppin.com
- Only Balboa -- looking for Balboa all over the world?
- Don't see the location
you're looking for below? This site has Info for dancing across the
USincluding local reviews, click on Travel and the Travel Guide
- USA
Rock and Swing Links
- Dance Spots and Teachers throughout the US!
- Pennsylvania
6-5000 -- National Swing Listing
- Dance Scape: Global Dance Information News, Discussion Forums &
Online Videos -- from Ballroom, Latin and Salsa to Hip Hop, Break Dancing, and Ballet.
- Hawaii:
Hawaii Swing Dance
- Hawaii: Maui:
Swing Dance and Lindy Hop on Maui"
- California: San
Diego: San Diego Swings
- California: San Diego:
San Diego Lindy Hop Society
- California: San Diego:
SwingOrama
- California: San Diego: Cafe Savoy
- California: San Diego: Hip Hop Lindy.com
- Dance Realm: Southern California Dance Resource
- California: Riverside:
UC Riverside Swing Club"
- California: Riverside: The Manhattan Club
An exclusive members only 1940's upscale, restaurant, lounge and entertainment club
- California:
LA/Orange County: L.A. Area
General Dance FAQ (by Victor Eijkhout)
- California: LA/Orange
County: UC Irvine Swing Dancing Club
- California:
LA/Orange County: USC Dance Club
- California: LA/Orange County: UCLA Dance Club
To subscribe to the UCLA Ballroom dance club list ballroom@ucla.edu
Tel: (310) 284-3636
- California:
LA/Orange County: Caltech Ballroom Dance Club
Does occasional Lindy Hop classes
- California:
LA/Orange County: LA Lindy Hop Discussion Group
- California:
LA/Orange County: Nocturne
- California: LA/Orange County: SwingInfo.com Shesha and Terra's Website containing their events
- California:
LA/Orange County: Lindy in
LA This list is for Lindy in Los Angeles - facilitating
last-minute communication, gossip (via the email), scheduling,
surveys, files to download, links, etc.
- California: LA/Orange County: Orange County Swing
- California: Los
Angeles: DancingLA
- California: LA/Orange County: KCSN, swingin' years with Chuck Cecil on Saturday Afternoon
- California: LA/Orange County: KSBR, Swing Circus on Friday Night
- California: Santa
Clarita: Retroglide Dance Society Chandler Smith and Jerry
Jordan, Star Dance Center, 27737 Bouquet Cyn. Rd., Santa Clarita, CA,
Tel: (818) 679-6362
Email: info@Retroglide.com
- California: Ventura: Jitterbug Swing Society of Ventura
- California:
Ventura/SB: UC Santa Barbara Swing and Ballroom Dance Club.
President: Steve Carlan
- California: Ventura: Connexions Dance Studio Occasional Jitterbug and Balboa
- California: Fresno: Swingmusic.net: KAAT-FM
- California: Monterey Peninsula
- California: SF/Bay Area:
ESwing swing dancing in the San Francisco/Oakland/Berkeley
- California: SF/Bay Area: San Francisco Swing
- California: SF/Bay
Area: Lindy In the Park!
- California: SF/Bay Area:
Northern California Lindy Society
- California: SF/Bay
Area: San Francisco Area Lindy List
- California: SF/Bay Area:
Rockin In Rhythm - Balboa
- California: SF/Bay Area:
The Doghouse
- California: SF/Bay
Area: Boyd-O Web Site - Swing Instruction
in N. CA Includes a shop with very
cool T-Shirts
- California: SF/Bay
Area: Swing Dancing with Michael and Persephone
- California: SF/Bay
Area: Betty Capone Productions
- California: SF/Bay Area: There's a mailing list for
discussion of swing dance in
San Francisco and surrounding areas. To subscribe, send mail to
sfswing-subscribe@egroups.com
with "subscribe" in the body.
- California: SF/Bay Area: Sonic Swing
- California: Sacramento: Midtown Stomp
- California: Sacramento: Sactownsing
- California: Sacramento: Sacramento Lindy Exchange
- Nevada: Las Vegas: Las Vegas Lindy
- Nevada: Las Vegas: Call (702) 392-8247 for a Hotline of Las
Vegas Swing Events (Run by Scott Shea)
- Nevada: Reno: Reno Dance Sensation
- Arizona: Arizona Lindy Hop Society
Contact: Steve Conrad steveconrad@cox.net
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- Arizona: Arizona Swing Network
- Arizona: Tucson: Retro Rhonda, Swing Dance Instructor
Alternate Email: retrorhonda@hotmail.com
- Oregon: Portland:
Swingout Net - Contact Jeff Freeman at jeff@swingout.net
- Oregon:
Willamette Valley Lindy
Hop News
- Washington: Seattle:
Savoy Swing Club
- Washington: Seattle:
LindyHype - Seattle Lindy Hop
- Washington: JC's
Coffeehouse - Swing in Washington State
- Utah: Swing Kids Club
- Utah: Utah Swing
- Utah: Utah
Swing Network
- Colorado: Colorado Swing
Dance Network
- Colorado: Denver: HellzaHoppin
- New Mexico:New Mexico Swing Dance Society
- Texas: Austin &
San Antonio: Four on the Floor Contact Mike at mfischer@netcom.com for more
information.
