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Harvest Moon Ball Ticket Stub
1940 Harvest Moon Ball

Madison Square Gardens, New York - August 28, 1940

The Harvest Moon Ball was one of the biggest couple dance contests for amateur dancers ever held in the United States. The HMB was held in New York at Madison Square Gardens as well as other cites throughout the US from 1935 to 1984.

 Harvest Moon Ball Award

 

Birth Place

Creation Date

Creator

Locations
New York 1932 N.Y. Times Madison Sqaure Garden - NY
 
CONGA DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
FOXTROT DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"Yellow">"Aqua">"#6666FF">  "#6666FF">  "#6666FF"> 
 
LINDY HOP DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"  "Yellow">"Aqua">
George Snowden & Big Bea"#FFFFFF"  		"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -
"#00FFFF">Wilda Crawford & Thomas Lee
(aka"Tops & Wilda") 		"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -
"#00FFFF">Frank Manning and Ann Johnson
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#00FFFF"
George Gren and Norma Miller		 "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
? Wilda Crawford & Thomas Lee ? "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
Jimmy Valentine (Paul Perrone) and Vivian Larkin won the Pre-lims at the Savoy, but where a no show in the finals.
RUMBA DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
TANGO DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
WALTZ DIVISION - FINALISTS:    
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a "Yellow">Couple #? -"#FFFFFF"n/a
"#6666FF">WINNERS: "#6666FF">FIRST "#6666FF">SECOND "#6666FF">THIRD
"#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a "#6666FF">n/a
 
ALL AROUND CHAMPION The Professional Judges   Pre-Lim Locations
N/A"#FFFFFF">  Bernie Sager Louis Brecker Glen Island Casino Ballroom
  Elsa Heilich Thomas Riley Roseland Ballroom
  Francis Chalif   "#FFFFFF">Savoy Ballroom
 
Musicians / Singers Announcer Emcee Entertainers
Barry Wood "#FFFFFF">n/a Ed Sullivan Floria Vestoff (Tap)
Oscar de la Rosa Orch.     Ray Bolger
Woody Herman Orch.     Stella & Papo (Rumba)
      The DeMarcos (Blrm)
       
 

Posters, Lobby Cards etc.

Sheet Music Covers

 Films / Videos
n/a All Gods Chillin' Got Rhythm n/a
      Ballin' the Jack  
     

 
       
       
Various Dance Posters  
African Dance Makumbane  
Hellzapoppin'  
House Rent Party  
Last Waltz  
Mystery in Swing Charleston  
Red Hot Martini (Pin Up) G.I. Jive  
Saturday Night Fever Reuben Foxtrot  
The Duke Is Tops The Continental  
 

Books, Magazine Articles on the dance...
Title Author Date Published Publisher
n/a      
       
       

Misc. Research Words that may be related ... to help your searches
Shorty George Madison Square Gardens   -
Lindy Hop New York Times News Welfare Association    

Notes:

 
Other Years of the Harvest Moon Ball
1927
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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