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	Philip Snowden
		Snowden continued to travel the country and in 1903 was elected as the national chairman of the Independent Labour Party.
		Snowden was eventually forgiven and was elected to represent Colne Valley in the 1922 General Election.
		Snowden replied that this was not possible as the Labour government had to rely on the support of the Liberal Party to survive.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REsnowden.htm (3102 words)

	George Snowden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		From the opening of the Savory Ballroom in 1927 until the early 1930's, George Snowden was the top dancer there.
		Snowden was barely five feet tall, but he made his height an asset.
		A reporter saw Snowden break away from his partner and improvise a few steps in a style that was popular in Harlem.
	www.fatherryan.org /harlemrenaissance/Snowden.htm (215 words)

	Lindy Hop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solo Lindy Hop is sometimes executed as part of a partner dance when one or both of the partner initiates a "breakaway" causing the partners to seperate their connection and dance solo with each other using (if at all) visual lead and follow cues.
		According to legend, George Snowden renamed the dance from Breakaway to Lindy Hop at dance contests at the Harvest Moon Ball in Central Park in September 1927 or at the Savoy Ballroom in 1928 (the story varies).
		George Snowden had been away, performing professionally, so a new generation of dancers became active.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lindy_Hop (4034 words)

	Genealogy.com: The Snowden Family of America
		Snowden was apointed Minister Resident and Consul-General of The United states to Roumania, Servia, and Greece.
		Snowden participated in the campaigns made by the First City Troop of Philadelphia, the oldest military organization, with a continuous history in the United States.
		Isaac Clarkson Snowden, born December 31, 1791, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1811, and from the Medical Department in 1815.
	www.genealogy.com /genealogy/users/s/n/o/John-Snowden?Welcome=1056849633 (2020 words)

	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
		M.L. Snowden is the designer and sculptor of the gilded bronze Altar Angels that wrap and float around the base of the marble altar in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels.
		Snowden came from a loving home and was taught by Jesuits at Loyola-Marymount in Los Angeles, where she graduated in 1974.
		Some of Rodin's tools were used by Snowden in the final sculpting phases of the altar angels and on the silver frieze.
	www.olacathedral.org /cathedral/about/snowden.html (399 words)

	Legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The unique fortuity behind Snowden's receipt of the prize, however, rests in her compelling history and extraordinary legacy - for Cataclasis was sculpted not only with Auguste Rodin's sculpting techniques, but with his original sculpting tools, passed directly down to her through three generations of sculptors before her.
		Mary Louise Snowden is the daughter and protégé of renowned sculptor, George H. Snowden, whose numerous accomplishments included over 100 public placements, set design for many major Hollywood films, and the design of a majority of the original sculptural elements for Walt Disney's Disneyland theme park.
		George Snowden came upon sculpture as a career quite by accident.
	www.mlsnowden.com /legacy.asp (223 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		M.L. Snowden is a sculptor noted for exploring the monumental forces and energies of geological phenomena that extend to summaries of human figuration.
		Snowden's sculpture is intended to convey a sense of power and movement through a juxtaposition of abstract and representational elements.
		Snowden is noted for advancing the art of bronze into new levels of extrusion, mathematical weight balancing, chasing techniques and proprietary patina formulations.
	www.askart.com /artist/S/mary_louise_snowden.asp?ID=109220 (249 words)

	Hanson Gallery Carmel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Snowden's own devotion to sculpture has been acknowledged through the awards that have been bestowed upon her and her work.
		In 1974 at the age of 22, she was awarded post-graduate study grants to the Vatican Collections in Rome; the Uffizi in Florence, Italy and the Louvre in Paris.
		In the same forms, she communicates the nobler side of man's endeavors and issues a call to humanity, challenging us to recoginize certain truths that are universal to all creation-whether it be organic or geologic in nature.
	www.hansongallerycarmel.com /ml_snowden (402 words)

