DESSI
Oh, I know. We dancing?
Dessi starts teaching Cal the basics of a few dances. They laugh when he steps on her toes and can’t get the steps right.
DESSI
You’re no good at this.
CAL
I’m good at other things.
DESSI
Not at flirting either.
CAL
I mean my horn. I’m a trumpet player.
DESSI
Oh. A musician, huh? I don’t believe you.
CAL
I can prove it, but I had to leave my trumpet in coat check. Come with me to the Radium Club when you get off. See for yourself.
DESSI
When I get off? We don’t shut down ’til three o’clock in the morning.
CAL
Night’s just gettin’ started. Jam sessions and breakfast ’til the sun comes up. Just over off 142nd Street. Whatta ya say, doll?
DESSI
I say don’t call me doll, and I don’t think so. Me and my roommate gotta get home.
CAL
If you change your mind . . .
DESSI
I won’t, but thanks for stepping on all my toes with your two left feet.
They laugh and Dessi leaves for the next customer. Cal stands on the sidelines and watches her go with a smile.
VIEW ON DANCE FLOOR
Dance sequence/montage showcasing the lindy hop, the flying charleston, snakehips and rhumboogie. Cal stands by all night, not dancing again, but watching Dessi from the sidelines. At the end of the night, Dessi thanks her last customer and looks around for Tilda. When she doesn’t see her, she heads for the coatroom, collects her hat and exits the building.
EXTERIOR – LENOX AVENUE – OUTSIDE THE SAVOY – NIGHT
Dessi stands on the street, scanning the well-dressed people leaving the Savoy. Cal approaches her, holding up his trumpet case for her to see.