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After Thanksgiving, us old timers recognize that another year has almost gone by. We have lost so many of our dear friends, apparently this is another old age defect. But some of us are not doing too bad in wanting to help people and do right. As this Holiday Season gets under way our thoughts turn gratefully to the many who have made our progress possible, our reader/dancers and our Information Contributors. We thank you and may you have the best of Holidays.

"Silence is just as loud and can ratify the original assumption."

There is a 900 number to call to test your IQ. Costs $9.95 per minute. If you make the call, you are a moron ... If you stay on the line for 3 minutes you're a complete idiot.

From actual court records:
ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Are you shittin' me?

The Lindy Hop (funny name):
One evening in 1927, following Lindbergh's flight to Paris, a local dance enthusiast named "Shorty George" Snowden was watching some of the dancing couples. A newspaper reporter asked him what dance they were doing, and it just so happened that there was a newspaper with an article about Lindbergh's flight sitting on the bench next to them. The title of the article read, "Lindy Hops The Atlantic," and George just sort of read that and said, "Lindy Hop" and the name stuck.

In the mid 1930's, a bouncy six beat variant was named the Jitterbug by the band leader Cab Calloway when he introduced a tune in 1934 entitled "Jitterbug". There have been many new names and many new variatiions to swing.