January 5, 2009 at January 5th, 2009
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!
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December 17, 2008 at December 17th, 2008
My 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!
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December 16, 2008 at December 16th, 2008
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!
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November 20, 2008 at November 20th, 2008
Mélanie Huot-Lavoie and I appear in the new book “The Festival Under the Stars” (Le Festival sous les étoiles) commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
We also show up alongside Zack Richard and Maryse Lebeau on the website as well. Very cool!
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November 17, 2008 at November 17th, 2008
This video brought back great memories from this summer when I undertook a 3000 km bike ride along with 26 other wonderful people to promote microcredit. I miss you guys!
If you’re interested in riding, there’s still space for next year’s 2009 ride, with two routes (a Pacific one and a European one). Apply on the Global AFC website.
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