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luh
06-13-2005, 09:53 AM
hi
just wanted to ask if anyone else from df, from europe is going to be in strassbourg next weekend for the frankie manning workshop. (www.festivalsace.org)
luh
pygmalion
06-13-2005, 07:26 PM
Sounds like a total blast, luh. Hve fun, and as always, report back andlet us know how it goes. 8)
luh
06-14-2005, 07:54 AM
sure enough. would you really think i'd not tell you guys?? :D
luh
luh
06-19-2005, 12:06 PM
WOW. I don't know another word for it. maybe to add - it was the best experience in swing so far.this guy is cool, smooth, funny, just everything you can imagine. almost flying over the dance floor.
i guess it would be uncool to quote his jokes here, but if you EVER get the chance to get lessons, TAKE it!
He is gonna be in herring this summer, and his schedule is one savoystyle.com it think.
luh
pygmalion
06-21-2005, 08:28 PM
Wow, luh. That's cool. How old is he? Too old for flyign, I would have thought. May God bless him. A living legend. That's for sure. 8) :notworth:
leftfeetnyc
06-21-2005, 10:14 PM
Early 90s.... I want to say 92
swing4life
06-22-2005, 12:41 AM
And he can still swing the best of them. Amazing. :D
luh
06-22-2005, 03:15 AM
he was born in 1914. so he would be 91, if he had already his bday, or 90.
luh
Jmatthew
06-22-2005, 10:50 PM
Looks like his birthday is in late may (22-26th, somewhere in there) so he must be 92 now :)
luh
06-23-2005, 12:51 AM
I'd still tend to 91. 1914 - 2005 are 91, not 92 years ;)
luh
HepcatBob
07-10-2005, 08:54 AM
He is indeed 91. I was at his 85th birthday party at the Roseland in NY back in '99. It was a blast! (The party was on May 27th, even though his birthday is the 26th)


And no, luh, I don't think it would be uncool to quote his jokes. Go for it. I've always loved Frankie's classes. Even after Lindy Hopping for seven years, I'll still take any class I can from him, even a beginner's class.
luh
07-10-2005, 11:05 AM
He is indeed 91. I was at his 85th birthday party at the Roseland in NY back in '99. It was a blast! (The party was on May 27th, even though his birthday is the 26th)


And no, luh, I don't think it would be uncool to quote his jokes. Go for it. I've always loved Frankie's classes. Even after Lindy Hopping for seven years, I'll still take any class I can from him, even a beginner's class.

did you know that there is a book going to be released about him?
luh
HepcatBob
07-10-2005, 06:56 PM
did you know that there is a book going to be released about him?
luh


No, I didn't. Thanks for the heads-up. Do you have any info about a release date? I'll have to get it.
luh
07-11-2005, 01:15 AM
did you know that there is a book going to be released about him?
luh


No, I didn't. Thanks for the heads-up. Do you have any info about a release date? I'll have to get it.

later this year. I'm not sure if it's gonna be released outside of the usa though. Frankie told me himself. he said he's gonna read it, that he knows what he did ;)
luh