South Korea has got a prety big scene with several large scale events thoughout the year. The first one this year was Camp Swing It which happned a few weeks ago, Jan 22-24. Lots of great teachers and top notch performances
Random DCenes: Triggers
Metro Center. February 13, 2010 at about 6:00 pm. I saw a woman on the metro platform stretching out her hip in the same way a friend of mine does. My friend actually just had surgery on it, so I briefly wondered if the older woman in front of me had the same kind of problem.
She was with her family; her husband or significant other and their teenage daughter. A homeless man came by offering people some pitiful looking short branches that looked like he just plucked them off of a snow covered bush from outside. The gentleman in the family took one and the mother took another. I didn’t see if they offered anything in return, but I did catch them later trying to adorn their daughter with them. She had pigtails, but from her stance and her age, you could tell she was wearing them to be ironic in a budding hipster kind of way. She was not interested in the shrubbery.
Then and Now: Skye Humphries
Staying home most of last week due to the two biggest snowstorms in recent history here in DC, you would think I would have gotten more writing done than I did. Instead I ended up passing the time by ripping a bunch of VHS tapes to digital videos. Last count, I had about 200 clips ripped, but my internet connection isn’t that fast, so it’ll take me some time before I get them all online. It’s been fun going down memory lane with these videos though. Over on the last post for "Artistry in Rhythm," I’ve gotten a couple of comments from Julius whose been talking about the element of joy that seems to be missing in many dancers coming up these days. It’s hard to talk about something like that, but fortunately I’ve dug up some clips that I think illustrate his point.
The Legend of Minnie’s Moochers
As I’ve noted in my Artistry in Rhythm series, we’re getting to a point where things that happened in the early part of the revival are starting to feel a little bit like ancient history. Minnie’s Moochers is a big part of that as I outlined in part three of that series.
ILHC 2010 Registration is open and other notes
For those of you who haven't been checking the website every day, registration is now open for the International Lindy Hop Championships happening on August 19-22, 2010. It'll be August there's so no chance of being snowed out at least. Register now to get the cheapest registration price possible. It's just going to get more expensive as the days past, so you might as well get it out of the way now.
Also, get the latest updates through our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter at ILHCtweets.
A few other blog related notes:
Sorry about the lack of updates lately, but the impending Snowstorm of the Century II will hopefully help me out in giving me more time to finish off a few posts for your consumption.
Hopefully that will include the last few parts of "Artistry in Rhythm." Posting everything before was easier because all of it was written over two years ago and I just updated and edited as I went along. I’m basically starting from scratch with the next few posts, and its reminding me why the paper was so much work the first time around.
In the meantime, be sure to check out "The Lindy Loggers" post as I'll be updating it with new Lindy related blogs as I find them. I've even added it as a link to the right just for you.
I'm also finishing up an interview that I'm doing for the DC Lindy Exchange website. Keep an eye on the DCLX website for it. I've had a long association with the event going back to it's beginning, and I'll be dj'ing there once again this April. I hope to see everyone there.
Lone Star Championships 2010-Jack & Jill videos & official results and scores
Official results and complete scores for all divisions are now available online for the 3rd annual Lone Star Championships which occurred January 15th-17th, 2010 in Austin, TX. Plus more videos below from this year’s Jack & Jill competitions.
Lone Star Championships 2010 Strictly Lindy Hop Divisions
Videos from this year’s Strictly Lindy Hop competitions at the 3rd annual Lone Star Championships which occurred January 15th-17th, 2010 in Austin, TX. Thanks to floridave and LindyLibrary for putting these up.
The Barbell Perspective
I noticed something very cool at the end of the video for the All Star Invitational Jack and Jill at this year’s Lone Star Championships. Peter Strom and Karen Turman shared a memory in the form of one of the first aerials they learned together when they started over 10 years ago.
Few other people in that room got that reference. Among them, were the two people who went up to hug them at the end of that jam—Mike Faltesek and Amy Johnson—because they were arpund the first time it happened back in Minnesota where they're all from originally.
Lone Star Championships 2010-Performaces & Jams
Videos of performances and jams from this year’s 3rd annual Lone Star Championships which occurred January 15th-17th, 2010 in Austin, TX.
Lone Star Championships 2010-All Star Invitational Jack & Jill
Videos from this year’s All star Invitational Jack & Jill at the 3rd annual Lone Star Championships which occurred January 15th-17th, 2010 in Austin, TX.