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Tag: 1930s

  • Swing History 101: The Golden Age of Harlem Lindy Hop (1935-1942)

    Updated 4/19/17 with additional socio-economic details. Setting “The Scene” As we discussed in the last episode, as the ’20s passed into the ’30s the new “swing” sound was evolving away from the hot jazz of the 1920s. Bands were smoothing out their rhythm into a steady, rolling-thunder beat. Drum sets were getting more drums and…

  • The Deal with Striped Socks

    Or: “It Was Late and I Was Tired.” Today’s post is a brief one, but it answers a question a lot of new dancers have about why many of us swing dancers wear striped (or otherwise funky) socks. Believe it or not, it’s actually a nod to men in the 1930s and early 1940s, many…