We received word from Frankie's family that this Saturday, May 2, there will be a public funeral for Mr. Frankie Manning at the Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church. The viewing is from 10am to noon, with a service at noon. The address is 15 Mount Morris Park West (corner of West 122nd…
Originally posted Sunday, May 3, 2009 (3 years ago)
Dear Lana, and please thank Joan,
Thank you Lana - and Joan, for helping Lana to produce such a magnificent funeral. It was more than perfect.. it was real, it swung, it was Harlem and New York and universal, it was religious, it was spirited. It was one worthy of a giant of a man Frankie Manning.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of it. It meant a lot to me, he meant a lot to me, and I heard from a lot of my students and friends that they appreciated it not only for my personal involvements with Frankie but for my representing them, the NYSDS, or their era, or their feelings.
Everything, from the magnificent spaces, the Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church, Woodlawn Cemetery, and the Harlem Stage Gatehouse - to the incredible music of the HRO and Yvette Glover, which filled the space -to the well chosen and varied speakers, - to the food and dancing with Geroge Gee. Every one, every group, era and age group and country, felt represented and included and felt Frankie's love. And the sun came out!
Words are not rich enough or big enough - words cannot express what a great job you did. You allowed Frankie to come through in all his glory - it was dignified, celebratory, joyous, vibrant, and spiritually rich...
and memorable, the way Frankie is.
Thank you.
from me, and the entire swing community,
Originally posted Sunday, May 3, 2009 (3 years ago)
Margaret put it so well.
Lana, we can't thank you and your wonderful helpers enough for putting together the funeral Frankie deserved, and giving the swing community exactly the event we needed to mourn and celebrate our dear friend.
In addition to Joan Gelin, Lana had great help from Calle Johansson and Beth Tondreau.
Originally posted Sunday, May 3, 2009 (3 years ago)
Indeed, it was beautiful, inspirational and humbling.
Many good Words were spoken.
Thank you to the organizers and the family for welcoming all of us...
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
That was an incredibly beautiful day - been reliving most of it all weekend. Thank you everyone who had a hand in putting it together and for opening it up to our community.
Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
a few clips that I took at the church. had to zoom in from the 2nd to last row (in between Boosh's head and someone else's), so the quality is a bit off ...
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
Quoted from "Wexie" Dude, thanks so much for taking those and making them available on the interweb. I hope people post links to them on Facebook etc.
I hope someone got Erin and Steven, as well as Frankie's granddaughter Kai.
I got a cell phone of Norma Millers entire inspirational speech. I'll have to post it someplace.. sound is a bit bad and she looks like an ant.. but you can make it out.
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
Quoted from "TheRiz" I realize that I'm asking about a man's funeral, but did anyone record at least the audio of the eulogies? Please PM me.
--R
Regardless of the quality of the audio- which was poor- this event was historic to say the least..
Any audio at all ought to be shared and posted in perpetuity.
If there is one point I am clear on now it is the obligation Steven Mitchell reminded us of so well and Norma drove home so clearly- to continue to tell the story of how Lindy Hop has the power to change lives so permanently toward happiness and internal peace. If you spent more than 5 minutes around Frankie you knew this was a man that needed only three minutes of well swung Jazz, a partner and a good floor to prove life is too sweet to worry about the little things that drag us into disagreement.
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
Quoted from "margaret b" Dear Lana, and please thank Joan,
Words are not rich enough or big enough - words cannot express what a great job you did. You allowed Frankie to come through in all his glory - it was dignified, celebratory, joyous, vibrant, and spiritually rich...
and memorable, the way Frankie is.
That says it all. You know driving there from Baltimore I realized what a tremendous task it was to try to capture this man fully. My dance and life partner Laurie never met Frankie and trying to explain to her the importance of a man I knew only as a distant friend was hard even in the four hours we had in the car. You really cannot capture Frankie and all he means with words alone.. or even words with a great band playing behind them.
