This page is just to help me keep track of this years's Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown goodness.
Note that I've updated the ULHS 2009 Round Up with three additional blogs I've found about the event this year.
ULHS 2009 Videos: The Fun Stuff
Here are some random miscellaneous various clips that people have put up to give you a little flavor of the sights and sounds of ULHS 2009. Baseball game between Musicians and Dancers
Chazz Young leads the Shim Sham at House of Blues
Tap & Craziness at the Wax museum
Meschiya Lake sings Backyard Blues with Luke Winslow King
Sister Kate & Friends
This Little Light of Mine - Preservation Hall Jazz Band
The Loose Marbles
Street Swing Dance Contest
Preliminary Round
Finals
ALHC Results & Other Contest Notes
ULHS 2009 Videos: Sunday Evening Competitions
Solo Blues Music played by: The Loose Marbles
Preliminary Round
Final
Dancers in order of appearance:
- Dax Hock
- Nikki Marvin
- Sara Deckard
- ??? (Anyone know?)
Preliminary Round Heat 2
Final
Dancers in order of appearance
- Michale Darigol & Sara Deckard
- Giselle Anguizola & Chance Bushman
- Tommy Blacharz & Annie Trudeau
- Todd Yannacone & Alice Mei
- Ramona Staffeld & Peter Strom
Winners: Ramona Staffeld & Peter Strom
ULHS 2009 Videos: Saturday Evening Competitions-Solo Jazz and J & J
All contests music by Uncle Jack's New Orleans Dance Orchestra. Solo Jazz
Preliminary Round
Final
Dancers in order of appearance
- Hurley François
- Vincenzo Fesi
- Sarah Decker
- Jana Grulichova
- Bobby Bonsey
- Ramona Staffeld
Heat 2
Winners: Vincenzo Fesi & Alice Mei
ULHS 2009 Videos-Friday Choreography Showcase
The Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown Choreography Showcase Live music for all performance provided by a special band put together for ULHS, appropriately known as the Ultimate Lindy Hop Combo.
All performers had to submit a sample of their music and a video of their performance about a month before the event to give the musicians time to create and rehearse a complimentary arrangement. All performers were given time to rehearse with the musicians on Thursday and Friday of the event.
Winners: Groove Juice Special
Cats In The Corner
Laura Glaess & Mike Roberts
Sister Kate
Alain Wong & Marie N'diaye
Philly Bloomers
ULHS 2009 Videos: Battle Footage
Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown: A Lindy Hop Battle This year The Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown lived up to its name by adopting a tournament style format, whittling down couples until there was only one left.
ULHS 2009 Round Up
Still no official results posted on the ULHS website, but Breanna Perry was kind enough to post what she could remember in the comments of my previous post.
Random Videos: Non-ULHS French Dancing and All Girl Bal music
Still no word on official ULHS results. Some more videos are making it online. I'll post the better quality ones together later this week or next. While we're waiting on that stuff, apparently not all the action was in New Orleans this past weekend. Here's a quick round up of performance videos from Provence Swing Festival in France.
Random News, Bboy Videos & a note about AIR
I know quite a few people heading down to New Orleans for the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown this weekend. For those of us who can't go, Slick Rik posted news on his blog that NOLA.com will be streaming live video of the Saturday night dance and contests on their website. If we're lucky, they'll also have it available for viewing afterwards too. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye out for you. For those of you wondering when the next installment of "Artistry in Rhythm" is going up, you may have to wait a little longer. As you may know, I wrote it two years ago, and up until this point I've been posting it with minor edits. A little over half of it has been posted, but now I've hit a point that needs to be updated and re-written. I'm going to try to get it up by Friday, but if not, I'll work on it during the long weekend while everyone else I know is partying it up at ULHS.