Olivia Fortunato
Norma Miller’s Harlem
A wonderful initiative by Karen Campos McCormack “So just a month to go for Norma’s 100th. Last year when I was staying in NY I created...
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Olivia Fortunato
- Oct 1, 2018
- 1 min
THE FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE – “A Night at the Savoy”
THE FRANKIE MANNING MEDIA ARCHIVE Norma Miller performing with Billy Ricker, Al Minns, and Frankie Manning at the Village Gate, “A Night...
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Olivia Fortunato
- Aug 28, 2018
- 9 min
Swinging Archives and Libraries
Guest Post by Karen Campos McCormack In March 2018 I was lucky to spend a month in New York, in Harlem, researching the history of Lindy...
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Olivia Fortunato
- Dec 3, 2016
- 9 min
Harlem on Parade: Whyte’s Hopping Maniacs in Dublin
This might not be a widely known fact among the Irish Lindy Hopping community, but Frankie Manning was in Dublin in 1937. He was...
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Olivia Fortunato
- Apr 18, 2016
- 1 min
Frankie Manning on Broadway
Just a few years after Frankie Manning retired from the Post Office, when the momentum of the swing dance revival was just starting to...
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Olivia Fortunato
- Sep 25, 2015
- 12 min
Lindy Hop for All: Interviews and Oral History of the Frankie Manning Foundation
The Frankie Manning Foundation only came into existence six years ago, but today it is at the forefront of the global swing dance scene....
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Olivia Fortunato
- Dec 13, 2014
- 3 min
Frankie Manning Foundation History: Background
The idea for the Frankie Manning Foundation came about during the early planning stages of Frankie’s 95th Birthday Festival, when Frankie...
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Olivia Fortunato
- May 18, 2014
- 3 min
Frankie Manning Foundation History: Background
The idea for the Frankie Manning Foundation came about during the early planning stages of Frankie’s 95th Birthday Festival, when Frankie...
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