Date |
Contest Name |
Location |
State |
Type |
Winners/other |
| 4/5/1868 |
Wallacks Jig Contest |
Wallacks Theater |
NY? |
Jig |
Winners: Tommy Peel (2nd Billy O'Neil) |
| 4/22/1908 |
Castle
Innovation Contest |
Castle House |
NY |
Innovation |
n/a |
| 2/11/1911 |
Lowbro Waltzing Contest |
Birmingham |
AL? |
Waltz |
n/a |
| c.1920s |
Cinderella Roof Charleston Contests |
Long Beach |
CA |
Charleston |
Winners: Yellowhorse |
| 1925 |
World Tango Championships |
New York? |
NY |
Tango |
Winners: Dorothy Cole &
Scott Atkinson |
| 4/22/1925 |
Avon Athletic Hall Contests |
Marigold Gardens |
n/a |
Foxtrot |
n/a |
| 12/24/1925 |
B.F Keiths "Singles" Charleston Contest |
Keith's Theater |
NY |
Charleston |
Winners:
Louise Sullivan |
| 1925 |
Dance Masters Of America |
Trianon
Ballroom |
NY |
Charleston |
n/a |
| 1926 |
Million Dollar Pier - Charleston Contests |
Million Dollar Pier |
NJ |
Charleston |
Weekly |
| 2/8&9/1926 |
National Charleston Dance Contest of the World |
Chicago's
Trianon
Ballroom |
IL. |
Charleston |
Winners:
Jim and Louise Sullivan,
2nd Ginger Rogers |
| 1927 |
Black Bottom Championships |
Roseland Ballroom |
NY |
Black
Bottom |
n/a |
| 1927-1984 |
Harvest
Moon Ball Championships |
Madison
SQ. Garden |
N.Y. |
Various |
See Pages!!! (Here) |
| 1928 |
Belleville Turners Elimination Contest |
n/a |
n/a |
Foxtrot |
Winners: Lester Mulligan & Laura Leezy |
| 1928 |
Chicago's State Congress Theatre Contest |
Chicago State Theatre |
IL. |
Shimmy |
Winner: Hinda Wassau |
| 3/1930 |
weekly Lindberg Hop contest |
(3/29/1930 the Baltimore Afro-American announced
winner) |
NY? or MD? |
Lindy
Hop |
winner: Rabbit Taylor |
| 9/21/1931 |
Broadway Stage Dance Championships |
New York |
NY |
Tap,
The Creole |
n/a (shown on Pathe News Reel) |
| 9/6/1932 |
New Jersey State Dancing Championship |
Palisade's Amusement Park Ballroom |
N.J. |
N/A |
n/a |
| 1934 |
Apollo Lindy Hop Championships |
Apollo
Theater |
NY |
Lindy
Hop |
Winners: Leroy Jones & Edith |
| 4/21/1934 |
Casa Del Rey Nightclub |
Newark |
N.J. |
Peabody |
n/a |
| 1936 |
Dance To Fame Contest (hosted by Veloz
and Yolanda) |
Los Angeles (L.A. Examiner) |
CA. |
Ballroom |
Winners:
The Champions |
| 1937 |
Metro. Intercollegiate Championships |
n/a |
USA |
Shag |
Winners: Coleman & Conklin |
| 12/9/1937 |
Paramounts Swing Dance Tournament |
Paramount Theatre, Los Angeles, CA. |
USA |
Jitterbug |
reported dancers: Lillian Arnold & Lawrence Wise,
Mary McCaslin & Maxie Dorf, and Venna Cascon & Gil Fernadez
|
| 6/18/1939 |
Palomar Ballroom's Swingeroo Jitterbug Contest |
Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles |
USA |
Jitterbug plus others |
Winners: Jack Arkin and Marion Goldy, 2nd: Hal and
Betty Takier |
| 1939 |
International Jitterbug Championships |
n/a |
USA |
Jitterbug |
n/a |
| 1944 |
Jitterbugs and Jive Austailian Contest |
Austrailia |
AUS. |
Jitterbug |
n/a |
| 9/26/1950 |
?Lancashire Ballroom Championships? |
Floral Hall, Lancashire |
ENG. |
Ballroom |
Winners: #27 Mr. C. Booth and Miss. L Singleton of
Blackpool, |
| 4/30/1951 |
Rhyl North Wales International Ballroom Formation
Team |
North Wales, England |
ENG. |
Ballroom
(Tango Waltz) |
Winning Choreographer: Mr. Stonehouse and Miss Wantling |
| 5/28/1951 |
Daily Mail Film Awards Ceremony Contest |
Germany |
GER. |
Ballroom |
Winners: Anna Neagle, Herbert Wilcox and John Mills |
| 1954 |
KLAC Charleston Championships |
Los Angeles |
CA. |
Charleston |
Peter
& Gloria Cranwell |
| 1959? |
Lyceum Jitterbug Dance Contest (Pathe Newsreel -1940-1959
Dance Compilation) |
Lyceum |
?ENG.? |
Jitterbug, Jive etc |
n/a |
| 9/21/1959 |
'Grand Prix des Nations' Contest |
England |
ENG. |
|
Winners: Bob Burgess and Doreen Freeman |
| 1961 |
Dance Festival. Hammersmith, London. (Shown on
Pathe Newsreel) |
Hammersmith, England |
Eng |
Ballroom, Jive |
Winners: Derek Diamond (#14) and Vivienne Lee (#12)
, Sydney Winter Group |
| Various |
Dance
Marathons |
Many Locations |
USA |
Various |
See Page |
| 1964 |
NBC Arthur Murray Contest |
Television |
USA |
Ballroom |
n/a |
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