The Harlem Roots and Rhythm Urban Dance Festival

  Save the Dates to Celebrate!

   October 25th - 27th  2019

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In this Fall Harvest season we bring back the Legendary Harlem Dancers of  the Savoy Ballroom, the Savoy Manor and the Harvest Moon Ball era to celebrate Harlem's famed dance of the Lindy Hop - and the  importance of keeping a piece of the culture

Home in Harlem! 

                          FULL SCHEDULE 

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**FRIDAY  October 25th**

Kick Off! Welcome Harlem JAZZ Eve  

Details - TBA

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**SATURDAY  October 26th**

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~~Keepers Of Harlem Culture and The Harlem Swing Dance Society presents

BLACK Lindy Hop Matters!   FREE

Special Session: The Mama Lu Parks Legacy  12pm to 2pm 

Please see event links for strict details  

Exclusive event  https://www.facebook.com/events/384933428869444/

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~~ A Harvest Moon Ball STOMP!     6pm - 11pm

A Special & Historic eve with Legendary Savoy Ballroom Dancers and Harvest Moon Ball Champions: Featuring the Celebration of the Mama Lu Parks 60th Anniversary!  Includes FREE Dance Lesson, Panel Discussion, Vintage Film Clips and Social Dancing to Live Swinging Jazz.   College and H.S. students can come for only $7 with current ID!

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More details here  https://www.facebook.com/events/523828688406081/
 

**SUNDAY   October 27th**

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~~ STOPS: In the Name of Love! With Sugar and Barbara    12pm 
Amy Ruth's   https://www.facebook.com/events/645934385931066/

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Hey - Its a Harlem Thang!
Savoy Ballroom and Harvest Moon Ball Legends Sugar Sullivan and Barbara Billups give us a rare treat to learn the famous "Stops" routines that they saw perfected at the famed Harlem ballroom in the 1950's.

~~SAVOY SUNDAY Afternoon Dinner Dance   1pm - 5pm
Amy Ruth's

In Celebration of the Mama Lu Parks 60th Anniversary of her Lindy Hop Preservation Journey: Come and Dine and Dance with us in the heart of Harlem with live music and Legends of Harlem's Lindy Hop!  We'll be with the band Eugene Gee's Harlem Heritage 5 Band , enjoying soul food and dance with some DJ'd classics also

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~~SAVOY SUNDAY : Harlem JAZZ Radio Interview   8pm approx

More TBA - 

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80 years ago Count Basie and his Orchestra appeared on a CBS Radio show promoting Columbia Records.  THIS Special Sunday our Harvest Moon Ball Champs and Savoy Ballroom Dance Legends will reminisce about the Savoy Ballroom, Jazz and its importance and relevance even today on City College Radio

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The Harlem Roots and Rhythm Urban Dance Festival is made possible in part with funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation and administered by LMCC. 

UMEZ enhances the economic vitality of all communities in Upper Manhattan through job creation, corporate alliances, strategic investments, and small business assistance.

The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) empowers artists by providing them with networks, resources and support, to create vibrant, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond