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Frankie95 Lost Prequel: Into the Maelstrom

I came home at about 1:00 am on Monday morning from another musically brilliant DCLX weekend. Somewhere along the way I decided that it would be pointless to go to sleep since I had to be at the train station by 5:00 am to catch a ride up to New York City. Luckily(?) I was able to get about two and a half hours of sleep on the train before I got into the city a little before 9:00 am.

It took me a little while to get my bearings and head over to the direction of the Manhattan Center where most of Frankie's 95th birthday celebration will be held. That only took me about 4 minutes after leaving Penn Station, it's that convenient. The MC people wouldn't let me wander around on my own, but fortunately the planning committee was already gathering at the diner next door.

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tags: Event Planning, Frankie95, lindy hop
categories: Frankie95 Review
Tuesday 04.20.10
Posted by Jerry Almonte
Comments: 1
 

Anatomy of a Dance Contest: The Champions’ Strictly Lindy Hop Division at ILHC 2009 pt. II

There’s been a lot of discussion about the use of pre-planned choreographed sequences in social dance contests for awhile now.  (Yehoodi, Lindybloggers, and White Heat) Event directors Nina Gilkenson, Tena, and Sylvia shared those same concerns.  At the same time, they didn’t want to tell the dancers how they should dance . . . even though they really wanted to.

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tags: ILHC, lindy hop, Event Planning, event management, event coordination
categories: Dance Commentary, Music Commentary, ILHC Commentary
Monday 11.09.09
Posted by Jerry Almonte
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