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*FREE LINDY/SWING AND TANGO LINE DANCE WORKSHOPEver hear of the Shim Sham? If you've ever gone to a Swing/Lindy Dance or hope to, at some point in the evening, most everyone will get out on the dance floor and groove to this delightful line dance. Want to learn how to do it, join us, Raul and Eileen - Dance Caliente on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 from 7-8:30 PM at the Medford Library. In addition, we have an Argentine Tango Line dance to share with you as well!
Please take the time to REGISTER for this FREE event:
https://medfordlibrary.org/event/dance-caliente-lindy-swing-and-tango-line-dances/#rsvp-now
*Special thanks to the Friends of the Medford Library for supporting this program.
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Shim Sham History:
"Originating from a style of dance termed the ‘Goodus’ in the late 1920s, the Shim Sham Shimmy was first performed on stage in Harlem in the early 1930s as a closing routine that would get all of the singers, dancers and performers on stage together with the audience joining in. When some lindy hoppers at the Savoy Ballroom did the Shim Sham as a group line dance (without the taps) that the dance style really took to fame.
In the mid-1980s, the Shim Sham was introduced at New York’s Swing Dance Society dances by Frankie Manning, who went on to create a special version of the Shim Sham dance just for swing dancers. It is the tap dance routine that we know and love today, involving a shuffled rhythm of the ‘Time Step’."
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Mark your calendars for the last two 2024 Dance Caliente Workshops at the Medford Library on Wednesdays, 7-8:30PM:
October 30 - Lindy/Swing Partner Dancing
November 20 - Argentine Tango Partner Dancing
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Medford Public Library Foundation, 111 High Street,Medford,MA,United States
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