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By NativeNewYorker<\/span><\/p>\n If you want to see some world class jump rope, check out the Double Dutch Holiday Classic <\/a>this Sunday, December 7th from 1 \u2013 4 pm at Harlem\u2019s APOLLO Theatre<\/a>. \u00a0If you\u2019ve never seen competitive Double Dutch, you are in for a treat.\u00a0 The classic schoolyard game played with two ropes turned in eggbeater fashion by two players while a third player jumps was revitalized in the mid-seventies by David A. Walker, then a New York City Police Community Affairs Detective, and his partner Detective Ulysses Williams.\u00a0 They turned Double Dutch into a competitive team sport and held the first tournament, right here in New York City, in 1974.\u00a0 Over the past 35 years, competitive Double Dutch has expanded with thousands of young people from schools and community centers throughout the United States competing at national and international events. <\/span><\/p>\n Tickets are $22 and can be obtained at:<\/span><\/p>\n Apollo Theatre Box Office <\/span><\/p>\n![\"doubledutchjumpers_in_command_051\"](\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/doubledutchjumpers_in_command_051.jpg\" "\\"doubledutchjumpers_in_command_051\\"")
This year\u2019s DD Holiday Classic is dedicated to David Walker who passed away earlier this year.\u00a0 Come and watch the world\u2019s best performing the Fusion Freestyle approach that Walker invented. \u00a0The event is sponsored by the National Double Dutch League<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n