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Frances Langford dances with friends, c. 1970

Frances Langford (middle) and two friends dance around wearing bowler hats. Langford's two friends are fellow entertainers Patty Thomas and Johnny Cuzzins.

Tags Dance

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.

Tags Dance, Dancers, Florida-Stuart

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.

Tags Dance, Dancers, Flamenco dancers

Prom scene, c. 1955

Dance floor at a junior-senior prom with fishing nets hanging from the ceiling. This may be the 1955 Martin County High School prom held at the Stuart Civic Center, which had the theme of "Beneath the Sea."

Tags Dance, Proms, Students, Tuxedos

Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club, 1962

View of Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club partners on the dance floor.

Tags Dance, Dancers, Square dancing

Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club, 1962

View of Hi-Steppers Square Dance Club partners on the dance floor.

Tags Dance, Dancers, Square dancing, Unidentified portraits

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.

Tags Dance, Dancers, Square dancing