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The Great Debate: Should Lindy Hop be danced to other music? From: swungover.wordpress.com | March 30, 2011 No. The reason almost every dance exists in the first place is because of the music that inspired it.

CSI 2011 – Friday Performances From: johoffberg.com | March 29, 2011 It was opening night and all the teachers had a little sum’im-sum’im to throw down. Heheh, we might have done the Friday and Saturday show differently had Sharon’s luggage arrived sooner. Regardless, it was a great show! Juan & Sharon opened the Friday night show with Ballin’ the Jack, which looked amazing! Unfortunately, I can’t find video from it. Anyone have it?

A Letter to My Jilted Feet From: www.atomicballroom.com | March 29, 2011 Oh my dancing feet, I can only apologize profusely for the last two months of neglect.  I know that you can’t possibly understand why we weren’t dancing the night away, why we turned down all those invitations to come dancing at ATOMIC, but I promise, I’ll make it up to you.

27 Best Ways to Get Rejected at a Dance From: feedproxy.google.com | March 29, 2011 When you don’t know someone well, there’s pretty much ONE way to ask them to dance. And there are at least 27 ways which will most often get you rejected.

CSI 2011 – Saturday Performances From: johoffberg.com | March 28, 2011 What an amazing show this turned out to be! Even though this was thrown together, it couldn’t have worked out any better. The best part: the audience.

Boston Tea Party 2011 Advanced Lindy Jack and Jill (video) From: www.rikomatic.com | March 28, 2011 I just got back from the awesome Boston Tea Party dance weekend in Massachusetts.  It was a really fun time watching the competitions, seeing lots of friends, and dancing to all hours to west coast swing,lindy hop, and soul music. One highlight was the advanced Jack and Jill lindy hop competition, which several of my friends were competing in, including my buddy Spuds who made the finals!

Kate Hedin demos a rock step substitution From: followervariations.wordpress.com | March 28, 2011 Kate Hedin and Jason Niesz demonstrate various simple variations in a Jam Cellar Building Your Basics Swing series. A nice, simple rock step substitution is shown in the second half of the video.

The long history of eccentrically dressed British swing dancers From: followervariations.wordpress.com | March 28, 2011 Italy might have Vincenzo & Isabella as modern Lindy Hop style icons. Argentina and Australia have Juan Villafañe and Sharon Davis. America has the Lindy Dandy and The Lindy Shopper to turn to for fashion advice and they also have Dax and Sarah arguing for both men and women to look more stylish and improve their dancing by wearing heels.

The Episode Where the Koreans Bring It From: jsalmonte.wordpress.com | March 28, 2011 I was going to post this right quick on the Facebook Page for Wandering & Pondering, but then I realized that I had more to say a quick blurb.

My Sole Problem From: taintwhatyoudo.wordpress.com | March 28, 2011 So this past weekend Dax Hock posted a challenge “The Heel Challenge Has BEGUN! All Women in Heels, All Men in Hard Leather Dress Shoes. Who’s in?“

Korean Lindy Hop Championships 2011 – Couples Division From: johoffberg.com | March 27, 2011 The Camp Swing It team put on another amazing event and threw the first Korean Lindy Hop Championships! I have to say, the attendees of CSI threw down this weekend and I’m so proud of everyone who competed!!

The “Ready” Position From: artanddancing.wordpress.com | March 27, 2011 Are you ready to be moved as a follow? If you… …are leaning back from your shoulders (instead of keeping you chest over the balls of you feet) you are going to feel off balance, and be hard to move.