Swing Dance Jacksonville: Stormy Weather 1943

My my wasn't that wind something! Don't let the wind and rain from Hermine keep you from dancing! This weekend there are some great dance events happening! But first a little synopsis and history about Stormy Weather the movie:

"Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson), a struggling performer, meets a beautiful vocalist named Selina Rogers (Lena Horne). Bill promises her that they will be together after he becomes a success. However, he and Selina both skyrocket to fame and lose contact. Fortunately, Bill just might get one more chance to woo Selina at a huge musical stage show. "(IMDB)

"This was one of the greatest and most entertaining of musicals - the 20th Century Fox film included the ravishing Lena Horne (as Selina Rogers), lent by MGM Studios to Fox, singing what would become her signature song in the lengthy sequence Stormy Weather; there were other great songs, dance and band routines from Fats Waller (Ain't Misbehavin'), Bill "Bojangles" Robinson singing I Can't Give You Anything But Love with Horne, Horne's There's No Two Ways About Love sung with Calloway and Robinson, the elaborately-costumed Diga Diga Doo , the Nicholas Brothers dancing duo (with an athletic dance to Jumpin' Jive), and the spirited Cab Calloway and his Orchestra." (filmsite.org)

-Jen

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