Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-01-02 | Page 12 | Lindy Hop One Favorite with Smart Young Folks

Lindy Hop One Favorite With Smart Young Folks y. 7 r J I Val. 1 ' ill J I 1 Oil. . k (h ISi J Start W THE I.INDY HOP (Practice to "I Would Da Anything fer Yen.") (Thai Is th seventh ef a series el 13 article ea all phases ef the med-era med-era dance by Arthur Murray, Inter, aatienally recognised daaee aather-lly. aather-lly. The eighth will appear teaser, rear, j By ARTHUR MURRAY NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (NEA) The Lindy hop, a dance recently adapted to the ballroom floor, Is a favorite with smart young folks. Usually the very young like It best It originated in Harlem and retains it exuberance. The outstanding feature of the Lindy Lin-dy hop I a tap step. This is how you do it following th diagram, tapping your foot before you take each step designated on the diagram. 1. The man begins with his left foot (the woman reverses this all the ' way through), taking four long walking walk-ing steps forward, counting 1, 1, 3, 4. 2. Now -begin your tap stepping. Two-step to the left, counting 1 and 2, tapping your toe quickly and lightly on the first beat, stepping on the second one. This makes a very quick two-step and you must master the tap before you put your foot down each time or it won't be right 3. Finish the quick tap two-step, then repeat the two-and-one tap two-step two-step four times in succession without 'the long walking steps in between. This gives you four walking steps, one two-step with tapping, one long step without taps and a pause, then jfour tap two-steps in succession. Re-1 Re-1 member to tap on every two-step you take. Your music will soon teach you when your long walking steps come land when your short steps.