Swing Dancers of London are very sad to hear that the legendary Frankie Manning passed away yesterday aged 94.

Frankie Manning was one of the pioneers of Lindy Hop, the dance that we’ve all come to love. Many of us have been honoured to have met him, many of us are very sad to not have had the chance, but we all are touched by the legacy he brought for us to enjoy.

A message from all of us Swing Dancers of London to Frankie: Your spirit lives on with all of us.

Links:
NY Daily News Obituary
Wikipedia profile: Frankie Manning

 

 
Photo: Wikipedia

SDL has loved organising Bomb the Bank over the last few years, but one annoying aspect of London is the weather (you can see a couple of soggy BtBs at http://www.youtube.com/lestmak).

But following last month’s successful Swing Out for Comic Relief at Hays Galleria, we may have a solution. Hays have kindly invited us back for a regular weekend swing out in the Galleria. What’s more it’s covered, yet still open air to the river, so it’s absolutely perfect for us!

Our first event is on Saturday 9 May and will run from 3-7pm. Then, we’ll follow it up with two more in June and July. For more details see the links below.

Date	Time	Event	Venue	Map
Sat 09 May 2009	3:00pm	SDL: Hop the Hays	Hays Galleria
Sat 06 Jun 2009	3:00pm	SDL: Hop the Hays	Hays Galleria
Sun 12 Jul 2009	3:00pm	SDL: Hop the Hays	Hays Galleria