Despite my busyness, a recent event has urged me to dig into the recent photos and "develop" a few of them.
Frankie Manning, who was an inspiration for many swing dancers passed away last week, just a month before his 95th birthday. (See the article in NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/arts/dance/28manning.html?_r=2 ) I saw him in March, at Lindy-Fest in Houston : http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/fm/IMGP6012.jpg http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/fm/IMGP6030.jpg http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/fm/IMGP6095.jpg F.M. with his long-time life-partner Judy Pritchet: http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/fm/IMGP6030.jpg F.M. surrounded by kids for whom he's been an inspiration: http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/fm/IMGP6107.jpg And now, OT: I was impressed to read the post about the funeral of Frankie Manning and see the videos from there. It is indeed a celebration of life (literally celebration!) of this great and inspirational swing dancer! http://www.rikomatic.com/blog/2009/05/today-we-celebrated-the-life-and-legacy-of-the-great-frankie-manning-at-the-most-swingin-funeral-i-have-ever-attended-as-i-e.html or short version: http://tinyurl.com/swinging-est-funeral Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
