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Yehoodi Talk Show # 124: Lindy Luv is in the Air on the Lindy Dating Game!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

For this Valentines Day, Spuds and I are happy to bring to you a very special edition of the Yehoodi Talk Show:  "The Lindy Dating Game". Three lovely lindy bachelorettes and one lindy bachelor play our game to win a date and valuable prizes. Find out if Kevin ends up with Sarah, Kellie or Becca…

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Lindy in the Park: Free Swing Dancing in Golden Gate Park since 1996

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

I had a fantastic time today at "Lindy in the Park," a weekly outdoor swing dance that happens every Sunday afternoon in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.  A mainstay of the Bay Area lindy scene since 1996, Lindy in the Park is a great public outreach for the dance, since it attracts hundreds of passersby,…

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The 9:20 Special: Where the Bay Area Lindy Hoppers Gather Every Thursday

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Last night I headed out to the Russian Center in San Francisco for the weekly "9:20 Special" lindy hop dance held there every Thursday.  The 9:20 takes place in a beautiful old ballroom with a gorgeous sprung wooden dancefloor that packs a couple hundred dancers from complete newbies to oldsters like myself. Classes at various…

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Lindy Hoppers Dax and Sarah on Semi-finals of “Live to Dance”! (video)

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

  Check out this beautiful and flawless lindy hop performance by Dax Hock and Sarah Breck on the CBS dance show "Live to Dance."  I haven't been watching the show, so I don't know what injury the judges are referring to, but they looked damn sweet.  And the music choice I thought was perfect —…

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Lindy Hoppers Dax and Sarah on New Dance Reality Show “Live To Dance”

Posted on January 6, 2011 by

  I suppose I should be excited about this new dance reality show "Live to Dance," but the promos and brief videos I've seen are so saccharine-filled fluff that it hurts my brain.  Bright lights! Standing ovations! Gushing judges! ZOMG! Paula Abdul! That said, I'm very excited to see Dax Hock and Sarah Breck on…

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Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train Part II (video, pics)

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

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…

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Vids & Photos of Swing Dancing on the Nostalgia Subway Train [UPDATED]

Posted on December 13, 2010 by

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…

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Jitterbug Kids doing lindy hop demo at NY Swing Dance Society (video)

Posted on November 22, 2010 by

Check out these cute kids doing a very classic lindy hop routine at the last New York Swing Dance Society Dance on Sunday!  According to my friend Jun their names are Merika and Andre of Brooklyn. Go, swing kids!

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Interview with Minn Vo about Lindy Hop and the LXD

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

Check out this neat interview Spuds and I did with lindy hopper / b-boy Minn Vo, who talks about how he got lindy (albeit briefly) onto the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers webseries.  Minn is a champion lindy hop dancer, with a long history of 1st place titles in the dance competition circuit including American Lindy…

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Evita and Michael dancing to “Singing in the Rain” in Central Park

Posted on November 4, 2010 by

Evita Arce and Michael Jagger in Singing in the Rain from Eileen O'Donnell on Vimeo. I am just in love with this video of Evita Arce and Mike Jaeger dancing to "Singing in the Rain" in Central Park.  While they are both nationally-known lindy hoppers, Evita and Mike demonstrate a wide variety of dance styles…

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