Saturday, January 30, 2010

Jive Time

This is one of the reasons I wish I had been alive in the 1940's. I always have wanted to learn to tap dance.

If you don't have the patience to watch all 10 minutes of this video (but you really should), skip to 8:40 and you'll either cringe or be amazed or both.



Finale to "Stormy Weather" 1943 with Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Lena Horne and the Nicholas Brothers
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5 comments:

  1. RayJanuary 30, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    I so enjoyed that. Haven't seen splits like that since my honeymoon. And I always love to watch people putting on the ritz.

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  2. Red ShoesJanuary 31, 2010 at 5:24 PM

    I've never wanted to tap dance, but I would sure love to take dance lessons... I enjoy watching two people who know their moves on the dance floor...

    ~shoes~

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  3. Catch Her in the WryJanuary 31, 2010 at 9:53 PM

    red: I've taken ballroom dance lessons, but never could look as elegant as Fred and Ginger.

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  4. white rabbitFebruary 1, 2010 at 10:11 AM

    Or maybe the 1930s. Apart from fascism, stalinism, imminent war, depression, mass unemployment - a pretty cool time.

    Check out WR to see ;D

    wv: guipard - sounds French

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  5. Catch Her in the WryFebruary 1, 2010 at 9:23 PM

    white: Yes, politically and economically very bad, but the music was great in the 1930's and1940's. Cole Porter is one of my all time favorites.

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