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A Few Random Clips From: swungover.wordpress.com | November 02, 2011 I’m going to shake things up a bit and publish early this week, since I’ll be traveling tomorrow. The recent waist-down clip discovery was from a few nights where I dug around some film footage archives. Here are some of the other clips from the archives that I’ve been watching.

Rennes, France – Thomas Blacharz & Alice Mei (2010)So… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | October 23, 2011 So update from the last post. I made finals at the Yehoodi Strictly Lindy! Hell. Yes. Dan Repsch and Jenny Sowden went on to win, and a big congratulations to a well deserved effort on their part. Also, I was able to dance with the magnificent Nelle Cherry in Philly this weekend and took a few hours of balboa lessons with her and a small, intimate class of varying levels, which really opened up my eyes about the possibilities in the dance.

All-Balboa Weekend – Open ACBC – Bernard Cavasa & Ann-Helene… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | October 20, 2011 Balboa takes a lot of flak sometimes in the Lindy community, all in good fun of course. But this video’s a prime example of just how cool it can look. The footwork variations get me every time, not to mention the way they play with the music and hit all the breaks. This is what a bal spotlight should look like, and this is the second place performance.

Unique & Rare Vintage Swing Dance Clips From: www.atomicballroom.com | October 19, 2011 Discover something new.  Fall in love with something once forgotten.  And get inspired by some of these rare vintage swing and lindy hop clips.

9:20 Special Open House – Michael Terkowski, Manu Smith, &… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | October 17, 2011 Here’s a neat jazz performance with three wonderful dancers. As I think I’ve stated previously, I’ve started a new job so longer and more frequent updates may be trailing off for a little. But enjoy the awesome nonetheless :D

Beantown Camp – Michael Jagger & Evita Arce (2010)Mmm. Been… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | October 13, 2011 Mmm. Been meaning to post this one up. If the song sounds familiar, it’s a different version of the song that Kevin & Jo used for their spectacular ILHC routine.

Back in the Day From: jsalmonte.wordpress.com | October 10, 2011 Over at Bug’s Question of the Day, someone asked for people’s favorite competition videos from 2000-2004. No one answered seriously, so I whipped out a post I wrote on Yehoodi a few years ago when they asked for the top American Lindy Hop Championship moments through 2006. I was just going to cut out the excess years and post that to Bug’s question, but then in a fit of late night random productiveness, I added a whole bunch of stuff I could remember.

Lindy Showdown – Quarterfinals – Soochan Lee & Hyun Jong… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | October 08, 2011 Lindy Showdown - Quarterfinals - Soochan Lee & Hyun Jong Choi vs. Andrew Thigpen & Delilah Williams (2011) Anyway. Hey guys, here’s a fun video from Lindy Showdown. My outdoors, quarterfinals videos came in at a much better quality than my indoors, finals videos did, so I’ll just be posting those instead.

Camp Jitterbug – Lindy Hop Couples Final (2010)I really love… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | October 07, 2011 Camp Jitterbug - Lindy Hop Couples Final (2010) I really love jams. A lot of great partnerships in this one. Juan & Sharon are throwing all their energy in, Nick & Laura pretty much throw down a master class on how to do aerials, Andrew & Karen are goofing off, etc. etc.

Midwest Lindy Fest – Jack & Jill – Skye Humphries &… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | September 30, 2011 Midwest Lindy Fest - Jack & Jill - Skye Humphries & Naomi Uyama (2011) This video should be posting as I’m en route to New Orleans for ULHS. Also, it’s my birthday! Can’t pass up the opportunity to give myself a present and play a Skye video. He’s dancing with the wonderful Naomi Uyama here, and the two work very well together. Both used to be DC-based dancers in the Silver Shadows, so it’s almost impossible to imagine that they wouldn’t be able to anticipate each other’s styles and play around accordingly.

Provence Swing Festival – Solo Jazz – Sharon Davis (2010)My… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | September 28, 2011 My girlfriend, in an effort to prove that Tabby the Cat could be done effectively at a Charleston speed and was not just restricted to blues, had me search through YouTube for videos of Sharon Davis dancing as she has perfected it. So, we came across this wonderful solo jazz performance from last year’s Provence Swing Festival.

Lone Star Championships – All Star Jack & Jill – Michael… From: lindyhopr.tumblr.com | September 26, 2011 Lone Star Championships - All Star Jack & Jill - Michael “Dargoff” Darigol & Joanna Lucero (2011) I think that this is the last Dargoff video I’m allowed to post for legal reasons of not being labeled “insane.” For a little while, anyway.