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Disco Dance Steps cover

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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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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Disco Dancing cover

Disco Never Dies

August 7, 2013 Holly But it's Historical!, Fine and Not So Fine Arts 7 comments

Disco Dancing Nentl 1980 Submitter: I was excited to find this book on our elementary library shelves, thinking it was some cool vintage book about the disco era.  It was not.  Whereas the fashion & music of the 70’s lives

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Pompon Girl's Handbook

Can you be a Pompon Girl?

May 29, 2012 Mary Kelly Sports, Games, and Exercise 4 comments

The Official Pompon Girl’s Handbook Neil 1983 I was not a pompon girl (Pompon in my high school was for the cheerleader rejects and not cool!) and I doubt Holly was a pompon person. (I am certain she had NO

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Debbie Drake Dancercize cover

Be a sexy woman with Debbie!

February 29, 2012 Mary Kelly Looking Good, Sports, Games, and Exercise 8 comments

Dancercize Drake 1967 Submitter: I found this book while straightening up the stacks today. I knew it looked familiar, and browsing through your archives I found that Debbie had been in another posting for a different exercise book. As great

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Disco Dancing cover

Gettin’ Jiggy

November 9, 2011 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 18 comments

Complete Guide to Disco Dancing Lustgarten “The Disco Lady” 1978 Submitter: A young woman came to the reference desk and asked for books about dancing.  I showed her to the appropriate section, then stood there discussing with her what exactly she

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Disco Dancing cover

Will Disco Ever Die?

August 23, 2011 Holly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 16 comments

Disco Dancing Cherry and Tomlan 1979 Submitter: Will Disco Ever Die?  Found this in the children’s books and it’s kept me laughing for several days so maybe we should keep it – recataloged under Humor.  Tap disco????  Who would be

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You Can Disco cover

More Disco

July 25, 2011 Mary Kelly Fine and Not So Fine Arts 11 comments

You Can Disco Meloney 1979 Just when you thought it was safe to venture into the dance section we find a few more of these gems! This book is more straight up dance instruction and if you can get past

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