	Weston Mercury - Dando Trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Det Cons Tim Snowden asked: "Is it possible it got there because you were at the scene of the crime and you were the person who shot Miss Dando.
		He again reiterated that he did not know Miss Dando and Det Cons Tim Snowden asked George if he had a problem with her as she was a journalist.
		George said: "Up until her death I did not know who Jill Dando was and that is the truth of the matter, sir.
	www.thewestonmercury.co.uk /archived_material/DandoTrial/asp/01-05-25Trial.asp (316 words)

	Maryland Attorney General - News Release
		Snowden was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $2,500.
		Snowden was arrested in a stolen truck filled with tires in Washington, D.C. on December 5, 2002, after authorities learned that Snowden hauled scrap tires from a Mechanicsville tire store a day earlier.
		Snowden had his scrap tire hauler’s license revoked by the Maryland Department of the Environment in 1999.
	www.oag.state.md.us /Press/2003/101603.htm (337 words)

	Blackspeak Online
		In 1927, one of the most famous Lindy Hop dancers, Shorty George (whose last name was Snowden), inaugurated the new dance style calling it “Lindy Hop,” in the spirit of the transatlantic flight of Charles Augustus Lindbergh of May, 1927.
		The Shorty George was the signature step of the same George Snowden who gave the Lindy Hop its name.
		Snowden was the top dancer of the Savoy Ballroom from his first appearance in 1927, and throughout the 1930s he performed with a professional dancing troupe, the Shorty Snowden Dancers.
	www.etek.chalmers.se /~em1ganwj/flystep/blackspeak/vol13/blackspeak-2002v13a5.htm (1451 words)

	Savoy Ballroom
		Snowden's New York heritage, from his mother's side of the family was indelibly marked on this first "big American city" popular dance.
		Snowden's mother, Mary, whose hard-hitting right hand Snowden remembered even when interviewed in the 1950's, was the dominant figure in the family.
		Snowden and Purnell, "couple no. 7" in the marathon where they took the first Lindy steps, were encouraged throughout by the support of The Jolly Fellows, who they represented.
	www.savoyballroom.com (2849 words)

	Frontenac Masonic District G. R. C. Ontario, Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		George Ernest Snowden was born 30th October 1934 at Kingston, Ontario and was raised and educated in the Kingston area.
		In April 1963, George transferred to the Ontario Provincial Police and was stationed at the Kingston Detachment where he patrolled the local highways and conducted various criminal investigations.
		George volunteered with the Correctional Service of Canada and transported Federal inmates to the Westbrook United Church in 2002 during the refurbishing of the Church pews.
	www.frontenacmasons.ca /fDDGMBio.html (409 words)

	JRULM: S - Biographical Index of Methodist Ministers
		George Shadford (1739-1816) was born at Scotter in Lincolnshire, the son of a shopkeeper.
		George Shorter (d.1779) entered the itinerancy in 1773 and exercised an active circuit ministry in a number of English circuits until his death which occurred while he was stationed at Epworth.
		George Sykes (1782-1817) was described as a ‘pious young man of plain but improvable talents’ on the occasion of his acceptance for the itinerancy by the Conference of 1808.
	rylibweb.man.ac.uk /data1/dg/methodist/bio/bios.html (11921 words)

	The Basie Centennial Ball
		Born on July 4 in New York, together with his partner Mattie Purnell, he was the first African American to innovate a major dance form in a big city as opposed to the previous "rural" ones that had been brought up from the South.
		Snowden retired in 1938, the only Lindy Hopper commemorated in a dance step, the "Shorty George." His unique reversal of the ballroom tradition, that was copied by many others, in which a later partner, Big Bea, tossed him in the air, opened the doors to any and every innovation in the dance.
		He carried on dancing in "Big George's" place in Corona, Queens the venue where the famous picture of Ann Johnson flying over Frankie's head was taken.
	www.yehoodi.com /basie100/george_snowden.php (363 words)

	Larry Smith Fine Art - Snowden - Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		As she grew, she learned Rodin’s transcendental sculpting techniques from her father, George Holburn Snowden, who had in turn been a favored student of Robert George Eberhard, a protégé of the great French sculptors Auguste Rodin, Anton Mercie and Victor Peters.
		Snowden’s sculptural genius evidences itself in her ability to personify these forces and allow the viewer to feel and intuitively understand phenomena that is otherwise only accessible as abstract geological science.
		In the same forms, she communicates the nobler side of man’s endeavors and issues a call to humanity, challenging us to recognize certain truths that are universal to all creation - whether it be organic or geologic in nature.
	www.larrysmithfineart.com /snowden_Bio.htm (633 words)

