This video sends a message that I totally agree with. After reading Leaving Microsoft to Change the World a few years ago - which inspired my bike ride down the West coast - I truly believe that entrepreneurs can do good in this world, and are agents of change.
Our Northern Lights team performance at Frankie95. It was such a great experience preparing for this. Melanie & Joshua, the choreographers, did an amazing job building the routine. Dancers are Eric Bertrand, Nardia Tonge, Mélanie Huot-Lavoie, Joshua Welter, Alain Fragman, Caroline Rossi, Lunou Samson-Poirot and me. The other team members who’ve danced this routine with us in the past are Sylwia Bielec, Adrian Warnock-Graham, Marie N’Diaye.
It was intended as a tribute to the past (and especially to Frankie Manning) and so you’ll see many classic vintage moves and styling. The feedback we’ve gotten so far has been overwhelmingly positive - thank you!
An interesting slideshare on viral loops.
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This 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?
Check 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!
