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Thread #27133   Message #343331
Posted By: Roo
18-Nov-00 - 11:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Famous Aviators
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Famous Aviators
The Lindy Hop WAS named after Lindenburgh. By the spring of 1927, a new dance at The Savoy in Harlem, was becoming popular - simply called the Hop. "The hop was pioneered by three main characters, George Ganaway, Shorty Snowden and Big Bea, with whom the diminutive Snowden danced a comedy double-act. When the nation's newspapers and newsreels were buzzing with the story of Charles Lindbergh's pioneering solo air flight across the Atlantic, a reporter happened to ask these dancers what their unusual dance was called; apparently drawing inspiration from the news, Snowden replied "The Lindy Hop"." (ref:Swing Dance Scotland site)