Many people will be suprised to discover that The American Lindy Hop Championships took place last weekend. In case the suspense was killing you, results are online.
Strictly Lindy
1st Bobby White & Kate Hedin (DC)
2nd Michael Lenneville & Emily Vantson (Brooklyn/NYC)
3rd Adam LaMontagne & Nicole Zuckerman (Boston)
Advanced Jack & Jill
1st Patrick Vans / Myriam Baril (Montreal)
2nd Robin Bondreault / Josianne Lapierre (Montreal)
3rd Ben Rich (Greenich, CT) / Nadine Gagnon (Montreal)
Pro with Amateur Follower
1st Chantelle Pinnetta with Nathan Bugh (NYC)
2nd Dorrie Boice with Chester Freeman
Balboa Jack & Jill
1st Francois Pare / Josianne Lapierre (Montreal)
2nd Martin Roy (Montreal) / Carol Fraser 9NYC)
3rd Christophe Lamachere / Veronique Jacques (Mont.)
Champions' Jack & Jill
1st Max Pitruzzella (Montreal) / Nathalie Gomes (New Orl)
2nd Zack Richard (Montreal) / Kate Hedin (DC)
3rd David Graybill (CT) / Laura KEat (Orange Cty, CA)
Classic / Showcase
1st Zack Richard & Maryse LeBeau (Montreal)
2nd Patrick Schmidt & Natasha Ouimet (Montreal)
3rd Francois Pare & Nadine Gagnon (Montreal)
Open Jack & Jill
1st Dany Plouffe / Genevieve St. Laurent (Montreal)
2nd Ben Grunwald / Sandra Mazlagic (Philadelphia)
3rd Eric Barbier (Montreal) / Megan Damon (Boston)
Strictly Balboa
1st Francois Pare & Nadine Gagnon (Montreal)
2nd Patrick Schmidt & Natasha Ouimet (Montreal)
3rd Adam LaMontagne & Nicole Zuckerman (Boston)
Collegiate Team
1st West Philly Swingers (UPenn)
2nd Columbia University Swing Dance Club
Team
1st Swing Connexion (Montreal)
2nd Balboa Connexion (Montreal)
3rd Swingin' Air Force (Montreal)
Cabaret
1st Bobby White (DC)
2nd Joel Plys (San Diego, CA) / Nathan Bugh (NYC)
3rd The Rusty Dusties (Dayton, OH)
Congratulations to Kate Hedin and Bobby White for representing DC (and the rest of the Washington Metroolitan area) by winning the StrictlyLindy Hop and Cabaret Divisions, and from stopping the red menace known as Canada from sweeping the proceedings.
By the way, those aren't mistakes on the website. The Cats' Corner (Champions Strictly Lindy Hop) and Solo Charleston contests were canceled. The Blues division was combined with Cabaret. The Classic and Showcase divisions were also combined for the second year in a row.
This is also the second year with no American Showcase despite advertising qualifying rounds in six cities this year. I know only of two that took place: one in San Francisco and the other at Lindy on the Rocks in Denver.
There's few videos of this year's ALHC online if you want to do a search, but they have at least finally started putting up videos from past ALHC's online.
For those of you still wondering, no official results for The Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown are up yet.
International Lindy Hop Championships results are still online and we'll soon be putting up high quality videos of the competitions. Keep an eye out for that. Alternatively, you can just check in here, and I'll let you know.
And just to show that I'm not leaving anyone out, Camp Hollywood results are available on their website in probably the best presentation online.