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Laurie Haile

Stage Name

Birth Name

Ms. Laurie Haile n/a

    Laurie danced professionally in her younger years and appeared on television frequently as well as many ballroom competitions in ballroom dancing. In her later years she would teach, Judge and write and produce a huge newsletter called the "Steplighter." She was very proficient in all the American and Latin couple dances.

Laurie was known as the "Bird Lady of Burbank" as she loved birds and had many in her residence. Towards the end, she would mainly adjudicate competitions and teach ballroom dance for Senior Citizens. Laurie was one of the sweetest ladies to ever grace the ballroom dance floor and was loved by all.

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Laurie Haile is credited for "writing the book on dance" for Arthur Murray and is credited for the naming of West Coast Swing in California. On Murrays request, Haile proceeded to document the dances being done in the local clubs. Here she was to notice a different style of swing being done and named it the Western version or West Coast version of swing.

This she reported back to Murray, which he began to teach it in the late 1940s. Many people claim that Murray created West Coast Swing, however, he was only one of the first studio's to include it in his dance syllabus, thanks to Miss Haile.

Laurie also held the record for continuos turning, she did spot pivots for one and a half hours.

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

n/a 1920 - 1998 n/a   n/a  
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Ballroom Andre' ???? n/a
Charleston Jimmy Rodriguez      
Latin Dances Joey Harris      
Jitterbug Norris Houser      
Lindy Hop Rocky Mari      
Square Dance            
Tango            
West Coast Swing            
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Most California Clubs n/a n/a
and Ballrooms            
 

Films

Television

Publications

n/a Arthur Murray (TV Show) The Steplighter
      Make Believe Ballroom      
NOTE:Her residence was: 1344 N ORCHARD DR., BURBANK, CA. 91506-1112, (213) 849-4478
August 10, 2007
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