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!
I 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!
The website just launched for what will probably turn out to be the swing dance event of our generation: Frankie’s 95th birthday in New York city May 21-25, 2009.
I’m honored that our dance team Northern Lights will be part of the dancers paying tribute to Frankie’s legacy of Lindy Hop. Seeing our team next to the Harlem Hot Shots, Silver Shadows and Ninjammerz is pretty nerve-wrecking, but exciting at the same time. If you are considering going to one dance event in 2009, make it Frankie Manning’s 95th!
Wow, what a great weekend. Writeup should be up shortly on http://www.lindybloggers.com
Here’s a wonderful group picture taken by Steve Losh.
Both Carl Nelson and I will be at the International Lindy Hop Championships in Washington, D.C. this weekend to launch our collaborative blog on vernacular jazz dance and the swing dance community. We’ll have coverage of the event, along with reviews about the event, photos and dance competitor interviews.
Check it out. http://www.lindybloggers.com
