Barbara Billups

Barbara Billups was Sonny Allen's partner after he won the Lindy Championship at New York's Harvest Moon Ball in 1958.

Together with Sugar Sullivan, Barbara was one of the four young ladies of "Sonny Allen and The Rockets" fame.  The Rockets, a song & dance revue, grew out of the dancing at New York's Savoy Ballroom.  They traveled across The United States and Canada, entertaining packed audiences in hotels and nightclubs everywhere.

Barbara has been away from the dance scene for some years but returned for the 2006 and 2007 Masters of Lindy Hop and Tap.  We are pleased that she is coming back in 2008 to again assist Sugar with her workshops.


photo: ©Rich Hansen Photography, used by permission