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0:00:46 Welcome to episode #032 of The Track with Ryan Swift - February 2018. This episode’s guest is Christian Frommelt

0:00:50 Lindy Focus XIV: Show - "St. Louis Shag"

0:02:38 Lichtenstein

0:04:14 The Gazette - The Pearl Button Industry

0:05:14 The Delta Queen

0:05:22 SS President

0:05:35 When the SS President rolled (and rocked) on the Mississippi River

S.S. President New Orleans Concert Setlists

0:06:24 SS Admiral

0:10:03 Steamboat Natchez

0:10:22 Allan Toussaint

0:10:24 Professor Longhair

0:10:28 The Meters

0:11:40 St Louis Mardis Gras - Soulard

0:12:17 Reviving James Booker, The 'Piano Prince Of New Orleans'

Irma Thomas And The History Of New Orleans R&B

0:12:48 St Louis Casa Loma Ballroom

0:16:29 Pokey LaFarge, Live at The Casa Loma Ballroom - "Born in Saint Louis"

0:18:42 University of Iowa Swing Dance Club

0:30:14 St Louis Magazine - The story of segregation in St. Louis

Al Jazeera - St. Louis: A city divided

Racism is a sickness: St. Louis and America must overcome a form of madness to heal and be whole

0:33:22 WU Swing Dance Club

0:33:33 Jenny Shirar

0:38:45 Jenny & Christian St. Louis Shag Showcase

0:39:34 Video Playlist: John Bedrosian

0:39:41 Miss Jubilee

0:40:19 Jitterbugs swing at Club Imperial - St.Louis 1959

0:40:33 John Bedrosian and Yolanda Ochoa, 1976 City Jitterbug Championship at the Club Imperial

0:42:33 Hawkeye Swing Festival

0:46:20 Nevermore Jazz Ball

0:46:32 The Track 010 - Rob Moreland

0:47:44 Cherokee Street Jazz Crawl

0:48:27 Nevermore Jazz Ball 2015 - Community Dance Day

0:49:16 St Louis Magazine - St. Louis' musical history comes alive this week at the Nevermore Jazz Ball

0:49:58 St. Louis Boppers & St. Louis Jitterbugs

0:52:19 Dancing in St Louis

0:54:51 City Museum of St Louis

0:54:52 The Track 020 - Nathan Bugh

0:59:32 New Orleans Swing Dance Festival

1:00:04 Cowtown Jamborama

1:02:06 Amy Johnson

1:02:43 New Orleans Swing Dance Festival - Class Descriptions

1:04:10 Welbourne Jazz Camp

1:04:51 ULHS 2014 - Semi Final Battles - Alain Fragman & Gina Helfrich vs Christian Frommelt & Jenny Shirar

ULHS 2015 - The Final Showdown

1:05:52 The Loose Marbles Jazz Band 2016

1:06:45 ULHS 2012 - Juan & Sharon vs Rebecka & Emelie

1:07:48 ULHS 2010 - Christian Frommelt & Jenny Shirar vs Michael Darigol & Brittany Johnson

1:10:11 Montreal Swing Riot

1:10:21 The Track 022 - LaTasha Barnes

1:10:56 Zen & The Art Of B-Boying - Martell Stepney

1:11:51 Erin Morris

1:13:46 Billie Holiday - “No Regrets” (Amazon, iTunes)

1:13:56 The Four Clefs - “I Like Pie, I Like Cake” (Amazon, iTunes)

1:19:59 ULHS 2012 - Lindy Showdown Finals - Chance & Lisa vs Juan & Sharon

1:21:43 Lindy Focus XIII: Performance - Christian & Jenny

1:22:13 St. Louis Jitterbug Tommy Russo

1:26:13 Lindy Focus XV: Performance - St. Louis Shag

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