ILHC 2008 Video Compilation: Open Strictly Lindy Hop

This is part of a series of posts gathering up all the choice online footage from the 2008 International Lindy Hop Championships.  This year’s ILHC is happening on August 27-30, 2009 and you can register at www.ILHC.com.

Open Strictly Lindy Hop Finals Preliminary round

Heat 1 Song 1:  "Solid Old Man" by Duke Ellington

Heat 1 Song 2:

Heat 2 Song 3: "Blue Lou" by Ella Fitzgerald

Heat 2 Song 1:  "Pussy Willow" by Duke Ellington

Heat 2 Song 2:  "A Smo-O-O-Oth One" by Cab Calloway

Heat 1 Song 3: "Them There Eyes" by Louis Armstrong

All Skate:  "Bugle Call Rag" by Django Reinhardt

Open Strictly Lindy Hop Finals

Live music provided by The Boilermaker Jazz Band.

Song:  "Them Their Eyes"

Dancers in order of appearance.

1. Abigail Browning & Jonathan Jow
2. Alain Fragman & Mélanie Huot-Lavoie
3. Andrew Thigpen & Erica Deblasio
4. Joanna Lucero Carl Nelson
5. Crista Seipp & Jaimie Cameron
6. Juan Villafane & Sharon Davis
7. Laura Glaess & Mike Roberts

Winners

1st Place - Juan Villafane & Sharon Davis 2nd Place - Jamie Cameron & Crista Seipp 3rd Place - Carl Nelson & Joanna Lucero

High quality video of the top three.