	Drop Me Off in Harlem
		Known for his comically intricate footwork, George Snowden reigned as the top dancer at the Savoy Ballroom from its opening in 1927 until the mid-1930s.
		Snowden’s small stature (he was barely five feet tall) was the genesis for that not-too-original moniker, “Shorty George.” His signature move was to bend his knees and swing them from side to side, exaggerating the fact that he was close to the floor.
		Snowden formed a dance troupe called the “Shorty George Trio,” which performed at the Cotton Club, Smalls' Paradise, and other music meccas throughout Harlem.
	artsedge.kennedy-center.org /exploring/harlem/faces/snowden_text.html (305 words)

	This Month's Articles
		Amidst the ringing of hammers and showers of glowing embers, in a steel-and-concrete heat-trap in Sarasota’s industrial district, George Snowden practices an ancient craft.
		Snowden and his four employees, including his son, Richard, mold each scroll, spiraling vine and veined leaf of the intricate European-style pieces by hand.
		Molding metal is an art Snowden perfected through decades; both his grandfather and father were flsmiths in the Florida Keys, and Snowden began by shoeing horses when he was a child.
	www.sarasotamagazine.com /Pages/hotstories/hotstories.asp?455 (311 words)

	Snowden Fine Art Biography
		M.L. Snowden is a third-generation protege of the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin and the inheritor of Rodin's sculptural techniques and original sculpture tools, which she uses in her own work.
		Snowden's sculptural genius evidences itself in her ability to personify these forces and allow the viewer to feel and intuitively understand phenomena that is otherwise only accessible as abstract-act geological science.
		Snowden's Angels are the first depiction of a group of Angels for a permanent public setting in the history of the City of Los Angeles.
	www.fineart-e.com /snowden-bio.htm (1073 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Shorty George Snowden - Main Page
		'Shorty George' is credited with renaming the Breakaway the Lindy Hop at a dance contest in 1927 at soon the Inn at the Park aka Madison Square Garden contests (later to be named Harvest Moon Ball) with 'Big Bea', and later would do it again at the Manhattan Casino in New York in 1928.
		Shorty George danced at the Savoy Ballroom in New York and like Chic Webb was titled the 'King of the Savoy'.
		Snowden danced up to the early 1940's, but had to retire his dancing due to bad knees and feet caused by his dancing.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2short1.htm (330 words)

	News - JIVING LINDY HOPPERS tel: (0) or (0044) 20 8992 8128 email: info@jivinglindyhoppers.com
		Yet if all the dancing descendents of what George Snowden and his partner first innovated back in 1928 were added up it would come to an astoundingly huge figure.
		Snowden's achievement was somewhat marginalized by the urban myth that Charles Lindbergh's first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927 allegedly generated the inspirational spark that brought the Lindy Hop to life.
		Snowden's group carried on working until 1938, when a childhood accident, which had broken both ankles, caught up with him and he had to retire from professional dancing.
	www.jivinglindyhoppers.com /news_shorty_4july04.htm (1373 words)

	Taylor's Genealogy - Names Starting With S
		George: George and his wife are buried in the same grave in the Dale lot.
		George was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregation of the Franklin United Presbyterian Church.
		Official Army Register of Volunteers of U.S.Army, page 980 indicates George R. Snowden was a member of the PA Infantry, 142 Regiment from Harrisburg, was a Captain and was injured and discharged April 7, 1864.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Bluffs/1183/names.htm (2259 words)

