This past Sunday on CBS (CBS Sunday Morning Show) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hail-and-farewell-to-those-we-lost-in-2019/   they mentioned our dear friend and supporter. Yes they again honorably mentioned Norma Miller as one of our beloved ones that we - and the whole world - lost this last year. As 2020 is about to begin we share some thoughts about the fantastic Queen of Swing.  Seeing her relaxed and chilling, shooting the breeze in her home surroundings.... talking excitedly and lovingly about her new home of Italy and her friends there.... creating and writing new songs... new projects and ideas... looking forward to more and more... Norma with some of her Harlem show-biz friends, representing the Cotton Club, Tap, Lindy Hop and more... Norma performing in Italy during 2019 However of the times we were visiting Norma in her personal sanctuary, one of the most precious and memorable was with Sugar Sullivan.   Both...

The legendary Savoy Ballroom was a large  ballroom  for music and public dancing located at 596  Lenox Avenue , between 140th and 141st Streets in   Harlem . The Savoy was the one ballroom in the area to be called the "World's Finest Ballroom".   The ballroom was 10,000 square feet in size, was on the second floor and a block long. It could hold up to 4,000 people. The interior was painted pink and the walls were mirrored. Colored lights danced on the sprung layered wood floor. It contained a spacious lobby framing a huge, cut-glass chandelier and marble staircase.  It was in operation from March 12, 1926  to July 10, 1958 ,  and owned by white entrepreneur Jay Faggen with Jewish businessman Moe Gale  (or gangster, as our dear old friend who worked there Charles Dorkins told us). It was managed by African-American business man and civic leader Charles Buchanan (who was also secretary and treasurer). ...

Historic Harlem Nights - Jazz and Dance! The American Lindy Hop Championships Festival: ALHC October 26th thru 29th YES online registration has Closed- but that doesn't mean you cannot get in - YOU CAN! You may purchase the door :  ALL Weekend Pass to Social Eves - $125    Harlem Evening Socials  - $25 There are a couple of FREE events  - see below So see you for Historic Harlem Nights!   More details below and the schedule: Make Harlem GREAT Again! Join us for some exciting Jazzy   Hoppin Idlewild Nights at the National Black Theater with  The American Lindy Hop Championships (ALHC). Legends  of Harlem's famed Lindy Hop dance art form will return  home  for evenings of HOT music and dance reminiscent of  the  famous Savoy Ballroom!   We are welcoming back 97yr young Harlem Dance Legend ,  Entertainer and globetrotter Norma Miller; Harvest Moon  Ball  Champ...

Few are privileged to be alive today to tell first hand of the Harlem Renaissance era of the 1920’s… and that they were notably able to impact Jazz Dance History in Harlem for over 80 years… But then there is Norma Miller: Dancer, Author, Choreographer, Comedienne and Actress whose career spans over eight decades! A foremost proponent of the “Lindy Hop;” she is rightfully known as the “Queen of Swing”. Her vitality, humor, generosity, humanitarian efforts and indomitable spirit make her – at 97 years young – a true American Treasure. At five years old in 1924 Norma knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life: Dance. It was the Jazz Age, the Harlem Renaissance - and little Norma lived behind Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom, nicknamed the "Home of Happy Feet". At 14 she won a Lindy Hop contest at the Apollo theater… and before long the feisty Norma would rise to fame as one of the first performers of the Lindy Hop as an original member of Whitey'...