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The History Of Mambo Dancing

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Carmela Dante DeFrancesco and Pedro Aguilar were two of the first popular Mambo dancers. Better known as Millie Donay and Cuban Pete, the duo danced at the famous Palladium Ballroom in New York City back in the 1950s. In 1949 the Palladium began allowing Hispanics to enter the ballroom and it became the Mecca of Mambo in the USA. Donay (Italian) and Pete (Puerto Rican) met at the Palladium in 1952 and they won several dance contests held there.
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