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How to Learn to Lindy Hop

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

The other night, I was helping my friend Akemi teach a basic lesson to some older people, and was observing the many things that were tripping people up — how to dance on the beat, how to listen to your partner, how to move from your center, etc.  It reminded me that for people who…

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Swinging in the New Year: 2010 New Years Eve Dance Parties (updated)

Posted on December 28, 2009 by

Looking to get your swing on during New Year's Eve in New York City?  Here's a listing of swing (and soul and blues) dance parties happening over the next few days you might be interested in: Tuesday, December 29: Lo Fi Lee Presents the Holiday Swing Ball at Connolly's, 121 West 45th Street, NYC. Featuring…

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Swinging at the Piano Store 10 Years Ago! (video)

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

Here's some really neat footage of folks dancing and hanging out at one of the coolest swing venues ever, the short-lived Piano Store in the Lowereast Side, back in March 2000. The Piano Store was an actual old piano store that some folks converted into a clandestine hangout for lindy hoppers, loungers, jazz musicians and…

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Jive Off those Holiday Pounds with Maksim, Ashly and Kym of “Dancing with the Stars” (video)

Posted on December 25, 2009 by

For Christmas, my sister got our mom this "Cardio Dance" DVD featuring "Dancing with the Stars" professional dancers Ashly Costa, Kym Johnson, and Maksim Chmerkovsy.  My mom is a huge "Dancing with the Stars" fan, so we knew this would be a hit with her. The Jive routine in particular is cheesy swing goodness from…

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More fun footage of Vince Giordano and the Nighthawk’s: “Ain’t Misbehavin'” (video)

Posted on December 14, 2009 by

"Swingyoucats" has more fun footage from the Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks concert on Saturday in midtown Manhattan, including this vid of dancers enjoying the Nighthawks performance of "Ain't Misbehavin'". Such a fun song, and so deftly performed. Here's another one of WestieGrrl and I charlestoning to "When the Folks Up High Do that Mean…

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NY Times on Vince Giordano’s Big Band

Posted on November 28, 2009 by

The New York Times has a swell tribute to Vince Giordano and his 1920s era jazz big band the Night Hawks in their NY Region section. I must admit that I've been hearing about the Night Hawks for awhile, but have not seen their regular Monday gig at the Hotel Edison. That needs to change…

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Facebook vs. Yehoodi: Social network deathmatch

Posted on November 23, 2009 by

Here at Yehoodi Central, we are busy working on polishing and refining the cool features of our new website Yehoodi 3.0 (beta).  We are pretty confident that it will take a to a new level our already successful swing dance community website. I think it can't come too soon.  As several people have related to…

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Yehoodi Video Talk Show #516: Where Spuds & Rik Crash at StackedBlog’s Apartment

Posted on November 11, 2009 by

Episode 516 of the Yehoodi Talk Show is now online and available for download to the portable device of your choice. A brief clip from the show is above.  In this Episode, Spuds and Rikomatic talk about Yehoodi3.0, the recent 11th anniversary of Yehoodi, a new website devoted to collegiate shag, and show off a…

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My favoritest halloween picture ever!

Posted on November 6, 2009 by

My buddy Voon was kind enough to share with me this hilarious picture of me lindy hopping with my friend Lynn on Halloween.  I love how ridiculous I look as an "undead b-boy" and how calm Lynn is in the background. Here's another priceless one, along the same lines. Thanks, Voon! You rock!

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Rundown of Halloween Swing Parties in NYC (updated)

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

I plan on again rocking the Halloween Parade as a zombie with the gigantic Thriller group. But afterwards I'm going to want to get some more dancing on. This Halloween there is a huge assortment of swing dancing parties going on all over the city. Which is awesome! Here's a quick rundown of what I…

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