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Jim and Louise won the"National Charleston
Dance Contest of the World" at the Trianon Ballroom
in Chicago February 8th. & 9th, 1926 (Ginger
Rogers took 2nd.) The contest had a $10,000 first
prize. Later, they toured for two years in ballrooms and
in vaudevilles throughout the country.
The Sullivans were featured in a Fox Newsreel and also appeared
in the Movie 'The Night They Raided Minskys' years later.
Louise also won the Charleston "Singles" contest
on 12/24/1925 that was produced by B.F Keiths.
-Gloria Sullivan-Cotchonis
of La Costa, CA. is the daughter of the Sullivan's who also
is a WCS dancer and previous Charleston Champion who on
September 2, 1954 with her 1st husband Peter Cranwell, won
the KLAC Radio Charleston championships in Los Angeles.
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