WE DID IT! 目标达成！
It tood us 6 years! Since Frankie lindy hopped to heaven in 2009, dancers around the world had gotten on a mission asking Google to honor Frankie and World Lindy Hop Day by creating Frankie's Google Doodle on his birthday. We have been disappointed year after year... But in 2006, Frankie finally got his Google Doodle!!
自从Frankie 2009年去天堂大舞厅跳舞之后，全球舞者就不断写信要求谷歌在Frankie的生日能以著名的谷歌涂鸦纪念Frankie并庆祝世界林蒂舞日。一年、一年，谷歌都让我们失望了。。等了6年之后，谷歌终于在2016年的5月26日，Frankie的生日回应了我们的要求！！
自从Frankie 2009年去天堂大舞厅跳舞之后，全球舞者就不断写信要求谷歌在Frankie的生日能以著名的谷歌涂鸦纪念Frankie并庆祝世界林蒂舞日。一年、一年，谷歌都让我们失望了。。等了6年之后，谷歌终于在2016年的5月26日，Frankie的生日回应了我们的要求！！
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Google Doole Celebrating Frankie 102 Birthday
(May 26th, 2016) |
The following is the template we used to send emails to Google.
以下是提供给舞者写信给谷歌的模板。
以下是提供给舞者写信给谷歌的模板。
Google Doodle for Frankie
May 26 is Frankie Manning's, the Ambassador of Lindy Hop, birthday. Swing dancers around the world are sending emails to Google to request that they create a doodle for Frankie Manning to display on May 26th. You can ask any way you like. But here are two examples that you can copy or persoanlize it before sending. Here is the movement's Facebook page for you to voice your support and pass on the information --- https://www.facebook.com/events/280677998690775/281066528651922/
To: proposals@google.com
Subject: Frankie Manning doodle
Example 1: (from Alex Cloutier)
Dear Googlers,
I'm writing to suggest that for your next doodle you consider honoring Frankie Manning, a man who inspired thousands of people in several countries with his energy, his love, and his talent. His birthday is May 26th, and I'd like the doodle to be on that date.
Frankie Manning was one of the original Lindy Hoppers in the Savoy Ballroom in the 1920s and 30s. He was the first person to execute an "air step," or "aerial," in Lindy Hop, a type of acrobatic move that has come to dominate the public perception of swing dancing. Perhaps more significantly, though, he was an indispensable resource during the swing revival beginning in the 1980s and continuing to this day. His knowledge and generosity helped people to become skilled in a complex and dormant art, while his energy and personality made them want to. He helped people rediscover the richness of early jazz and swing as well as the joy of dancing to it with a partner.
Frankie Manning died April 27, 2009, just before his 95th birthday celebration (Frankie95, held in New York). The celebration was held anyway, as a way of mourning and celebrating the man and his contributions and the myriad ways he had touched so many people during his life. During the festival a tribute video was screened that featured over 5,000 dancers from 22 countries performing the "shim sham," a choreographed line dance that has come to be associated with Frankie.
Here are some links for reference:
Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Manning
shim sham tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_k_BIA_unI
Hellzapoppin' 1941 film featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0BHxhUnokU
Frankie's choreography in the film Keep Punching with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ
Hopefully,
[your name]
Example 2: (from Sharon Davis)
Hi Google!
Please can your Google doodle on May 26 be a tribute to Frank Manning, the world famous swing dancer? He died on this day 3 years ago, at the age of 94, so we are all thinking of him today.
On May 26, his birthday, thousands of dancers young and old around the world will be remembering and honouring him. He was one of the most famous and important swing dancers and choreographers in the 1930s and 1940s, so we honoured him as a living legend. He created the first acrobatic step in swing dancing. He choreographed and danced for Hollywood films. He toured the world and performed on the most famous stages of the swing era.
But more than that, in the 1980s, when the dance called Lindy Hop had been all-but-dead for 40 years, Frankie came out of retirement and started teaching around the world. He helped create an international revival of swing dancing and culture, and now there are tens of thousands of swing dancers all around the globe. It's a joyous, exciting dance, a celebration of jazz and life, and Frankie was the most beloved member of our international family. He was an inspiring, kind, generous and joyful man. He was our teacher, our friend and our idol. He was still dancing and teaching all the way up to the age of 94.
He touched so many people, all around the world. We called him the Ambassador of Lindy Hop, and there is a book about him by that title (http://www.amazon.com/Frankie-Manning-Ambassador-Lindy-Hop/dp/1592135633).
Please consider honouring him with a Google doodle on May 26, it would mean a lot to a lot of people!
Yours sincerely,
[your name]
To: proposals@google.com
Subject: Frankie Manning doodle
Example 1: (from Alex Cloutier)
Dear Googlers,
I'm writing to suggest that for your next doodle you consider honoring Frankie Manning, a man who inspired thousands of people in several countries with his energy, his love, and his talent. His birthday is May 26th, and I'd like the doodle to be on that date.
Frankie Manning was one of the original Lindy Hoppers in the Savoy Ballroom in the 1920s and 30s. He was the first person to execute an "air step," or "aerial," in Lindy Hop, a type of acrobatic move that has come to dominate the public perception of swing dancing. Perhaps more significantly, though, he was an indispensable resource during the swing revival beginning in the 1980s and continuing to this day. His knowledge and generosity helped people to become skilled in a complex and dormant art, while his energy and personality made them want to. He helped people rediscover the richness of early jazz and swing as well as the joy of dancing to it with a partner.
Frankie Manning died April 27, 2009, just before his 95th birthday celebration (Frankie95, held in New York). The celebration was held anyway, as a way of mourning and celebrating the man and his contributions and the myriad ways he had touched so many people during his life. During the festival a tribute video was screened that featured over 5,000 dancers from 22 countries performing the "shim sham," a choreographed line dance that has come to be associated with Frankie.
Here are some links for reference:
Wikipedia Entry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Manning
shim sham tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_k_BIA_unI
Hellzapoppin' 1941 film featuring Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0BHxhUnokU
Frankie's choreography in the film Keep Punching with Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ
Hopefully,
[your name]
Example 2: (from Sharon Davis)
Hi Google!
Please can your Google doodle on May 26 be a tribute to Frank Manning, the world famous swing dancer? He died on this day 3 years ago, at the age of 94, so we are all thinking of him today.
On May 26, his birthday, thousands of dancers young and old around the world will be remembering and honouring him. He was one of the most famous and important swing dancers and choreographers in the 1930s and 1940s, so we honoured him as a living legend. He created the first acrobatic step in swing dancing. He choreographed and danced for Hollywood films. He toured the world and performed on the most famous stages of the swing era.
But more than that, in the 1980s, when the dance called Lindy Hop had been all-but-dead for 40 years, Frankie came out of retirement and started teaching around the world. He helped create an international revival of swing dancing and culture, and now there are tens of thousands of swing dancers all around the globe. It's a joyous, exciting dance, a celebration of jazz and life, and Frankie was the most beloved member of our international family. He was an inspiring, kind, generous and joyful man. He was our teacher, our friend and our idol. He was still dancing and teaching all the way up to the age of 94.
He touched so many people, all around the world. We called him the Ambassador of Lindy Hop, and there is a book about him by that title (http://www.amazon.com/Frankie-Manning-Ambassador-Lindy-Hop/dp/1592135633).
Please consider honouring him with a Google doodle on May 26, it would mean a lot to a lot of people!
Yours sincerely,
[your name]
