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hepcats are on the dance floor, the men in zootsuits with dangling watchchains
and duo-tone wingtips, the women in pencil skirts with chunky heels and Andrews
Sisters hairdos. And can they move. From Nicholby’s in Los Angeles to
Swing 56 in New York City clubs all over America are getting into the swing
of things, they're jumpin' to the sounds of swing jazz, straight from the
horns of the gone guys onstage. But wait, this is not 1940, and these are
definitely not your parents. It's 1999, the post-grunge age, the lounge era,
and these hipsters are twenty- and thirtysomethings who actually dress up
on the weekends and go dancing--with partners! Yes, it's one of the most
happenin' scenes in L.A.--has been, in fact, for a couple of years for that
little cult that's always first on any scene--but now its time has truly
come: Nowadays, the mainstream is swinging too, thanks to some serious
word-of-mouth and to the not-so-serious, hit indie-movie
"Swingers."
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