The world of *Diamond and Juba* came to life on Thursday night thanks to Ayodele Maakheru's banjo plucking, Pat Mangan's fiddle bowing, and Calvin Booker's tap dancing! Thank you Bowery Alliance and all those who braved the cold to support us! 💕 April #dancesky #booksky #historydancer #skystorians

DeWitt Fleming Jr. demonstrating 1840s champion dancing at the Dec. 10 Book Launch Extravaganza for *Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing.* We brought the arts and scholarship together that night! It moved me to tears.
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Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing is launched!
Thank you DeWitt Fleming Jr, John Reddick, Christina Britton Conroy, Hubby Jenkins, Gabe Terracciano, and Eve Kahn for making it happen! 💕April #skystorians #dancesky #booksky #historydancer

A dancer, fiddler, banjoist and singer are joining me to launch and celebrate *Diamond and Juba* in New York City! www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=c0...
Wed. Dec. 10, 6:30pm, 50 East 7th Street. #skystorians #dancesky #booksky #historydancer #picturethispostdance Hope to see you there!!

Book Launch Extravaganza for *Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing* by April F. Masten, Dec 10, 6:30-8pm, Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th Street, New York City.
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