Lindy Hop Dance Competition!

-History Of The Lindy Hop Dance- On May 21st 1927 the Lindy Hop dance was publicly introduced to the world. The Lindy hop is an African American dance which was born in Harlem, New York City. On that date, the Lindbergh Spirit of St. Louis airplane completed the first transatlantic flight by air, the Newspaper reported “Lindy Hops the Atlantic” and the dance style adopted the headline. The dance has evolved since then with the jazz music of that time and was very popular during the swing era of

Lindy Hop Dance Competition!

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For years, ILHC has featured an extraordinary museum of Lindy Hop & Jazz culture. Its just one of the many things we do protect & share Lindy Hop history.Help us continue preserve the history of this dance by donating at www.ilhc.com/donate | The International Lindy Hop Championships

Join Lindy, our Senior Manager of Archives and Administration, for a tour of the H H Archives! Since H H is over 200 years old, there’s so much to preserve for future generations. There are amazing and intriguing items that even date all the way back to our founding in the early 1800s. Amazing, right! Explore with Lindy the expanse of the archives and dive back into history. Support our archives! Every contribution to our ‘You Are the Music’ campaign helps to preserve H H for the next 200 years!