JITTERBUG DANCE on BALKAN WAY

Steven Wagner - Stevan Vagner, Podrum COLLEGIUM MELODIUM , World music museum in BELGRADE and Fabulous Serbian Ethno Vocal - Dance Group * SVITANJE * present The jitterbug a kind of dance popularized in the United States in the early twentieth century and is associated with various types of swing dances such as the Lindy Hop] jive, and East Coast Swing. Cab Calloway's 1934 recording of "Call of the Jitter Bug" (Jitterbug)[9] and the film "Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party"[10] popularized use of the word "jitterbug" and created a strong association between Calloway and jitterbug. Lyrics to "Call of the Jitter Bug" clearly demonstrate the association between the word jitterbug and the consumption of alcohol: