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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.

Vintage v. Repro From: lindyshopper.com | October 11, 2011 Vintage or reproduction? The obvious answer is both, but I’d like to delve into the pros, cons, and considerations that go into the collection of both and the considerations that go along with the decision to wear each of them.

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.

Mister John Clancy From: taintwhatyoudo.wordpress.com | October 07, 2011 At the end of August at ILHC Lennart Westerlund gave a LED Talk about the involvement of Sweden (in turn himself) of the swing dance revival back in the 80s and 90s. During the talk Lennart showed a clip of one of the first instructors they invited to Herrang, John Clancy.

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.

Random Lindy Hop and Balboa Geek Discovery: Bal, Swing and Lindy from the Waist Down (And Something Possibly Amazing) From: swungover.wordpress.com | October 06, 2011 I recently was looking around stock footage websites when I came across something peculiar: a series of clips of jitterbuggers, several minutes of it, mostly from the waist down. I appears to all be leftover swing-era film footage. At first I thought were simply of random mediocre dance extras, as often happens in stock film footage. But then I realized that these Lindy dancers are actually good. And, there’s Balboa and LA Swing (Early form of Bal-Swing) in there them hills. In fact, several of the dancers look oddly familiar. One in particular blew my mind, as you’ll see ahead.

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.

Swing Analogies: Lindy Hoppers are 22-to-25-year-olds From: swungover.wordpress.com | September 29, 2011 Obviously it’s a ballpark figure. But after countless hours researching — taking wind measurements, trying to remember how to use our TI-82, training a lemur to swing out, and then trying to steal its styling when it looked cooler than us — scientists over here in the Swungover Laboratory Cavern have recently concluded that Lindy Hoppers are often at their best when they dance like 22 to 25-year-olds.

Arthur Murray: How to Shag From: vforvintageblog.blogspot.com | September 28, 2011 As a follow up to yesterday's Arthur Murray post, here's a clip of the man himself teaching and demonstrating shag. Boy, do those kiddos learn fast or what?

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.

Arthur Murray: How to Become a Good Dancer From: vforvintageblog.blogspot.com | September 27, 2011 Here are some scans from Arthur Murray's book "How to Become a Good Dancer". Originally published in 1938, Arthur Murray's book illustrates the popular ballroom dance steps using the footprint diagrams he developed for his mail order dance instruction booklets in the 20's.