1921: The day Syracuse took a stand against dancing by banning the camel walk, the toddle and the shimmy
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Posted Feb 22, 2021
The type of dancing seen in this 1923 photo of a dance marathon would probably have been allowed in Syracuse following the "drastic" blue laws which were passed by the Common Council on Feb. 21, 1921 banning many popular dances. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Courtesy of the Library of Congress
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February 22, 1921 could be called the day that the dancing stopped in Syracuse.
Well, to be more accurate, that was the day that the vibrant, popular dances associated with the first years of the “Roaring Twenties” and the Jazz Age could no longer be performed in public in the city.