Fellow lindy hopper Elva prepared this really neat video blog "They're Still Doing the Lindy Hop" on the Wall Street Journal site about the lindy hop renaissance. I get a couple of quotes in there about lindy hop and the future of this great dance. Elva also got some really dope swing footage in there!
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My 2nd Birthday Jam at Frim Fram! (video)
Here's a video of my second birthday jam, taking place this time at our weekly Frim Fram Jam dance last Thursday at Club 412. This was a super fun jam, dancing with almost as many followers as my birthday (40)! Thanks for all the dancers who came in my jam! And as always, thanks for…
T-shirt on the art of floorcraft
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OMG the Brooklyn Bombshells won the 2009 Mermaid Parade (again)!!!
I just got word that my group the Brooklyn Bombshell Revue won, yet again, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade! Specifically, we got the Judge’s Choice Award, with the additional note “might the winningest folks in Parade history — custom art bribes work!”. The art bribes they refer to are these awesome caricatures drawn by our…
Yehoodi Video Talk Show: The Frankie 95 Episode!
Spuds & Rik recap the event of the decade: The Frankie 95 Birthday Festival in New York City. The guys share memories and video from this amazing event where over 2,000 lindy hoppers showed their love for our ambassador for Lindy Hop, Frankie Manning. Catch the show on Yehoodi or subscribe to the podcast. Get…
OMG Mermaid Parade is Tomorrow! Harvey Keitel, They Might Be Giants… and possibly rain
Finally finished my outfit for the MermaId Parade tomorrow! For those that don’t know, Saturday, June 21, is the 26th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the nation’s largest art parade and the my absolutely favorite part of summer in New York City. As has been tradition for the past years, the lindy hoppers participate as…
Lindy hoppers in Sean Kingston music video “Fire Burning”
Toni Duguid sent out news to the swing community that there are four lindy hoppers in the new Sean Kingston music video "Fire Burning." You can see them exit a convertible at the beginning, and perform some swing aerials at the 2:20 and 3:40 marks. Toni identifies the girlies as twin sisters Christina and Jessica…
Digital recreation of Al Minns doing the charleston in Maya
This is a neat 3D digital animation recreating Al Minns awesome charleston steps from a film in the 1950s. Don't know how this was done exactly, but the character does seem to mimic quite well a lot of the subtle styling of Al Minns. I'd love to get this animation for my Second Life avatar!…
PBS documentary about Frankie Manning online!
PBS channel 13 in New York has put online a sweet 30 minute documentary about legendary lindy hopper Frankie Manning called "Never Stop Swinging." From the website: The documentary features the last major interview of Frankie Manning before his death, as well as precious archival footage of his dancing from the 1930’s to 2009 in…
Lindy hopper gives shoutout to Frankie Manning & dances with Adam Shankman on SYTYCD! (video)
I have to give mad props to California lindy hopper Calico Sequeira for her appearance on Episode 3 of Season Five of "So You Think You Can Dance." Not only does she mention that Frankie Manning is her inspiration in her intro, she also gets choreographer / judge Adam Shankman to lindy hop with her! …