Global Shim Sham Highlights - Frankie 95 95th Birthday Festival 2009 Worldwide

[burndogswing]

Learn this amazing Swing line dance on May 11th at Swing U, 151 Potrero Ave. at 15th, SF, CA 94104. No partner and no experience needed.

Then join the Celebration at 920 May 26

Check it out on Facebook or online

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[TheNinj47]

lol i have to dance this with my german class because our school gets 150 years old >.>

[mnmitch57]

Great job, Akemi!

[kingkrawushni]

who is frankie?

[radioactivebanana922]

@kingkrawushni sorry to be replying to this a...year later, heheh >.>'' you might've already found it out, but to respond anyways, frankie is frankie manning, one of the founding fathers of lindy hop. :]

[MsRainbowRachel]

wow! very moving! :)

[swinginvine]

Amazing - tears of joy for sure.

What an amazing legacy left by an amazing man.

Keep swingin' Frankie!

[geekboi69]

awesome!

[moonelie]

Awesome squared.

[s0451333]

Wow. just wow.

[NicholasLeeson]

What an amazing video!!! Congratulations to everyone!!!

[rikomatic]

we're working on getting the official version up soon!

[flyinhome865]

Damn. I wish he had been around long enough to see that.

It's staggering how many lives he touched.

[swingitgal]

this made my day.

[KathleenHanover]

The day Frankie passed away, I spent over an hour watching the raw videos that dancers had sent in from all over the world to become part of this video. They were dancing out of joy and love for Frankie and everything he shared with us, never dreaming that he wouldn't be around to watch. This finished product is everything Frankie stood for...it's pure dance joy, without boundaries of nationality, language, race, or age. I'm both laughing and crying as I watch it. Beautiful work, Akemi.

[acmetiger]

a beautiful film--wonderfully edited and a true testament to the resonance of jazz dance, worldwide. brought tears to my eyes. i hope a proper version goes up on youtube sometime soon.