sanctioned by social mores of the time. However, that did not stop those who loved dancing from indulging in their favorite pastime, and inventing new dances like the West Coast Swing. It is difficult to pinpoint exactly where swing dancing began. One of the new musical styles of the twentieth century was ragtime music, a form of jazz also sometimes called swing jazz. In the 1910s there was a dance called the Texas Tommy often done to the new jazz music that Victor Eijkhou credits with beginning it all. In 1912, Harry Fox invented a dance called the Fox Trot also done to a ragtime beat, which led to the Charleston in the 1920s. Elements of the Texas Tommy, the Fox Trot, and the Charleston then evolved into swing-jazz styles, specifically the Lindy Hop, named for Charles Lindberg, during the 1930s. The Lindy Hop originated in the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem. This style was so popular that it attracted big bands to large dance halls. Acrobatic dancers started doing more and more difficult and athletic moves and variations of the swing-jazz developed. Swing dancing started out as just that, but then ... (Continued Gold Page)