Metrics and viral loops for social games
July 3, 2009 at July 3rd, 2009An interesting slideshare on viral loops.
Metrics for Social Games by David King and Siqi Chen
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Montreal Shim Sham en plein air featured in VOIR magazine
March 19, 2009 at March 19th, 2009This week is Frankie Week. People from around the world are celebrating.
Marie N’Diaye and I are organizing two massive Shim Shams in Montreal. One on Friday night at the Cat’s Corner Downtown Stomp, and another on Sunday noon-time at Place Jacques-Cartier in Vieux Montreal. We will be bringing a banner and camera to film. If you have any questions, call me at 514-575-9025 or Marie at 514-995-3021. Rain or shine, we’ll be out to dance!
Check out the blog post by Fabienne Cabado from VOIR about our event.
You can also view some of the Shim Shams already posted on youtube:
Shimsham with Korean traditional song ‘Arirang’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Facultad de Derecho, Recoleta, Buenes Aires, Argentina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Dovercourt in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Toronto in front of CN Tower
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Kiev Swing Dance Club in Ukraine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
San Francisco in front of the Golden Gate bridge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Shim Sham Seattle for Frankie’s 95th Birthday!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Shim Sham - Frankie Manning’s 95 Birthday - Seattle 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
at Cumberland Shuffle in Nashville/Murfreesboro, TN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Fairfax, Virginia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Frankie Manning 95 worldwide choreography and special Shim Sham for Frankie week
March 6, 2009 at March 6th, 2009Check out Frankie Manning 95 worldwide choreography by Peter Strom and Ramona Staffeld.
It was created by Peter and Ramona in a similar fashion to Peter’s famous Swing&Soul line dances. We’re planning on filming a video response on behalf of Cat’s Corner.
Also, check out next Friday’s Downtown Stomp. We will be videotaping a special Shim Sham for Frankie week!
Dancing and DJ’ing at the Dovercourt House in Toronto
January 5, 2009 at January 5th, 2009I had an awesome time hanging out with Stephanie and the wonderful Toronto dancers this past weekend during the Mike and Casey weekend. It was also fun to DJ at the Dovercourt House - my musical highlight happened when the band started playing along to Ridin’ and Jivin’ (Earl Hines) and after I faded out the recording, most dancers didn’t even notice - to the point that some thought they were still dancing to a record and had to be reminded to clap after the song. It was a seamless transition, and sounded really good live.
Falty also showed me a mind-bending slide sequence from the Spirit Moves that was shown to him by Nathan Bugh during Lindy Focus this past week - you can view it at the 5:29 mark of this youtube clip. Try it, it’s fun!
Thank you Simon Threlkeld for letting me DJ!
Ann Mony on the Jam Cellar class review videos
December 17, 2008 at December 17th, 2008My favorite teaching partner Ann Mony (who recently moved to Washington DC) is featured in this week’s Jam Cellar video class review.
Miss you, Ann!
