{"id":82917,"date":"2013-01-25T15:23:06","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lemouching.com\/old\/2013\/01\/the-silver-belles\/"},"modified":"2013-01-25T15:23:06","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T14:23:06","slug":"the-silver-belles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemouching.com\/en\/2013\/01\/the-silver-belles\/","title":{"rendered":"THE &#8221; SILVER BELLES &#8220;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the story of tap dancers, the legendary chorus girls called the &#8220;Silver Belles&#8221; who are pushing a 100 today.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemouching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Le-Mouching-fly-fishing-Silver-belles1.jpg?resize=639%2C212&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"212\" \/> They continue to dance (a little slower perhaps) as they have all their life, since the 30&#8217;s, the crazy years of the Cotton Club and the Apollo up in Harlem in New York City. And they&#8217;ll dance right to the end, in spite of the iniquities and the grueling life that they endured. Listen to the fabulous Bertye Lou Wood, one of the leaders of the group, 96 years old: &#8220;I&#8217;m gong to dance, dance, dance, &#8217;till I can&#8217;t dance no more and I&#8217;m going to live, live, live, &#8217;til I die.&#8221; Can you imagine, during the celebrated epoch of the Cotton Club they would dance nine shows a day, work continuously for 16 hours\u2026 everyday!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1170\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qrChxG4G0jg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And a great part of the story is that one lovely day they had had it with being exploited by the bosses and were the first African\/American women in the USA to go on strike; it was these gals who took that risk. And you&#8217;d better believe, that was a big deal for blacks at the time! \u00a0After a few days the bosses of the club, seeing their bankroll evaporate, relented; they would increase the dancers salary, but refused to take back the &#8220;ringleaders&#8221;.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-28356\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemouching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fly-fishing-le-mouching-silver.jpg?resize=300%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s everyone or no one!&#8221; was the response.<\/p>\n<p>Today they&#8217;re all in their high 80&#8217;s and in spite of multiple cancers, arthritis, falls down the Metro stairs at 125th street in Harlem\u2026 they dance. To dance for these marvelous women is to live, it&#8217;s FUN; in New York they are, still and forever, stars and role models for a lot of young women!<\/p>\n<p>And are they beautiful, these ancient lovers of Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington! And how they love each other and laugh together as they have since day one!<\/p>\n<p>And me, damn it, who complains about my pathetic vertebrae! Button it up Fleche. Go and have fun fishing and stop being a pain in the ass. You are a lucky bastard so, SHUT THE FUCK UP!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OK. But I think I&#8217;ll offer myself a ticket to the Apollo saturday night! \u00a0Wanna come along?<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemouching.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Le-mouching-fly-fishing-Apollo.jpg?resize=750%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the story of tap dancers, the legendary chorus girls called the &#8220;Silver Belles&#8221; who are pushing a 100 today. They continue to dance (a little slower perhaps) as they have all their life, since the 30&#8217;s, the crazy years of the Cotton Club and the Apollo up in Harlem in New York City. And they&#8217;ll dance right to the end, in spite of the iniquities and the grueling life that they endured. 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