The misleading myth, that after it closed the Savoy and the Lindy Hop were forgotten for many years until this or that person came along and "re-discovered" either or the both of them, is disproved by this one picture!

This photo of Coley Wallace (ex-Savoy Bouncer, and former champion contender himself and star of the bio-pic of one of the most famous heavy-weight boxing champions ever - Joe Louis) marks where the entrance to the Savoy Ballroom was once located. He did this at the request of Mark the Savoy campaign. Coley had stood in that spot many times as a bouncer when the Savoy stood behind him. Coley never forgot, nor did many others. At the auction on September 29, 1958 at the Savoy when the fixtures and fittings were sold off, four of the regular dancers staged a "last dance" to make it clear that its memory would not fade. And it didn't in many different ways.

The first section covers and important but often area of the initial interactions between new and original generations of dancers. Often captured in a “first impressions” encounter are vivid observations with many details that become less obvious after time.

The next two sections are intended to be guides to books, articles, radio and TV programmes and films that cover the Savoy in some way or other, and will provide some indication of their degree of usefulness.

The last section lists events commemorating the Savoy in any way from academic discussions to pure dancing, past and present. Annual events like the Harvest Moon Ball preliminaries which continued to be staged by the indefatigable "Mama Lou" Parks, who continued to send champion Lindy Hoppers to Madison Square Gardens until it was no longer possible, and the Beaux Arts Balls continued to be staged elsewhere, as did the activities of the many other black organizations that had previously held their "formals"(events) at the Savoy. Thus details of past events are thus as welcome as forthcoming ones.