On May 26th 2014 World
Lindy Hop Day was declared by The Frankie Manning Foundation. This was part of the four day celebration
held in New York and part of Harlem called Frankie 100.
Much of Harlem wasn’t at this
event: No cut against them but in actuality they were “clueless” as to much of
the festivities that were going on...
Here is the schedule http://frankie100.com/festival-a-z/event-schedule/. Perhaps around April and May they may have seen
something in a newspaper about the event…
on a Harlem website or on Facebook , depending who their friends were (or perhaps an ad)…. But alas there are a few reasons for this lack
of Harlem “support”.
One major one is that the event
was advertised primarily and seemingly for the greater Lindy Hop (Land)
community. It was advertised so much so amongst
Lindy Hoppers that tickets for the event - IN SEPTEMBER 2016 for MAY 2017 – were sold out in waves – and in minutes.
Original plans I was told was for
the whole event to be in Harlem, but being that it was Memorial Day weekend large spaces were closed for the holiday and/or other facilities were just too
small.
Also during Memorial Day Weekend: In the US many are used to getting out of town
on that long weekend!
Now: If they weren’t exactly invited and didn’t feel wanted … and had other plans with family… well….
Now: If they weren’t exactly invited and didn’t feel wanted … and had other plans with family… well….
But seriously there may be other
factors for better or worse.
In due time in another post we will delve into
the after math (and some bitter after taste) of Frankie 100 that is still felt
amongst some to this day in Harlem. Also
some telling experiences and observations.
We will also muse and ponder
about all that has happened since then in Harlem. Did it help or hurt Harlem? HMMmmmm
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Thankfully the Frankie Manning Foundation has graciously released these items for folks to enjoy who weren’t there three years ago
Commemorative Book http://www.frankiemanningfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FrankieCommemorativeBook.pdf
Panel Discussions Podcast link
In the future we will do musings on both of these – stay tuned - and enjoy :>)
L8R
http://frankie100.com/festival-a-z/event-schedule/
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