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Kissin’ Games

April 29, 2019 Holly But it's Historical! 10 comments

Kissin’ Games and Smootch Dances La Farge 1951 Submitter: I really like how he says libraries are not a good place to find out about kissing. I also wonder what the luminous paint was made out of in 1951. I

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One two three, One two three

May 15, 2018 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts One comment

  The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing Stephenson & Iaccarino 1980 Some topics just don’t lend themselves well to book learning. Ballroom dancing is one of them. Before video and the Internet were readily available, this book was just fine,

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Dance the night away

August 23, 2017 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 6 comments

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 this Disco book we featured a while back. I am not a dancer

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Tap Dancing cover

Dancing in the Stacks

January 12, 2017 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 10 comments

Tap Dancing Atwater 1971 I am sure that all the kids will lining up to pick up some tap dance tips from this attractive book. I initially thought this book was much older than 1971 given the somewhat 50s-looking cover

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Disco Lives!

November 11, 2016 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts, Talkin 'Bout My Generation 6 comments

Disco Dance Steps Villari 1978 Submitter: […My] coworkers know I love disco music.  Sadly, I can’t dance, even with the help of the hundreds of disco tutorials on YouTube. But I love this book. However, most of our dance items

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Disco Dancing with Donny and Marie

October 5, 2016 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 6 comments

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

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Do the Hustle

August 22, 2016 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 6 comments

Disco Hustle Lovisone 1979 Submitter: I found this in the 790s…and it was not the only disco book I found. The guy on the cover looks a bit like Freddy Mercury, don’t you think? The song is still running through

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Mambo Made Easy cover

Time to Dance!

May 12, 2016 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 10 comments

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

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