Show Notes - 036 - Tena Morales-Armstrong

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0:00:55 Welcome to episode #036 of The Track, February 2019 - this episode’s guest is Tena Morales-Armstrong

0:03:58 James Brown gives you dancing lessons

0:04:10 James Brown’s Best Dance Moves

0:04:17 The Track 30 - Mikey Pedroza

0:04:51 Johnny Cash-When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)

0:05:22 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up - American Bandstand & Upbeat

0:05:25 10 Forgotten Musical Variety Shows of the 1960s

0:05:27 American Bandstand 1967 -Swing Dance Contest Finalists

0:06:00 Shebang 1966 - Stop! In The Name Of Love, The Supremes

0:07:31 Fast Dance

0:07:50 DC Hand Dance

0:08:08 The History of DC Hand Dance

0:08:45 Motown, Stax

0:08:47 Cholly Atkins Taught Motown to Dance. His Moves Get an Update in ‘Ain’t Too Proud.’

0:08:57 Swing & Soul

0:09:56 The Track 01 - Peter Strom

0:10:11 Rhythmic Arts Festival

0:12:53 The Track 05 - Naomi Uyama

0:13:30 The Track 02 - Nina Gilkenson

0:16:06 Stompology 2018 Open Prelims

0:18:18 Swungover - On Judging (Introduction): A Few Questions

0:19:02 The Best Marching Bands on the Planet: VICE World of Sports

0:26:45 90’s Hip Hop

0:26:57 House Party - Dance off

0:27:26 MC Hammer Shows Oprah How to Dance Like Hammer

0:27:49 MC Hammer - “U Can’t Touch This”

0:27:58 Hammer - “2 Legit 2 Quit”

0:28:50 Glen Echo Park - Spanish Ballroom

0:28:58 Tom Cunningham Orchestra

0:29:37 Tandem Charleston

0:31:29 Rings on Her Fingers (1943)

0:32:28 Tom Loerner & Debra Sternberg

0:32:40 Leslie Coombs

0:35:07 Cherry Poppin’ Daddies - “Zoot Suit Riot”

0:37:08 Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in ‘Hellzapoppin’’ (1941)

0:38:02 The Virginia State Open Swing Dance Championships are now the DC Swing Experience

0:39:14 Paulette Brockington

0:39:22 Manu Smith & Janice Wilson

0:40:44 Frankie Manning’s Lindyfest Soul Session 2009

0:41:10 Frankie Manning Foundation

0:41:26 FMF Youth Initiative

0:42:41 Ask Jeeves

0:42:55 Houston Swing Dance Society

0:45:00 Rowena Young & Buddy Steves

0:46:20 The Track 03 - Skye Humphries

0:46:28 Skye Humphries & Lucy Engle - ALHC 1998

0:47:09 American Lindy Hop Championships

0:47:45 Tom Koerner and Debra Sternberger- ALHC 1998

0:47:55 Carla Heiney & Steve Cowles (Bailey) - ALHC 1998

0:49:15 Carnell Pipkin

0:49:27 Carnell Pipkin & Tena Morales - Desiree's 2004

0:51:42 Carnell Pipkin & Tena Morales - ALHC 1998

0:52:15 Carnell Pipkin & Tena Morales - ALHC 1999

0:52:25 Carnell Pipkin & Tena Morales - ALHC 2001

0:56:40 Yehoodi.com

0:56:58 The Track 12 - Sylvia Sykes

0:57:15 Ramiro Gonzalez & Sylvia Sykes - US Open 1995

0:58:11 Can’t Top the Lindy Hop

0:59:20 Paul Overton

0:59:28 Erik Robison & Sylvia Skylar - ALHC 1998

1:00:05 Houston Hepcats

1:06:00 Herräng

1:06:30 Lindyfest

1:07:13 Stompology

1:10:08 ILHC

1:10:33 ULHS is now the New Orleans Swing Dance Festival

1:12:45 The Gap - “Khakis Swing”

1:13:00 Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas Dancing with the Stars - “Lindy Hop”

1:13:35 ILHC Swing Dance Museum

1:14:21 Lindyfest 2017 - Inside the Dancer's Studio - Jean Veloz

1:14:30 Stompology XIII - “Context, Culture, and the Evolution of Solo Jazz Dance

1:15:16 The Track 22 - LaTasha Barnes

1:16:07 The Track 17 - Mike Thibault

1:16:39 Yale’s Beinecke Library acquires ‘playful’ 1932 map of Harlem nightlife

1:18:20 National Museum of African American History & Culture

1:18:27 The Track 28 - Norma Miller

1:18:28 Barbara Billups

1:18:55 Madam CJ Walker

1:19:07 Sugar Sullivan

1:19:44 Cab Calloway at the NHAAHC

1:22:51 Dominique Martin & Shakira Abdur Rahman -DFW Swingout Finals - ISDC 2015

1:22:58 Drewry & Joyce - Chicago Stepping Strictly Finals - ISDC 2017

1:23:08 ISDC

1:24:35 Mama Lu Parks & Her Parkets

1:25:33 Robert & Cynthia - Just Dance - Detroit Ballroom - ISDC 2018

1:25:34 Philly Bop

1:25:35 St. Louis Bop

1:27:21 Tasha vs Serge Lopes Final - House Dance Forever 2019

1:27:50 ULHS 2014 - Semi Final Battles - Alain Fragman & Gina Helfrich vs Christian Frommelt & Jenny Shirar

1:28:16 The Track - 019 - Remy Kouakou Kouame

1:30:47 Houston Jazz Dance Festival

1:31:13 Joshua McLean

1:32:20 HellaBlackLindyHop - ISDC 2018

1:37:12 Harlem Jazz Dance Festival

1:37:32 Carnell Pipkin & Tena Morales - Houton Two-Step at Lindyfest

1:41:34 Breai Mason-Campbell - We Woke, Now What?: Discussions on Race and Lindy Hop at Lindy Focus

1:49:21 Harlem Jazz Dance Festival 2003 Hellzapoppin’ Dance Contest

1:49:37 Apollo Theater Tree of Hope

1:49:59 Norma Miller’s 100th Birthday at ILHC 2019

1:50:35 The Track 32 - Valerie Salstrom

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