- Texas: Austin: Dancing
in Austin, Texas
- Texas: Dallas: Dallas Swing Dance Society
- Texas: Dallas: Django on the Parkway
Red & the Red Hots play there often
- Texas: Houston: Houston
Swing Dance Society
- Kansas: Kansas City Metro Area: Kansas City Beginners Only, Locations in Overland Park, KS and Liberty, MO
- Georgia:
Atlanta: Atlanta Swing
- Midwest: Chicago,
Milwaukee, Twin Cities, Madison, etc.
- Illinois: Chicago: Chicago Lindy Hop Calendar
E-mail Howard Bregman howmuch@earthlink.net
- Illinois:
Chicago: Northwestern Swing Club
- Illinois: Chicago:
Slohand Chicago Lindy Hop
- Illinois: Chicago: WindyHop.Org
- Illinois: Chicago:
HepCat Swing -- Chicago Lindy Hop and Dance Instruction
- Illinois: Libertyville:
Kalah Hauser instructor of swing dancing for pre-teen children
- Kentucky: Lexington:
University of Kentucky Swing Dance Club
- Kentucky: Louisville: All That Dance
- Minnesota: St. Paul and
Minneapolis: Twin Cities Lindy Hop
hotline of weekly events dances and classes in the Twin Cities:
612-722-9976
- Minnesota:
Minneapolis: Contact Cindy Geiger For information on Swing
Dancing in Minneapolis
- Wisconsin:
Milwaukee: Milwaukee Swings!
- Wisconsin: Milwaukee: CCSwing
- Missouri: St. Louis:
Swingscene
- Ohio: Cleveland: ClevelandSwings
- Nebraska: Omaha: Omaha Jitterbugs
- Louisiana: New Orleans: Dance New Orleans
826 Mandeville Street, New Orleans, La 70117 (504) 524-4060
Email: KMarszalek@DNOINC.org
- North Carolina: Piedmont Triad area/Winston-Salem/Greensboro:
Piedmont Swing Dance Society
- North Carolina:
Music and Dance Productions
- Florida: Orlando:
Swing in Orlando
- Florida: Tampa Bay: Swing Gang
- Folorida: Right Step
Dance Studio
- Virginia:
Charlottesville: Southwest Virginia Swing Dance Society
- Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Swing Society
- Pennsylvania:Philadelphia: Learn
Lindyhop with Cory, Joy and Lex
- Pennsylvania:
Philadelphia: Main Message Board for Phil. Swing and Lindy
- Pennsylvania:
St. David's: ETHEL's - Eastern College Lindy Club
- Pennsylvania:
University
of Pennsylvania Events
- Maryland:
Baltimore: Swing Baltimore
- Maryland:
Baltimore: Baltimore Area Swing Events
- Massachusetts:
Boston: DanceNet On The Web
- Massachusetts: Boston:
Kamikaze Jitterbugs
- Massachusetts:
Boston/New England: Hop to the Beat
- Massachusetts:
Cambridge: Lindy Baby In addition to info on dancing in New
England, they also have dance moves taught on-line (a new one every
week!)
- D.C.: Washington:
Jitterbuzz, Frank's Lindy Week
in Review Upcoming Washington DC Lindy Hop events, Description of
Venues, Discussion of Lindy Hop topics and Review of past events
- D.C.: Washington: Tom
Koerner and Debra Sternberg More Washington DC Lindy Hop
- New Jersey:
New Jersey dancing page
- New
York: New York: New York City Swing
- New York: New York: N.Y.
Swing or subscribe by sending an e-mail with SUBSCRIBE or
UNSUBSCRIBE as the subject line to larry@yehoodi.com
- New York: New
York: New York Swing Dance Society
- New York: New York:
Yehoodi - New York Swing
- New
York: Ithaca: Swing in Ithaca, New York
- New
York: Ithaca: Ithaca Swing Dance Network
- New York: Troy: Uncle
Sam's Events Swing Calendar
- New
York/Pennsylvania/Chicago: Aria's Dance PageÔ
- Links for dance information for many East Coast Locations (NY, PA,
Chicago, etc.)
- Rest of the World!
- CANADA:
Montreal: Swingin' Montreal
- CANADA:
Montreal: Where to Dance in Montreal
- CANADA: Montreal: For Montreal, Quebec, E-mail Stanley
Aliong 71203.245@compuserve.com
- CANADA: Montreal: Graffiti Tango (occasional swing)
4848 St-Laurent (between Mount Royal and Laurier), Montreal, Qc,
H2T 1R5 Canada
Tel: 514-285-4848
Fax: 514-495-3643
Website: http://www.login.net/tango/
Yes, this website is mainly tango, but I'm assured they are
involved in some swing!
