2014.MAY.23. NYC. Frankie’s Centennial Savoy Ball

Frankie’s Centennial Savoy Ball

Celebrating Frankie Manning's 100th Birthday

Friday May 23, 2014

The Edison Ballroom New York City

Swingin' And Dancin' to the

George Gee 17-Piece Swing Orchestra

The Edison Ballroom is one of the few restored 1930s ballrooms in New York City.

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Frankie Manning, legendary Lindy Hop dancer, born in 1914, was raised, lived and danced most of his life in New York City, passing away just before his 95th Birthday.  From May 16-May 26, 2014, New York City plays host to his 100th Birthday Celebration.  The Celebration has attracted dancers from all over the world, many of whom learned from him at Sweden’s Herrang Dance Camp and dance events worldwide. Above, from his cover photograph, Life Magazine in 1941, W. Eugene Smith.

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Alan Sugarman was the producer in 1999 of Frankie’s 85th Birthday Celebration at Roseland Ballroom, attracting 1800 dancers on one dance floor, with Frankie, for his birthday.

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The New York Times in a March 27, 2014 Article on the Closing of Roseland Ballroom noted the 1999 event as one of the most memorable Roseland Events in the last 25 years:

Frankie Manning, known as the Pied Piper of the Lindy Hop, danced with 85 successive partners at the Roseland Ballroom to celebrate his 85th birthday. It was satisfying, said Alan Sugarman, a producer of that event, since, in 1935, Mr. Manning had been excluded from the hall because he was black. In 1999, Roseland apologized and put Frankie’s dance shoes on their wall of fame.

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Prohibition Productions and The Salon (Patrick Soluri) have been producing popular lounge and swing events since 2001 at the Player’s Club, the Edison Ballroom, the Empire Hotel, and the Copacabana.  

Tickets Early Bird $110 - At the Door $145.

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