I’m debating between three different texts/types to finish my Showdown t-shirt depicting Phil Onochie and Jojo Jackson in the Freedom (Slow) division last year. Help!
Some of you were surprised to discover that I paint on t-shirts - I remember now that I took down my t-shirt website a while ago. So here goes… the first in a series of handpainted t-shirts by yours truly, inspired by Lindy Hop dancers.
This one depicts the Solo Charleston dance-off at Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown 2006 between Max Pitruzzella and Sharon Davis. Max had injured his right arm, so he danced with his arm in his shirt. To me, this was a truly memorable moment. Sharon tore down the house with her gutsy performance (and yes, she won).
Can’t wait for Showdown this year. In two weeks!
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!
Next week, we’re having our second Battle of the Swing DJs at Cat’s Corner. It’s going to be a tag team battle AC vs. DK.
In the old school corner, we’ve got DJ Danny-O, head DJ at the Canadian Swing Championships for the last six years, and superman DJ “Ka-El” Karrwright Lee, who just got back from Japan. I had to convince Karrwright to come out of retirement for this one, so this will be a rare occasion to see one of the Montreal originals in action.
In the newcomer corner, we’ve got the youngsters from Cat’s, DJ Carl Nelson who will be DJing at the upcoming Albany Chill, and DJ Alain Wong (me).
Don’t miss it. It’s gonna be violent.
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!
On May 31st, 2008, I'm biking 3000 km from Vancouver to Mexico to raise money for micro-credit - small loans that change lives.