- CANADA: Montreal: Cat's Corner, Lindy Hop in Montreal
- CANADA: Ottawa: SwingOttawa
- CANADA:
Toronto(?): Hep Cat's Swingin' Jazz Dance Nights
- CANADA: Toronto:
Toronto Swing Dance Society
- CANADA: Toronto: Odd Socks
- CANADA:
Toronto: Palais Royale Ballroom
- CANADA: Toronto: Dancing.Org
- CANADA: Manitoba:
Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Swing Dance Club
- CANADA: Vancouver: Vancouverswing.com
- CANADA:
Vancouver: Some info on where to swing in Vancouver, Canada
- EUROPE: Only Balboa: Balboa resource for all of Europe
- ENGLAND: London:
London Swing Dance Society (Run by Simon Selmon)
Email: SwingUK@zetnet.co.uk
- ENGLAND: London:
Planet Jive
- ENGLAND: London: The
Original Lindy Hop Collection Info on Dancing in London in
addition to T-shirts, postcards, and the book "That Thing Called
Swing"
- UNITED KINGDOM: Hertfordshire: JiveSwing.com
- UNITED KINGDOM: London:
Swingland
- ENGLAND: London:
Dancing in London
ENGLAND: London: LeJive
- ENGLAND: Oxford:
Oxford Swing Dance Society - England
- UK: Zoots and
Spangles (Ryan and Jenny)
- SCOTLAND: The
Swing Dance Scotland homepage
- SCOTLAND:
Edinburgh Swing Dance Society
- FRANCE: Dancing in France (in French)
FRANCE: Paris: Dancing in Paris (in French)
FRANCE: Dancing in France (in English, coming soon).
or contact Stephane Koch
- FRANCE: Swing Cat Compagnie
- FRANCE: Paris: Also, the following are two of the few Lindy
Hoppers in Paris who passed their card on, Fabienne Surel and
Dominique, 5 rue L.M. Mordmann, 92250 La Garenne Colombes, France
Tel: Dominique 01 43 64 50 83
Tel: Fabienne 01 41 19 62 92
- FRANCE: Toulouse: Studio Hop
- GERMANY: Boogie
Baeren
- GERMANY: Munich: Swing
/Lindy
- GERMANY:
Swinging World
- GERMANY: Germany Swing Info In German,
although you might try running the URL through something
like Babelfish from Altavista
- SWEDEN: Herrang Dance
Camp
- SWEDEN: West Coast Jitterbugs
- SWEDEN:
Gothenberg: Jump Session
- SWEDEN:
Stockholm: Lindy Hop in Stockholm
- SWEDEN:
Almhult: Basie's Bunch, a show and performance group
- SWEDEN: Ebba Dansklub
- SWEDEDN:
Swedish Swing Society
- SWITZERLAND: Swiss Swing
Dance Society
- NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam:
Flat Foot Floogees
Lindy Hop Acrobatic team- With real action pictures.
- NETHERLANDS: Let's
swing
- THE NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam: The Cotton Club Swing Dance Performance Team
- SPAIN:
Barcelona: BCN Swing
- SPAIN: Barcelona: Balliball
- SPAIN: Madrid: Madrid Swing Society
- SPAIN: Madrid: Swing Madrid
- SOUTH AFRICA: Johannesburg: The Lindy Hop Factory
- AUSTRALIA: Australian
Swing Dance Society
- AUSTRALIA: Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast: Swing Time Australia
- AUSTRALIA: Gold
Coast: Katz Korner
- AUSTRALIA: Perth:
Perth Swing Dance Society
- AUSTRALIA: Sydney:
Sydney Lindy Hop
we've added a photogallery, some video clips of lindy in US
adverts, given you links to the new Top 40 hit, Zoot Suit Riot, by
the Cherry Poppin' Daddies
- AUSTRALIA: Sydney: Sydney Swing Katz Performance Group in Sydney, Australia
- AUSTRALIA: Melbourne: Diga Diga Doo Melbourne's Swing Event People
- AUSTRALIA: Melbourne: Cotton Club Orchestra, 12-piece swing
band in Melbourne, Australia
Email address: timlisa@ozemail.com.au
Web Site: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~timlisa/cotton.htm
- AUSTRALIA:
Melbourne: Swing Scene Melbourne
- AUSTRALIA: Melbourne: Swing Patrol
- AUSTRALIA:
Adelaide Lindy Hop page
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AUSTRALIA: Brisbane: Swing Tuit
- AUSTRALIA:
Canberra: Savoy Oz
- AUSTRALIA: Sydney
Lindy Hop Pages
- NEW ZEALAND: Jitterbugs New Zealand, Contact: Michelle Stoupe
E-mail: stoupe@kiwilink.co.nz
Web Page: http://members.tripod.com/~jitterbugs/index.html
- SINGAPORE:
Singapore Lindy Hop
- JAPAN: Lindy Hop in
Japan
Updated on: Monday, 10-Dec-2007 10:17:23 MST
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