FRANKIE MANNING'S SHIM SHAM! HORAAAY

A good idea that you might want to follow!

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March 12-22 2009 has been designated “Frankie Week” (even though, technically it’s longer than a week!) in celebration of Frankie Manning’s 95th Birthday. Frankie is a true Lindy Hop legend and many of us who dance regularly at the ESDS Thursday classes have been lucky enough to have been taught by Frankie. A big part of Frankie Week is the Global Shim Sham. The idea is for Lindy Hop communities to video themselves dancing the Shim Sham and then send a copy to the organisers of Frankie Week, together with uploading a copy to YouTube.

So to celebrate Frankie’s birthday in style we thought we should add a touch of tartan to our ESDS Shim Sham. People will bring along their kilts, tartan skirts, scarves, ribbons etc. We will also be taking photos for a special ESDS Frankie birthday card and a birthday cake. A number of us are going to Frankies birthday celebrations in New York in May and we will hand the card to Frankie then!

They will also video our Shim Sham during this Thursday’s ESDS weekly class, 12th March, at approximately 8.45pm.
For more details of the ESDS weekly classes got to www.hopscotch-swing.co.uk

For more details on Frankies birthday celebrations go to www.frankie95.com and for more about Frankie himself www.frankiemanning.com

Finally, there is a BIIIIIIG outdoors Shim Sham at the Royal Mile on Saturday the 14th organised by the 'Zoot Swing' Team! Some of you have already joined the group on facebook - thanx guys For more info, please check out my facebook profile or e-mail me.

Love and see you on the 21st of March,

Kitty Von Paw