Big Apple at the Apollo - Harlem Hot Shots with friends

In celebration of the world famous Frankie Manning. The man behind a big part of why we all dance the Lindy Hop. The Frankie Manning tribute show at the Apollo Harlem NYC.

The Swedish Hot Shots with friends from all over the world and some of the top jazz cats from NYC joined forces with a fun Big Apple dance. The main acts in this show where names as Norma Miller, Mable Lee, Dawn Hampton, Sugar Sullivan, Barbara Billups together with the finest musicians such as:

Dan Levinson (reeds) Freddy Hendrix (trumpet), Charlie Caranicas (trumpet), Wycliffe Gordon (trombone), Barry Cooper, John David Simon, Lauren Sevian (reeds), Gordon Webster (piano), Solomon Hicks (guitar), Malik McLauren (bass), and Willard Dyson (drums), all under the musical direction of Michael Hashim (sax) and in this number band leader George Gee

Host and conductor of the show: Famous dancer and choreographer Chester Whitmore

The night at the Apollo where a night to remember and also the audience were full of important names and inspiring dancers from back in the days where swing dancing was number one.

Dancers:
Ryan Francois
Sarah Deskard
Nathan Bugh
Angela Andrews
Juan Ignacio Villafane
Michael Darigol
Traci Bartlow
Jessica Lennartsson
Fatima Teffahi
Jenny Deurell
Gabreilla Rosati
Mimmi Gunnarsson
Rikard Ekstrand
Fredrik Dahlberg
Sakarias Larsson
Felix Berghäll


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