Lady Jetsetters: Footwork on the Roof
It probably doesn’t happen as often as it used to, but the more exuberant second-liners still end up on the roofs of buildings, as a …
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Lady Jetsetters: From S & S Club to Silky’s
From the S & S Club, our parade worked its way down sidestreets to a club called Silky’s, where the largest crowd of the afternoon …
Millennium Madness Drill Team & Drum Squad #MMHF13
The Millennium Madness Drill Team and Drum Squad is a Memphis-based youth organization that provides opportunities for young people to be involved in drill team …
Memphis’ Inner City Drumming Traditions With The Baby Blues Drumline #MMHF13
Drums and drumming have played a tremendous role in the cultural life of Memphis’ inner-city Black communities, throughout most of the 20th and 21st century. …
South Memphis Hard Head
The hard head dance craze started more than a year ago, but Memphis youth still love it! At the South Memphis Block Party For Peace …
Hitting That Hard Head In South Memphis
A young boy demonstrates the Memphis dance known as the “hard head” at the South Memphis Block Party for Peace at South Parkway and Texas …
Exuberant Footwork at the End of the Money Wasters Second-Line with @TBC_BrassBand
The final blocks of the Money Wasters second-line on Basin Street below Claiborne brought out the most enthusiastic dancers. There were already large crowds in …
TBC Brass Band (@TBC_BrassBand)Can’t Get Enough Of That Funky Stuff
The TBC Brass Band and the Money Wasters social aid and pleasure club enter the home stretch of their second-line on Basin Street in the …
Under The Bridge and Along North Claiborne With the @TBC_BrassBand at the Money Wasters Second-Line
Whenever a downtown second-line reaches the I-10 bridge on North Claiborne, things get kicked up a notch, because there is usually already a crowd under …
The Wildman
This painting of a Black Indian Wildman was on the door of a house along the parade route for the Money Wasters second-line. In the …