Record #:

22444

Author(s):

Tomlin, Jimmy

Abstract:

Tomlin recounts the history of the June German, which was held in a large tobacco warehouse in Rocky Mount. It was a yearly dance that began in 1880 to celebrate the harvest of the tobacco crop and attracted thousands of dancers along with many spectators. By the 1950s they had disappeared from the Eastern North Carolina social scene. Although African Americans and whites held separate dances, it was a highlight of both their social seasons and it brought in big bands like the Dorseys and Count Basie, the national press, and prominent people nationwide, like movie stars.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 82 Issue 1, Jun 2014, p44-50, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

June German (Dance); Dances--Rocky Mount