alain’s dance blog

Ann and I are teaching a new class this September at Cat’s Corner dubbed Lindy Revue.

The Lindy Revue concept

Une revue est une formule théatrale qui combine musique, danse et sketches. Pour ce cours, Alain et Ann ont combine le meilleur de nos cours de Dazzle & Flash, Charleston et Routines & Chorégraphies pour creer une routine qui vous mettra a l’epreuve sans vous decourager!

The goal is to learn a choreography in six weeks and to present it at the Friday night dance at Cat’s. There will be video reviews and even a dance blog for the class.

Check out the cool logo!

Google ran a contest last month in order to build a collaborative video through Youtube for Gmail. The idea was to pass the Gmail logo (an M envelope) in a creative way through video. Ann and I submitted a video of us swinging out with the envelope, and guess what? We made it onto the final cut!

Gmail: Behind the Scenes (Final Cut)
A compilation of clips submitted by Gmail fans as part of our collaborative video project. Selected from over 1,100 clips from fans in more than 65 countries. Learn more at http://mail.google.com/mvideoThank you to Etienne for filming it!

I’d like to congratulate three of my friends from Cat’s for winning the Advanced Lindy Hop Jack ‘n Jill at Wicked Lindy in Boston this past weekend. Ok, technically only two are actually Cat’s Corner teachers, but Mariel is in our extended family, so I consider her part of Cat’s too.

Advanced Jack ‘n Jill results for Wicked Lindy 2007 (Boston)

1. Rajeev Hotchandani & Ann Mony
2. Lee Tucker & Mariel Adams
3. Alain Fragman (the other Alain) & Jennifer Stout

Yay Cat’s!

This September is the marking of Cat’s Corner’s 9th year anniversary. As a present to Fred and everyone who has helped out with Cat’s Corner over the years, we are commemorating this event with a special ops code-named Cat’s Corner Facebook Day.

What can you do to celebrate CCFD?

1. You can post a picture of you dancing at Cat’s Corner.

2. Change your profile pic to the Paw. Better yet. You can download the Cat’s Corner paw (right click and save this file) and replace your picture with it for that day. Imagine everyone updating their picture to the PAW for one day. It will be a sea of paws in everyone’s news feed!

3. Change your status. Write something Cat’s Corner-related. For example, replace “Alain is __________ ” with “Alain is digging Cat’s Corner and will never go into ANY dark corner.” Of course, the more controversial, the better your status will be.

4. Change your description. Only for the totally religiously devout. Save your “About Me” facebook text somewhere safe, and then copy paste this into your About description:

I am devoted to Cat’s Corner. Cat’s Corner is my life. Long live the Cat! http://catscorner.ca

5. Post an item. Send a posting bulletin on that day to all your friends, describing how you discovered Cat’s Corner. You may have told all your friends already, but do it again, just for this special day. Tell everyone why ya love the Lindy Hop.

6. Post on your wall, on your friend’s wall, on the Cat’s Corner Facebook wall. And when you run out of Facebook walls to post on, paint graffiti on Montreal city walls. Proclaim your allegiance to Cat’s Corner loud and clear.

7. Finally, start now. You can start by writing your new About description, downloading the Paw, and drafting your bulletin.

Remember that the big impact will come if everyone “updates” their profiles, pictures, walls on the same day. So don’t forget. Tuesday September 4th is Cat’s Corner Facebook Day.

Post a comment on this page with a link to your facebook. We will send you many thanks and bless you for lovin’ the Cat.

Amen.

Last Friday, Cat’s Corner was featured in a full page article in La Presse, in the Arts and Entertainment section.

Marie-Hélène Papillon, the writer of the article, is very involved in the Montreal social dancing community, and her monthly articles are doing wonders to revive the social partner dancing scene in the city.

Thank you Marie-Hélène!