lindy hop as defined on the web.

so I am finding a lot of people have no idea what lindy hop is here in NC. I couldn't find any definiions of what I really think it is so here are the Definitions of LINDY HOP on the Web:

Named by Ray Bolger, after Colonel Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. This Swing had as much "getting into the air" as possible. However, the violently acrobatic style used for exhibitions is not the same as the quietly rhythmic Lindy enjoyed by good dancers on the ballroom floor. The rhythmic patterns takes place over two measures of music. The more acrobatic versions were limited to ballrooms of which the most famous was the New York's Savoy Harlem. ...
www.arthurmurraydayton.com/Dance%20Dictionary.htm

The grandfather of all forms of Swing, named after Charles Lindberg, and originating at the Savoy ballroom in the 1930's as a modified form of Charleston done in dance position. Lindy Hop is currently enjoying a revival with a new generation of swing clubs, musicians, and dancers.
www.ballroomdancers.com/Learning_Center/Glossary/Default.asp

lindy: an energetic American dance that was popular in the 1930s (probably named for the aviator Charles Lindbergh)
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Lindy Hop is a street dance that evolved in Harlem, Manhattan, New York in the late 1920s through the early 1940s, that emerged with swing jazz.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Hop