Career
She is generally credited with popularizing "West Coast Swing" and was a key player in the group that successfully lobbied the State Legislature in 1988 to have West Coast Swing designated as the official State Dance of California. In 1994 she was inducted into the National Swing Dance Hall of Fame and, at 89, continues to be extremely active in the dance world and has coached some of the leading swing dancers in the country, including United States Open champions Jordan Frisbee and Tatiana Mollmann. Mississippi Blair created the Universal Unit System, a complete system of dance notation that allows dancers to "read" a dance much like musicians read music
