The Harlem Roots and Rhythm Urban Dance Festival
FALL 2023
September 29th - October 1st
DAY 1 - NEW DATE is Nov. 3rd!
The Harlem Roots and Rhythm
Urban Dance Festival
This Special annual Harlem event gives you room to explore and get a Great Taste of
Harlem's famed Jazz and Lindy Hop Culture!
This year we also explore the Roots and Connection
to Hip Hop on its 50th Anniversary!
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POSTPONED - September 29th ONLY -
Stormy NYC Weather and Flooding have us announcing
a new date soon! DAY 1 - NEW DATE is Nov. 3rd!
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PROGRAM
FRIDAY DAY 1 - NEW DATE is Nov. 3rd!
Celebrating and Keeping
Harlem's Jazz & Lindy Hop Legacy Alive! 6pm - 11pm
6PM -- Film: The Savoy King (60m) Jazz Master Chick Webb's Legacy includes the beginnings of Harlem's famed Savoy Ballroom! See Harlem in its heyday and what made it HOT
7PM -- Panel Discussion: Keeping Harlem's Jazz and Lindy Hop Culture in its Harlem Home (also Vintage Harlem Lindy Hop clips!)
Featured Panelists:
~ Voza Rivers -- The Arts & Culture Leader of Harlem tells of his experience with the Making of the Savoy King
~ Honoring Sonny Allen -- The Savoy Ballroom and The Harvest Moon Ball - and beyond! Living History of the 1950s Savoy Style of Lindy Hop
~Ralph Hopkins -- Historian & Preservationist with The Savoy Manor, The Harvest Moon Ball, The Mama Lu Parks Legacy and more! The 1960's/70s
8PM -- FREE Dance Lesson! Learn a little Swinging Lindy Hop
8PM --- Social Dance with the Jazzy Sounds of the Savoy Ballroom Legacy!
with the band The Savoy 3 featuring Patience Higgins
Includes rare vintage dance videos!
Harlem School of the Arts
645 St Nicholas Ave (W. 140 St & St. Nicholas Ave)
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Harlem's Legacy: Links bet Lindy Hop & Hip Hop
NEW DATE! December 9th at 12pm
Film, Discussion & Demos
Harlem Library 9 W 124th Street
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SATURDAY September 30th
Multiple Harlem Cultural Events for ALL ages to enjoy!
1PM-- POSTPONED: Harlem's Legacy: Links bet Lindy Hop & Hip Hop New Date to be announced!
NEW DATE December 9th at 12pm
Film, Discussion & Demos
Harlem Library 9 W 124th Street
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4PM -- Lindy Hop! Harvest Moon Ball Reenactment
Performance with Harlem Dance Club / MOTHERSHIP 5 event (3pm - 7pm) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothership-five-dance-music-festival-tickets-682461610047
Richard Rodgers Amphitheater at Marcus Garvey Park
6PM - 9PM -- Retro Dance Party ! Dine and Dance
DJ'd Jazz, R&B, SOUL and more! Partner or Freestyle
Harlem Shake 124th St and Lenox Ave Indoor/Outdoor
8PM - 11:30PM -- LATE NIGHT Juke Joint
at The American Legion Post
248 W 132nd St. Basement/Street level door - Squeeze on in for R&B and more! DJ DOC and Smootee will have you cozy, neighborly... and great music and good food they offer the most reasonably priced drinks anywhere in NYC
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SUNDAY October 1st
Pick one of two Great Harlem Morning Experiences!
9AM - Harlem Gospel and Brunch Tour $$
Discover Harlem’s rich and diverse community, and experience the hand-clapping, foot-stomping, soulful rhythms of black gospel music filling the air.
Please go to Welcome to Harlem site for payment options
https://welcometoharlem.com/tour/harlem-gospel-and-brunch-tour/
PLEASE NOTE - NO REFUNDS
TOUR GROUPS will be meeting by the Apollo Theater's outside ticket booth on
W. 125th St bet 7th and 8th Aves
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A SAVOY Sunday JAZZ Afternoon $$
Keeping Harlem Legacies Alive and Thriving
Culture... Dance... Jazz... Lindy Hop... Savoy... Swing!
3PM -- Syncopated Sistas!
Jazz Ladies discuss preserving Harlem's famed Jazz culture and their means of doing it (includes rare film clips!)
Featuring -
~~ Topsy Durham -- Preservationist, Eddie Durham Music Legacy
~~ Kim Austin -- NAMA: New Amsterdam Musical Association
~~ Antoinette Montague -- Jazz Power Initiative , WHCR
~~ Robin Bell - Stephens -- Harlem's Jazzmobile Legacy
4PM -- DJ'd Classics Social dancing begins!
4PM - DANCE LESSON Wanna learn some of Harlem's Lindy Hop?
Have a free mini lesson: First come, first served (limited space)
4:30PM -- Battle of the Harlem Jazz Divas
Live Jazz: Two HOT Canaries go at it!
Get ready for a Sing Off
Featuring -
KIM AUSTIN and the other Dueling Harlem Diva
LEE OLIVE TUCKER! Featuring The Jazz Jewels
Early Bird $15 till 9/27/23
Afterwards $20 online and at the Door
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=WQLXD853BFZ8U
Use the email - theharlemswingdancesociety@gmail.com
Tickets at this link also https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-jazzy-syncopated-sistas-and-the-battle-of-the-harlem-jazz-divas-tickets-713496044877
PLEASE NOTE - NO REFUNDS
Lt. Joseph P Kennedy Center 34 W 134th St Bet 5th & Lenox Aves
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