.. but when the band kicked up "Stomping at the Savoy" with Frankie lying there everyone looked around just a minute lost.. as if trying to figure out who was going to count us in now.. or even if it was OK to do that at a time like this. Once Chazz got us up... and got us swinging.. everything Frankie meant came pouring through. This was one diverse crowd in every way imaginable.. but it became clear the spirit inside was the same. What became clearer even to those who had never met him- like my Laurie- was just where that spirit was born and how much would be lost if this great man is ever forgotten.
Frankie never sought fame. He said it many times. Because of his heart though it sought him relentlessly. I am so glad it found him once again in that post office after 30 years of lying low. I thanked Erin and Steven for that. They could have kept him a secret all to themselves but they didn't.
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
It would have been hard to keep Frankie a secret! - by the time Erin and Steven met him, Frankie was already attending the NYSDS dances at the Cat Club and performing with me and others all around NY- Frankie was a regular at Bryant's weekly North River Bar parties where all my students would hang out after class-including Judy Pritchett. (who was soon to become his companion) and Cynthia Millman, who later wrote his autobiography-Karen and Stuart who produced Cant Top the Lindy Hop with the NYSDS - plus my thesis and videos with Frankie were about to be done- Frankie also danced in and choreographed for the NYSDS performance group- he was not a secret in NY...Norma brought him out to her rehearsals- that how I first met him. He was a force and spirit emerging on all levels at once! - It was like he was a magnet and an energy outward at the same time. Open energy - spirit not to be contained.
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
Quoted from "Wexie" Dude, thanks so much for taking those and making them available on the interweb. I hope people post links to them on Facebook etc.
I hope someone got Erin and Steven, as well as Frankie's granddaughter Kai.
wasn't sure if it was ok to record or not, so missed out on the granddaughter's segment. :(
Originally posted Monday, May 4, 2009 (3 years ago)
there was a lady 2 rows in front of me (right behind the ryans, and amy) that had a real camcorder filming quite a bit of the services. hopefully she'll post some of her footage. don't think she was a swing dancer though.
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We received word from Frankie's family that this Saturday, May 2, there will be a public funeral for Mr. Frankie Manning at the Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church. The viewing is from 10am to noon, with a service at noon. The address is 15 Mount Morris Park West (corner of West 122nd…
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Thank you all for posting about it.
still remembering yesterday this morning.
Likewise.
-Eff
Awesome, painful, beautiful, sad, mournful, yet joyous day.
You know Frankie had everyone dancing in the isles at Church.
Dear Lana, and please thank Joan,
Thank you Lana - and Joan, for helping Lana to produce such a magnificent funeral. It was more than perfect.. it was real, it swung, it was Harlem and New York and universal, it was religious, it was spirited. It was one worthy of a giant of a man Frankie Manning.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to be a part of it. It meant a lot to me, he meant a lot to me, and I heard from a lot of my students and friends that they appreciated it not only for my personal involvements with Frankie but for my representing them, the NYSDS, or their era, or their feelings.
Everything, from the magnificent spaces, the Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church, Woodlawn Cemetery, and the Harlem Stage Gatehouse - to the incredible music of the HRO and Yvette Glover, which filled the space -to the well chosen and varied speakers, - to the food and dancing with Geroge Gee. Every one, every group, era and age group and country, felt represented and included and felt Frankie's love. And the sun came out!
Words are not rich enough or big enough - words cannot express what a great job you did. You allowed Frankie to come through in all his glory - it was dignified, celebratory, joyous, vibrant, and spiritually rich... and memorable, the way Frankie is.
Thank you. from me, and the entire swing community,
Margaret
I realize that I'm asking about a man's funeral, but did anyone record at least the audio of the eulogies? Please PM me. --R
y i no haz signature? Come on people, make with the funny.
About halfway through the event the audio microphone for the podium started popping, so if there is a taping it may be hard to understand.
George Gee kindly posted his statement on Face Book http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home /note.php?note_id=79223490237&ref=nf
Margaret put it so well.
Lana, we can't thank you and your wonderful helpers enough for putting together the funeral Frankie deserved, and giving the swing community exactly the event we needed to mourn and celebrate our dear friend.
In addition to Joan Gelin, Lana had great help from Calle Johansson and Beth Tondreau.
Many, many thanks to all of you from all of us.
