Two of the Memphis jookers after a performance for the Mayor of Memphis at the Southern Heritage Classic tailgate, Tiger Lane, Memphis TN, 9/8/12

Spectators Dancing With the Michigan City Soul Steppers at the Southern Heritage Classic Parade

Spectators began to dance as the Michigan City Soul Steppers drumline marched down Park Avenue in the Southern Heritage Classic Parade in Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12

The West Memphis Devastating Divas and Drumline, Southern Heritage Classic Parade

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The West Memphis Devastating Drumline in the Southern Heritage Classic Parade in Orange Mound, Memphis TN, 9/8/12

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MIllennium Madness at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival 2012

Millennium Madness is a youth drill and dance team that competes and performs across the country. Some of their performances are accompanied by a drumline, although the drummers were not present at the Memphis Music and Heritage Festival, 9/2/12

Doing the wobble on Beale Street, Memphis, 5/6/12

The New Ballet Ensemble performing at Melrose Stadium for the Pop-Up Arts Festival in Orange Mound 4/29/12

The New Ballet Ensemble and School teaches all kinds of dance, from African to hip-hop, based at the campus of Dunbar Elementary in Orange Mound. Here are some of their students and instructors performing at the Pop-Up Arts Festival in Orange Mound 4/29/12

The second Pop-Up Arts Festival of the year was held Sunday 4/29/12 at Melrose Stadium in Orange Mound. The event was sponsored by ArtsMemphis and featured live music, dance, African drumming, painting, metalworking, jazz, neo-soul and hip-hop, along with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. Of course, there was also delicious food and lots of fun. 

The Baby Blues drumline was still on Desoto Avenue when I walked back downtown, with a large crowd gathered around as they played cadences. The funk beats brought competitive dancers out of the crowd into the circle, where they faced off against each other, Juke Joint Festival, Clarksdale MS, 4/14/12