Tag: dancing
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Dance the night away
The Official Guide to Latin Dancing Dow 1980 I was weeding the 700s the other day and look what I found. This book is the companion to a we featured a while back. I am not a dancer although back in the 1970s I did attempt the Hustle and other…
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Disco Dancing with Donny and Marie
Disco with Donny and Marie Heaton and Zimmerman 1979 I had a reference question a while back where I had to explain Donny and Marie to a teenager. God, I felt old. If you are more than 40 years or so, you probably remember them fondly or with disdain. I…
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Time to Dance!
Mambo Made Easy Book Guild of America 1956 Submitter: Though the information in these books are still relevant, and four of the five books still have the original 45 RPM records (!), the books are in rough physical condition and they never circulate. In addition, 60 years after their publication,…
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Do the Jitterbug
How to Jitterbug Javna 1984 Submitter: It totally doesn’t belong in the children’s library collection anymore, but it’s more AWESOME Library Book than Awful (actually, one of my coworkers took it home for her own collection as soon as I showed it to her). FREE RECORD TOO! LOOK! IT WAS…
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Dancing with Cats
Dancing with Cats Silver and Busch 1999 Submitter: If you thought “Why Cats Paint” qualified for Awful Library Book status, I give you its sequel “Dancing with Cats!” And yes, we had both of them on the shelves of our medium-sized Midwestern public library. Unlike it’s hilarious predecessor, Dancing with…
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Take Me To Funkytown
Disco Dancing Tonite Blackford 1979 Submitter: It pained me to weed this relic of a bygone era from our collection, but I figured if I didn’t get rid of it now, I never would. Holly: It is quite groovy, but I’m afraid it’s time to let go. There’s just no…
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