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, 20181 min read
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, 20189 min read
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, 20169 min read
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, 20161 min read
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, 201512 min read
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, 20143 min read
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, 20143 min read
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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