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Shoe Wardrobe Tour: For Her From: allthecatsjoinin.wordpress.com | March 11, 2011 Yesterday we talked about the major factors to consider when purchasing shoes: comfort, smoothness and grip, and style. Now for the fun part: a tour of our shoe wardrobe. I’ll start off with my dance shoes, and then talk about Craig’s. Initially I thought I could discuss all of our shoes at once but we simply have too many! Come back tomorrow for a tour of his shoes.

The Hot Shots From: johoffberg.com | March 11, 2011 The Call of the Lindy Hop, starring HARLEM HOT SHOTS swing dance company, recorded at CHICAGO swing dance studio in September 2010.

The 2011 Swing/Jazz Dance Music Video Contest From: johoffberg.com | March 11, 2011 Seattle Vintage Jazz Dance is proud to present… the 3rd Annual Swing/Jazz Dance Music Video Contest! The first contest was a resounding success, and the second year was just as amazing! We hope that this year’s contest will be even better!

Put on Your Dancin’ Shoes From: allthecatsjoinin.wordpress.com | March 10, 2011 One of the most frequently recurring questions we get as teachers and promoters is about shoes. My answer depends on if the person is just starting out in lindy hop or is already committed.

Hair by Lindsay K. From: johoffberg.com | March 09, 2011 Ladies, thank you for all the comments and photos that you’ve sent me. Here is one of the great emails I got from a few of you that I thought I should pass on to everyone! Lindsay, thanks for photographing your hard work and for letting me post this on my blog!!

Drill, Daddy, Drill From: allthecatsjoinin.wordpress.com | March 09, 2011 In addition to being a great song by Dorothy Ellis, “Drill, Daddy, Drill” is a useful motto for any dancer. Most swing dance instruction focuses on moves, styling and technique. It’s not often that you see swing dancers practice turns across the floor like ballet dancers. I’m not saying that it never happens. We include it in our classes occasionally. But as an instructor getting people started with social dancing, many who have little to no dance experience, there are often other priorities like having fun and getting some sort of rhythmic pulse into the body.

Heartland Swing Festival 2011 From: johoffberg.com | March 08, 2011 I’ll be honest, I never thought I’d end up in Des Moines, IA (pronounced duh-Moyne), but this past weekend I got to visit a new state. As per usual, I didn’t see much of the city, but I did have a great time at the event. Here’s the run down.

Interview with Glenn Crytzer of the Syncopators From: swungover.wordpress.com | March 08, 2011 Most swing dancers have heard of groups like the Boilermaker Jazz Band, Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, and the Loose Marbles. But a new force in swing music has hit the band stands in the last few years and is quickly earning a lot of dancer’s hearts for his driving swing rhythms and original compositions. Glenn Crytzer is the founder of the Syncopators, and we talked with him about his take on playing for dancers, the band’s new CD, and the upcoming “battle” with Jonathan Stout at DCLX.

Decision Trees and Newbies From: taintwhatyoudo.wordpress.com | March 08, 2011 One of the hardest things I deal with when teaching newer dancers a.k.a newbies/novices is understanding their need for context-free and defined rules, yet not compromising my personal beliefs when it comes to dancing.

“Swing Kids” Part 1 of 2: The Movie From: www.atomicballroom.com | March 08, 2011 As a Lindy Hopper who started dancing in the mid-90s there are a few modern films that really influenced me and “Swing Kids” is right at the top.  Released in 1993 “Swing Kids” discussed an area of history that was all but forgotten during the horror that was World War II.

Liberty Blues 2011 From: mikeypedroza.com | March 08, 2011 One of our latest trips was to Indianapolis for a great event Liberty Blues 2011. Nikki and I were just so amazed by all the people and had such a blast teaching the dancers in the mid west. The event was a Lindy Hop, Blues and Soul dance weekend.

Behind The Dance: Frida & Skye at ALHC 2005 From: jsalmonte.wordpress.com | March 07, 2011 John White over at Black Belt Lindy just posted the second part of an analysis of Frida Segerdahl & Skye Humphries’ 1st place performance from the Classic Division of the 2005 American Lindy Hop Championships. This reminded me of a comment I tried posting to another blog talking about the same clip, but for some reason never got through. (I just checked and the whole blog is gone now)