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Skippy Blair (March 15, 1924 – June 30, 2021) Skippy Blair obituary was an American ballroom dancer credited with popularizing "West Coast Swing." Blair was a member of a group that successfully lobbied the State Legislature in 1988 to have West Coast Swing designated as the official State Dance of California. She was also the founder of the Golden State Dance Teachers Association and a co-founder of the World Swing Dance Council. "Skippy Blair", National Swing Dance Hall of Fame webpage
Blair danced in the 1975 film Queen of the Stardust Ballroom.
In 1994, she was inducted into the National Swing Dance Hall of Fame. Her students include US Open champions Jordan Frisbee and
Blair created the Universal Unit System, a complete system of dance notation that allows dancers to "read" a dance much like musicians read music.
Tribute to Skippy Blair with statements by both dancers attesting to Skippy as their teacher retrieved 9.2016
Bibliography
(1978). 9780932980014, Golden State Dance Teachers Association. ISBN 9780932980014
(1995). 9780932980113, Alterra. ISBN 9780932980113
(1999). 9780932980243, Golden State Dance Teachers Association. ISBN 9780932980243
9780736032445, Human Kinetics. ISBN 9780736032445
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