	UCSDGuardian - Swing Kids!
		This original swing dance of the '20s began at the famed Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, N.Y. Although lindy hop existed before the opening of the club, it was not until dancers such as "Shorty George" Snowden, Leroy "Stretch" Jones and the legendary Frankie Manning revolutionized the scene that the dance really began to soar.
		Snowden is often credited for naming lindy hop after Charles Lindbergh's triumphant 1927 "hop" across the Atlantic.
		After seeing Snowden performing an eye-popping maneuver, a reporter covering the event asked him, "What was that?" to which the dancer replied, "The lindy hop." The rest is history.
	www.ucsdguardian.org /cgi-bin/print?param=hiatus_2001_05_24_01 (1084 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Aaron Snowden
		"George Alexander Snowden, son of George Aaron Snowden and Esther Webster....George A. Snowden moved into Charleston when about twelve years old and live there until 18.
		George Alexander lived to be an old man, farmed on his place for about five years.
		(George A. Snowden's) first wife is buried there.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/s/n/o/Randall-Snowden-Baton-Rouge/GENE1-0002.html (386 words)

	Lindy Hop Biographies: George Grenidge
		An important figure in the Golden Age of Lindy Hop, and a member of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, George Grenidge danced in three of the five feature films that were made by the group, including the ill-fated Everybody Sing, with Judy Garland.
		He was known as "Long-Legged George" at the Savoy, where there were a number of popular Georges (see Twistmouth George and Shorty George Snowden.) His specialty was Charleston steps.
		George also danced frequently with Norma Miller and some think he was the best partner she ever had.
	www.mcn.org /a/lindyhop/george_grenidge.html (336 words)

	Legacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The young sculptor, an indigent laborer from a small rural town in Connecticut, was George Snowden.
		After a grueling interview process in which the elder Snowden accomplished the impossible task of producing three years' worth of work in a single summer, he impressed the Yale faculty to such an extent that they immediately granted him a Bachelor of Arts degree and hired him as a sculpture assistant to Professor Eberhard.
		When George Snowden entered the fold, Eberhard adopted him as the recipient of the Rodin legacy, a legacy which Snowden then passed along to his daughter, Mary Louise.
	www.mlsnowden.com /legacy2.asp (228 words)

	► Snowden (George L.) Elementary School - Farmersville, CA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Snowden (George L.) Elementary School is in the Farmersville Unified School District in Tulare County, California.
		Snowden (George L.) Elementary 516 519 1 3 14 533...
		Snowden (George L.) Elementary (Farmersville, CA) Detailed School...
	www.schoolsleuth.com /schools/counties/tulare/farmersville-unified/snowden-george-l-elementary.php (305 words)

	Lindy Hop Biographies: Shorty George
		Shorty George Snowden was the top dancerin the Savoy Ballroom from its opening in 1927 into the early 30's, whenhe formed the first professional Lindy Hop troupe, the Shorty Snowden Dancers.They performed with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra at the Paradise Club downtownthrough most of the thirties.
		A reporter saw Snowden break away from his partnerand improvise a few steps in a style that was popular in Harlem.
		Snowden thought for a few seconds and replied, "I'mdoin' the Hop...the Lindy Hop".
	www.savoystyle.com /shorty_george.html (371 words)

	Lindy Hop -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Lindy Hop was named in honor of (United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)) Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic (An aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets) airplane flight in 1927.
		A rivalry and a challenge sprang up, over whether Shorty George and his crowd or (additional info and facts about Frankie Manning) Frankie Manning and his crowd were the better dancers.
		The most notable dance troupe of the aerials era was Whitey's Lindy Maniacs; also known as Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, the Congeroos, and other names; which was led by Hubert White and starred (additional info and facts about Frankie Manning) Frankie Manning and Norma Miller, among others.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/li/lindy_hop.htm (4118 words)

	Ramsay MacDonald
		Keir Hardie, the leader of the Independent Labour Party and George Bernard Shaw of the Fabian Society, believed that for socialists to win seats in parliamentary elections, it would be necessary to form a new party made up of various left-wing groups.
		When he saw George V that night, he was persuaded to head a new coalition government that would include Conservative and Liberal leaders as well as Labour ministers.
		Mr Snowden and Mr J. Thomas had agreed to continue in their offices and it was hoped that the Parliamentary Labour Party would agree with what had been done.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /PRmacdonald.htm (4105 words)

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