Due to the impending inclement weather, the organizers of the Bally's Swing Dance Contest in Atlantic City have decided to postpone the event until Saturday January 29. All the other awesomeness is the same though! Two amazing big bands: Michael Arenella's Dreamland Orchestra and the Boilermakers Two awesome tests of lindy hop abilities: a stamina…
Category: New York
Riding the Ill Train: My B-boy Performance at Frim Fram (video)
My friend Joyce shot and edited this sweet video of me and my fellow b-boys Eugene, Will and Brooke performing our piece "Ill Train" at the Frim Fram Jam Dance in December. Choreographer: Pavan Thimmaiah of PMT Studios. Thanks so much, Joyce!
Bally’s Casino and Yehoodi Host $5K Swing Dance Contest: UPDATED
I'm excited to announce that this Thursday, January 13, Saturday, January 29 in Atlantic City, Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, in association with Yehoodi.com, will be hosting a swing dance contest and dance with $5,000 in prize money on the line! This event is completely unbelievable but true. Here's what you can expect: Six hours…
My NYC Bucket List
I've been working on my list of things I want to be sure and do before I leave New York at the end of January. Since I've lived here for so long, there aren't a lot of things I want to do that I haven't done. But there are a few that I'm itching to…
Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train Part II (video, pics)
On Sunday, 80-some lindy hoppers gathered for a "lindy bomb" of the Nostalgia Subway Train that runs during the holidays on the F Train line. It was an incredible day of dancing, great music, and random New York weirdness. At about 12:30, a bunch of us lindy hoppers were gathered at the 2nd Avenue Subway…
Global Kids’ Online Leadership Program is Hiring a Program Associate
The Online Leadership Program at Global Kids is looking for another program associate to add to our crack squad of educators and technologists. If you think you have what it takes to make a difference in the lives of marginalized teens using cutting edge tech and innovative pedagogical techniques, than you should apply. Global Kids…
Appeal from Our Teens to Support Global Kids
Here's some of our rockstar teen leaders urging folks to support my organization Global Kids. Please give whatever you are able to support our teens to be community activists, successful students and future leaders in the world. Thanks! [Link: Global Kids contribute page.]
Louis Armstrong Museum Launches Online Catalog of Satchmo’s Photos, Letters and More
The Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona Queens this weekend announced that they have begun releasing online some of the thousands of digitized archives about Louis Armstrong that they are the caretakers for. The online catalog will provide the public access to some of the "5,000 sound recordings, 15,000 photographs, 30 films, 100 scrapbooks, 20…
Vids & Photos of Swing Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train [UPDATED]
My buddy Voon shares with me a fun video of him and I (and later, Mafa and I) dancing on the "Nostalgia Subway Train" this past Sunday. Good times, good times. See my previous post for more about what this is all about. Thanks for filming this, Mafa, and sharing it, Voon! UPDATED 12/14/10: Lots…
New York Moments: Dancing on a moving subway train, then in a divey bar in Williamsburg
Today was one of those days when I love New York so much that it hurts to think of leaving. Where else could I be dancing on a classic 1940s subway train with a couple hundred other vintage attired revelers, while a hot jazz band plays? The occasion was the "Nostalgia Train" that the MTA…