Teen Dance Shows/Looking for Participants

[Julie]

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Detroit Bandstand
Ed McKenzie's Saturday Dance Party
Bud Davies' Dance Party
Club 1270
Teen Town
Swingin' Time


And any programs I may have missed!


I am a dance historian at New York University. Any reminiscences, memories, or anecdotes about performing on the shows or working behind the scenes will be welcomed. Former dancers, producers, DJs, cameramen: I hope to hear from you! I am also particularly interested in hearing from African American dancers who may have performed on the shows as teen dancers.

Please respond to this thread or email me privately at jmm2@nyu.edu.


Thank you very much in advance.

Julie Malnig

[DetroitTeacher]

Try looking up Cooley High Detroit on Youtube. I know they had dance shows there in the 80s. There are some great videos that can be found. Not sure which dance shows they were but some of the old time teachers used to talk about them [[most of the teachers are long gone...).

[Julie]

Thank you! Will follow up on this. / Regards, Julie

[tponetom]

Julie,
Your post is another gentle pang of nostalgia, that makes me smile.

Ed McKenzie was a Detroit Disk Jockey, starting in the forties, using the ‘stage’ name, “Jack the Bellboy.”
Legal proceedings, possibly of a plagiaristic nature, made him drop the name and use his own.

He was Detroit’s favorite Jockey during the heyday of that culture.