[Local Buzz] Learn The Big Apple Dance At Roanoke Island Festival Park
Celebrating Second Saturday, Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo wants to transport you back in time to “Old Nags Head’ with a special family event happening this weekend.
The Big Apple Dance, circa 1937.
Come experience Nags Head’s nightlife of the 1930s and learn to do the Big Apple , a dance craze that swept the nation in 1937.
Sarah Downing of the Outer Banks History Center will be the dance instructor.
From Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom to Hollywood to the dance clubs of the Dare Beaches, revelers were dancing the Big Apple. T
his circle dance is thought to have originated from the African-American ring shout, and was “discovered” at the Big Apple Club, a black juke joint in Columbia, South Carolina.
Join the Outer Banks History Center staff as they shake, show off, and share some steps from the Big Apple.
The Big Apple dance event is set for this Saturday, August 10, from 10 to 11am inside the Art Gallery at Roanoke Island Festival Park in Manteo.
Admission is free and all ages are welcome.
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