A Whitey's Lindy Hopper Inspired Stops Routine - For Lindy Hop and Swing Dance

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When people think of the Stops routine today, they're probably thinking of "First Stops," the routine taught by Sugar and George Sullivan, and the Mama Lou Parks dancers. This is not that routine. If you want to learn THAT routine, learn it from Crystal Johnson, David Butts, Deborah Youngblood, and many other Mama Lou Parks dancers who still teach that routine today.
The original Stops routine, invented by Frankie Manning in the mid 1930s, was the first coordinated Lindy Hop team routine - meaning all couples did the same thing at the same time. However, no one knows what that original routine looked like. Bobby White and I have compiled 4 sources to create this fan fiction of what we imagine that routine might have looked like.
Interview About Stops w/ Sugar Sullivan and Barbara Billups:
• Barbara Billups and Su...
VIDEO SOURCES:
Playboy Clip: • Al Minns & Leon James ...
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Al Minns in Sweden: • Al Minns in Sweden
Bobby's Blog: www.swungover.com
00:00 - Intro & Demo
00:57 - What is Stops?
02:40 - Our Sources
03:39 - Build up the Solo Section - TOBA
04:30 - Geekery
05:30 - Next Solo Section - Big Apple Section
06:00 - The Whole Solo Section
06:45 - A Few Details
07:30 - Build up Trickeration Transition
07:50 - Build up Partnered Section
08:18 - More Breakdown
09:32 - The Whole Thing with Counts
10:40 - The Whole Thing with Music
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[@SirEdgard1013]

What a wonderful video! Loved that you show the sources and discussion of putting together the routine!

[@nickswingsout]

This is *far and away* my favorite video you’ve put together. The focus on history while adding your own spice. The Bobby White geekery and passion for the Mama Lu Parks dancers. The clips woven in throughout the video with really great little details. 11/10 Can’t wait to go learn this and then make my own stops

[@felixbaker8709]

I learned the stops from Sugar and Barbara at Herräng 2023. Was fun!

[@LauraGlaess]

YES! I love it!

[@vinnieandhispizza6299]

As an amature choreographer and a hopeful lindy hop competitor of the future, this is so helpful

[@robinmarks5638]

You are fantastic!!

[@dorobokino]

0:47 Bobby White with pink sneakers NEEDS to happen

[@silvermediastudio]

Would that make him Bobby Pink tho

[@dorobokino]

@@silvermediastudio Out here asking the real questions