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Topic: Texas Tommy (dance)

	Learn to Dance - Lindy Hop
		Dancing with a new partner is a study in adjustment.
		Dancing with advanced dancers is an opportunity to try difficult and unusual moves, and to improvise.
		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).
	www.c5x.com /List_of_dances/lindy_hop.html (2750 words)

	What is swing? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Some people believe that swing dancing originated with the Texas Tommy, which was a kick and a hop three times on each foot, followed by a slide and then a breakaway where partners separated and could do what they wanted before returning together.
		These early dances of the century were usually not accepted by white society because of their fl origins and influences.
		Other dances that followed the Twist were the Mashed Potato, the Locomotion, the Watusi, The Boogaloo, the Bristol Stomp, the Hitchhike, the Shing-a-ling,the Limbo and Limbo-Rock, the Jerk, the Hully-Gully, the Frug, and the Swim.
	www.syrswingdance.org /swing.html (2756 words)

	Lindy hop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Here, the European partner dancing format was adapted to allow men and women to dance together in closed position (a practice usually forbidden in African dances), and yet also to improvise 'alone' in open position without disturbing the structure and flow of the dance.
		Lindy hop dance schools and clubs frequently include a performance troupe, with membership in these troupes determined by a range of factors, from general auditions, by invitation, as a prerequisite for a teaching position with a school or to display a rare dancing skill or style.
		Despite the emphasis on partner dancing in these sorts of competitions, there is often much interaction between competitors and between the audience and competitors, frequently in the employment of comic devices (such as "silly walks" or impersonations) or showy and physically impressive "stunt" moves such as aerials.
	omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Lindy_Hop (5234 words)

	Digital Praise
		Arrows on the display scroll across the screen in time with the music; arrows on the dance pad correspond to the ever-changing display.
		Max Lucado is the minister for the Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas.
		Tommy Nelson, the kids division of Thomas Nelson Inc., creates and distributes products designed to expand children's imaginations and nurture their faith.
	www.digitalpraise.com /index.html (8310 words)

	Honky Tonk Texas, USA - Dance Hall Directory
		This is hall is known as the "Oldest Continuously Running Dance Hall in Texas." Don Walser's CD "Rolling Stone from Texas" uses pictures of this Hall as cover art, and Don likes to play here as often as possible.
		This historic monument to Texas Dance Hall music was a stomping ground for cattle drives and sheep herders as far back as 1886.
		Since 1928 when it was known as Seipp’s Hall and the local clergy preached to Hall patrons that it was "the house of the Devil," this famous Texas landmark has had a major impact on the local social structure with several generations of patrons having their Senior Proms here and courting their future mates.
	www.honkytonktx.com /dancehalls (4277 words)

	Castle, Vernon, and Irene Foote
		Vernon Castle was an English dancer, who studied civil engineering before turning to the stage and making his debut in 1907.
		New Rochelle, N.Y. In Paris in 1912 their versions of such dances as the “Texas Tommy” and the “Grizzly Bear” brought them fame.
		Castle was a pilot during World War I and was killed during a training mission in Texas.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0810776 (130 words)

	Songs About Birds. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The quick time and jaunty melody lends itself to barn dances and country fiddles so it really caught on and is still very much in the standard repertoire.
		Helf also wrote Every Race Has a Flag but the Coon (1900, also with Heelan); Texas Tommy's Dance (1911); The Fatal Rose of Red (1900) and perhaps his greatest title, If Money Talks, It Ain't On Speaking Terms With Me (1902).
		He contributed gags and storylines to such big-budget MGM musicals as Born to Dance (1936), Babes in Arms (1939), Little Nellie Kelly (1940), Girl Crazy (1943) and Broadway Rhythm (1944).
	www.parlorsongs.com /issues/2006-4/thismonth/feature.asp (5352 words)

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