Celebrate Shorty Snowden's 114th Birthday!

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发布日期: 2018年7月4日
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George "Shorty" Snowden "invented" the "Lindy Hop" on the floor of the Manhattan Casino at 280 West 155th Street during a nonsegregated dance marathon on June 17, 1928 when Fox Movietone News stopped by to cover the dance contest. Impressed with his style, they began shooting close-ups of his feet during his breakaways and asked him what he was doing. Without stopping he replied, "The Lindy." To read more, please click here.

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