The 1947 Harvest Moon Ball

*** This research and video creating is part of the COVID Quarantine when many full time swing dance instructors like myself have lost almost all of their scheduled gigs for 2020 and 2021. Please consider donating: Venmo: @bobbyswungover *** This is a newsreel of the 1947 Harvest Moon Ball broken down into individual dancing heats. Savoy finalists: Mary Tracy & Lee Moates, Betty Gaston & James R. “Ronnie” Hayes, Frances Ziegler & Billy Fitzgerald (3rd), Rebecca Jenkins & James Strickland, Juanita Jones & Charles Jones, Barbara Skinner & Morris Rhodes, Nancy Price & Rudy Edwards (Winners), Doris Jackson & Candy Carter. Other dancers of note: Bea Pitonza & Sal Esposito (2nd) HUGE THANKS to SUGAR SULLIVAN and GLORIA THOMPSON for helping me review this footage. For more information on this year’s HMB, and a breakdown of the dancing, see the article on the 1947 Harvest Moon Ball: ht