Monthly Jam Dance

MONTHLY JAM-DANCE
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YEARLY JAM-FESTIVAL w/Shop & Hop
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We interupt our monthly Dance for our

SWING WEEKEND FESTIVAL
February 1, 2014

2 nights:
Ray Hirsch 9 Lindy B-day Ball & Valentine Shag Ball
celebrate Ray our Swing Movie Star from the 1930's-50's.

More about Ray Hirsch

Spunky barely describes this youth from the heydey of swing!! This Legendary Lindy Hopper and 1930's-40's silver screen featured dancer will dance, tap and talk his way into your heart! Ray can tell stories about his good times both on and off screen with Mickey Rooney, Lana Turner, Judy Garland (pictured above), Busby Berkeley, Alan Ladd, Fred Astaire and the Marx Brothers.

Although Ray considers himself more of a Lindy dancer than a Shag Dancer, he and his partner Patti Lacey, were featured doing shag steps in more Hollywood films than any other dancer. Ray broke into the film business, when he was a student at Hollywood High, after winning first place in a local 'Jitterbug' contest. He won a national jitterbug championship on Sept. 11, 1938; He says about the contest with Patty Lacey "[we] weren't the best Balboa or Lindy or Charleston dancers, but we were crowd pleasers.."

After that, he found himself appearing in several films doing Lindy and Shag. Marin resident Ray Hirsch veteran of stage and screen has been married for over 70 years to Betty.