Harvest Moon Ball

The Harvest Moon Ball was a dance contest held in Madison Square Gardens in New York City, at the height of the swing era, on a scale that we can hardly even imagine today. Thousands upon thousands of spectators came to watch dancers compete in all kinds of styles, including Lindy Hop. Luckily for us today, footage survives of these awe-inspiring competitions, in which the wildest of jitterbugs did whatever they could do draw the judges' eye, impress the crowd, and represent the raw energy and spirit of the original Lindy Hoppers.

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