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0:01:00 Welcome to episode #027 of The Track with Ryan Swift - July 2017. This episode’s guest is John Festa

0:02:23 The Track Podcast - Archive

0:02:47 Wandering & Pondering - The Legend of Minnie’s Moochers

0:03:20 Andrew D'Angelo & Teddy Kern - Improv Smooth Swing

0:06:43 Boots Randolph

0:06:53 Earl Bostic

0:07:22 Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture (Full with Cannons)

0:08:00 Frankie100 Panel - From the Savoy to the Cat Club - On the Dance Floor 1950’s and Beyond (panel discussion including Frank Festa)

0:08:28 Gloria Palast, 210 E 86th Street, NYC

0:13:17 Disco Dancing - Saturday Night Fever

1979 World Disco finals

0:14:10 "Love is the Message” - MFSB (Amazon, iTunes)

0:16:39 NY Post - Why the Bronx Burned

0:17:16 The Get Down

0:17:35 Disco Demolition Night - July 12, 1979

0:18:06 ESPN: Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park in Chicago 1979

0:18:12 Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died by Steve Dahl with Dave Hoekstra

0:18:30 ESPN: Bill Veek: Baseball’s Showman

0:18:35 NPR: July 12, 1979: 'The Night Disco Died' — Or Didn't

0:23:19 Margaret Batiuchok

0:24:16 Tony & Tina’s Wedding

0:26:37 NYTimes: If It's Sunday, It's the Cat Club: Swing Dancing Takes Over Again

0:29:33 Small’s Paradise

0:29:58 George Lloyd & Margaret Batiuchok

0:30:31 Margaret Batiuchok with Ryan Francois, Frankie Manning, Sonny Allen, Charlie Meade (1980s-1990s)

0:30:17 The Track 025 - Cynthia Millman

0:30:25 The Track - Remembering Dawn Hampton

0:31:03 Harlem Renaissance Orchestra

0:31:48 Tom Lewis & Chris Parks: Swing Dancing

Sylvia Sykes & Tom Lewis - NADC 2000 Champions Strictly Swing

0:34:52 Mario Robau/Dance Factory Team - Whip dance Club 1988

0:39:19 Essence of Swing with John Festa

0:40:35 Kelly Buckwalter - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Part 1

0:40:54 Kelly Buckwalter - It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) - Part 2 - 10 years later!

0:41:14 Tango Nuevo and Neo-Tango Dancing

0:42:00 2014 Strictly Swing Champions - Jordan Frisbee & Melissa Ruth - US Open

0:48:00 1993 - West Coast Swing with Ramiro Gonzalez & John Festa

0:48:10 Kyle Redd & Sarah Vann Drake at Grand Nationals 2002

0:50:44 NYTimes - Dance Invasion (1994)

0:53:45 Maxwell

0:53:48 NEXT

0:54:23 John Festa and Blake Hobby 2008 BBB

0:55:45 ASDC - West Coast Swing J&J - John Festa & Andrea Deaton

0:56:19 "Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)” - Aretha Franklin (Amazon, iTunes)

0:57:16 Mitch Woods

0:57:56 Hudson Swing Affair

1:00:44 Liberty Swing 2017 Classic Ben Morris & Victoria Henk (1st Place)

1:01:09 Gotham Swing Club

1:02:13 Windows on the World, New York's Sky-High Restaurant

1:02:22 Wollman Rink

1:02:26 Carolina Shag/WC Swing on GMA 1997 - New York City, Tavern on the Green

1:05:20 David Jacoby (Shorty Dave)

1:06:33 Midsummer Night Swing - 2017 Season Finale

1:08:17 Dawn Hampton at Lindyfest 2012

1:09:05 Lindy Hop Swing Dance Scene in "Malcolm X" 1992

1:12:08 John Festa & Dawn Hampton, Malcolm X rehearsal

1:16:25 Celebrate the Light & Life of the lady Dawn Hampton

1:17:58 The Lady’s Lost Performance Dawn Hampton’s “Life is What You Make It”

1:19:13 Midsummer Night Swing - A Celebration of Dawn Hampton

1:20:00 From the archives: Dawn dancing at the Cat Club in NYC, circa 1990

1:21:22 National Living Legends of Dance

1:21:57 Ramiro Gonzales & John Festa - National Living Legends Exhibition

1:22:53 "Sharky’s Theme” - Eddie Harris (Amazon, iTunes)

1:23:03 Sharky’s Machine (1981)

1:23:39 “Moon River” - Boots Randolph (Amazon, iTunes)

1:23:47 “Sixty Minute Man” - Billy Ward & The Dominoes (Amazon, iTunes)

1:24:03 Swing DJ Hall of Fame

1:24:27 World Swing Dance Council Hall of Fame

1:25:13 Liberty Swing Dance Championships

1:25:39 “John Festa has been around"

1:30:23 Reddit - Best bra options or boob solutions for swing dancing?

Lindy Shopper - Locked & Loaded

1:31:05 Johnny Lingerie

1:32:22 Swing is Love

1:39:42 Frim Fram Jam

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