Indeed, it was beautiful, inspirational and humbling. Many good Words were spoken. Thank you to the organizers and the family for welcoming all of us...
xo SJ
That was an incredibly beautiful day - been reliving most of it all weekend. Thank you everyone who had a hand in putting it together and for opening it up to our community.
Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?
a few clips that I took at the church. had to zoom in from the 2nd to last row (in between Boosh's head and someone else's), so the quality is a bit off ...
Rhythm Hotshots
Chazz Young and Norma Miller
Lana Turner
Dawn Hampton and John Dokes dancing in the aisle to Shiny Stockings
Savion Glover
Jitterbug Kids (partial)
HRO closing out
a few clips I took at the repast...
shim sham led by chazz young
Lana Turner introducing The Mannings at the Repast
there are a few more clips, just use the scroll bar on the side to see them.
Dude, thanks so much for taking those and making them available on the interweb. I hope people post links to them on Facebook etc.
I hope someone got Erin and Steven, as well as Frankie's granddaughter Kai.
Will, you are the man!
That's a new one on me! I have to say Chazz called it like Frankie would have at the funeral minus the incomparable never-ending laugh!!!
I got a cell phone of Norma Millers entire inspirational speech. I'll have to post it someplace.. sound is a bit bad and she looks like an ant.. but you can make it out.
Regardless of the quality of the audio- which was poor- this event was historic to say the least..
Any audio at all ought to be shared and posted in perpetuity.
If there is one point I am clear on now it is the obligation Steven Mitchell reminded us of so well and Norma drove home so clearly- to continue to tell the story of how Lindy Hop has the power to change lives so permanently toward happiness and internal peace. If you spent more than 5 minutes around Frankie you knew this was a man that needed only three minutes of well swung Jazz, a partner and a good floor to prove life is too sweet to worry about the little things that drag us into disagreement.
To me- Frankie Manning IS the home of happy feet.
That says it all. You know driving there from Baltimore I realized what a tremendous task it was to try to capture this man fully. My dance and life partner Laurie never met Frankie and trying to explain to her the importance of a man I knew only as a distant friend was hard even in the four hours we had in the car. You really cannot capture Frankie and all he means with words alone.. or even words with a great band playing behind them.
.. but when the band kicked up "Stomping at the Savoy" with Frankie lying there everyone looked around just a minute lost.. as if trying to figure out who was going to count us in now.. or even if it was OK to do that at a time like this. Once Chazz got us up... and got us swinging.. everything Frankie meant came pouring through. This was one diverse crowd in every way imaginable.. but it became clear the spirit inside was the same. What became clearer even to those who had never met him- like my Laurie- was just where that spirit was born and how much would be lost if this great man is ever forgotten.
Frankie never sought fame. He said it many times. Because of his heart though it sought him relentlessly. I am so glad it found him once again in that post office after 30 years of lying low. I thanked Erin and Steven for that. They could have kept him a secret all to themselves but they didn't.
It would have been hard to keep Frankie a secret! - by the time Erin and Steven met him, Frankie was already attending the NYSDS dances at the Cat Club and performing with me and others all around NY- Frankie was a regular at Bryant's weekly North River Bar parties where all my students would hang out after class-including Judy Pritchett. (who was soon to become his companion) and Cynthia Millman, who later wrote his autobiography-Karen and Stuart who produced Cant Top the Lindy Hop with the NYSDS - plus my thesis and videos with Frankie were about to be done- Frankie also danced in and choreographed for the NYSDS performance group- he was not a secret in NY...Norma brought him out to her rehearsals- that how I first met him. He was a force and spirit emerging on all levels at once! - It was like he was a magnet and an energy outward at the same time. Open energy - spirit not to be contained.
wasn't sure if it was ok to record or not, so missed out on the granddaughter's segment. :(
Yeah, that would have been a tough call - not really sure what would have been right.
Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?
Good point.
I had asked them about videotaping and they said as long as the family got a copy it was fine. Maybe you could give them the links to the footage...
there was a lady 2 rows in front of me (right behind the ryans, and amy) that had a real camcorder filming quite a bit of the services. hopefully she'll post some of her footage. don't think she was a swing dancer though.
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