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Connie Segerstrom in dance outfit, c. 1934
Young Connie Segerstrom Haire (1926-2025) in dance outfit. Handwritten on back: "Inez Browning taught dancing to Jensen girls." -
Film still for The Bamboo Blonde, 1945
Film still for the 1946 film, The Bamboo Blonde, a romantic comedy by Anthony Mann and starring Frances Langford as Louise Anderson. Scene from the movie includes Langford singing on a beach set with palm trees and dancers all around her.
1945 Copyright statement, RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. -
Chela Jacobo and dance students, c. 1960
Audience watches dance recital with instructor, Chela Jacobo and her students. Students of Jacobo's studio performed many recitals in the area, the first being held in May 1958 at the Stuart Woman's Club. -
Dancer Chela Jacoba, 1962
Published in the Stuart News (27 Oct 2013) with caption "Dance instructor Chela Jacobo and some of her young students in 1962 learning the techniques of dance."
Jacobo was a world renowned dancer and dance instructor. Originally from Bogota, Columbia, she moved to Texas after marrying an American businessman by the name of Dwayne C. Leschhorn. The couple moved to the Port Salerno area in the late 1950s and Jacobo opened a successful dance studio where she taught ballet and Spanish dance.
Students of Jacobo's studio performed many recitals in the area, the first being held in May 1958 at the Stuart Woman's Club. She also wrote and choregraphed several original ballets which were performed locally. She opened the Chela Jacobo Dance Academy at 1201 Colorado Avenue in August 1971. Jacobo continued to teach dance in Martin County until moving back to Columbia in 1977. -
Outdoor dance party, 1957
Groups of dance partners on the street in Stuart at night. -
Outdoor dance circle, 1957
Group of people join hands on a Stuart city street and dance in a circle at night. Crowd of people watch the dance circle from the sidewalk. -
Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club, 1962
View of Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club partners on the dance floor. -
Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club, 1962
View of Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club partners on the dance floor. -
Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club, 1962
View of Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club partners on the dance floor. The dance couple on the left identified in the Stuart News (6 Sep 1962) as Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cooke. -
Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club, 1962
View of two Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club partners on the dance floor.