Louise "Mama Lou" Parks was a hostess at the Savoy Ballroom and caught the attention of the British TV company London Weekend Television paid for one of Mama Lou's events. The program aired in late 1982 on The South Bank Show and featured Parks, her Traditional Jazz Dance Company, and the Lindy Hop. The TV show sparked so much interest in the dance that Mama Lou Parks and her Traditional Jazz Dance Company toured the UK in 1983 and 1984. Terry Monaghan and Warren Heyes met each other at her workshops in London in 1983. Afterwards, they decided to form the British dance company The Lindy Hop Jivers, later renamed to the Jiving Lindy Hoppers