In 1979, as disco was dying a protracted death, Scholastic Books finally decided that maybe this whole "dancing" thing could make them a little scratch. And thus was born The Disco Handbook.
In doing a little research, I found the International Hustle Dance Association, which exists solely "to help promote, protect and nurture the Hustle as a social, competitive, and artistic dance form." That's from their constitution. Dude! They really have an actual constitution! Anyway, their website is at the wicked ugly URL www.i-h-d-a.com.
Also published by Scholastic was the tween 'zine Dynamite. Does anyone else remember Dynamite besides me? The first issue was dated March 1974 and featured characters Hawkeye and Radar from the popular television series M*A*S*H. The final issue, Dynamite #165, was dated March 1992 and featured Julia Roberts and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Somewhere in between there they found it necessary to celebrate the supernova talents of mimes Shields & Yarnell, (The Dukes of Hazzard star) Bo Duke, the cast of What's Happening!!, (The Dukes of Hazzard star) Luke Duke, a Debbie Gibson vs. Tiffany face-ff and (at last!) both Dukes together in issue #89.
More Dynamite cover scans over at retroCRUSH.
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