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]
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…
Jitterbug Kids doing lindy hop demo at NY Swing Dance Society (video)
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!
Interview with Minn Vo about Lindy Hop and the LXD
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…
Evita and Michael dancing to “Singing in the Rain” in Central Park
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…
Boilermakers Jazz Band Playing Live at Frim Fram this Thursday!
This Thursday, November 4, we are throwing a very special Frim Fram Jam swing dance. We are delighted to be showcasing the Boilermaker Jazz Band performing live, with DJ Swifty spinning during the breaks. Plus this is the beginning of the month, so we will have a beginner dance lesson taught by the talented Mr….
Yehoodi, the #1 Swing Dance Website on the Net, Gets a Web 2.0 Facelift!
On January 4, 2010, Yehoodi entered a new chapter in our history with a whole new website, built from the ground up. Our goal was to make sure that our site continued to serve the lindy hop community through providing necessary news and information , helping people find dance events anywhere in the world ,…
Yehoodi Celebrates 12 Years Supporting Lindy Hop with Swing Party, Dance Contest October 21
It’s hard to believe that 12 years ago in a garage in Queens, a scrappy Manu Smith and a scruffy Frank Dellario thought, "There has to be a better way to disseminate Larry’s List!" And thus, Yehoodi.com was born. In the twelve years that followed there have been all kinds of changes in the Lindy…
“I Charleston New York”: Frenchies bring Charleston Mania to Manhattan
As I mentioned about a month ago, I participated in the "I Charleston New York" flash mob in Times Square along with a bunch of other local lindy hoppers. Organized by those wacky dancers from Montpellier, the Swingjammerz, "I Charleston…" is a video project where they go from city to city around the world, spreading…
Favorite Videos and Pics from Jazz Age Lawn Party
Here's a video by my friend Voon of the final jam on Sunday at the Jazz Age Lawn Party. There were a zillion cameras at the Jazz Age Lawn Party this weekend on Governor's Island. So those of us who were there have been having a good time hunting down our favorite pictures of ourselves…