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Quaking and Swinging: Teaching Quakers how to social dance

Posted on October 17, 2009 by

This weekend I am up in Old Chatham, New York at the Powell House retreat center for the annual retreat of my spiritual community, the Friends Meeting of Brooklyn. Tonight I taught a small group of Quakers the basics of social dance both as a fun activity and to deepen their understanding about the concept…

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Announcing the New Yehoodi.com! Beta Testing in October, Public Launch in November

Posted on September 27, 2009 by

After more than a year of planning, consultation and hard work, I am very excited to announce the imminent launch of Yehoodi 3.0! For those that don't know, I am one of the administrators of Yehoodi, the premiere social website for the global lindy hop and swing dance community. Approaching our 11th year of operation,…

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The Louis Armstrong Museum: a jazz treasure in Queens

Posted on August 23, 2009 by

Yesterday, I trekked out to Corona, Queens to join 50 or so folks for a garden jazz party at the Louis Armstrong House Museum.  I've known about the Armstrong House for years but never got around to visiting for some dumb reason or another.  Tin Pan Blues Band were the featured performers at the party,…

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Reuters on Swing dancing in Russia

Posted on August 21, 2009 by

Here's a Reuter's story on swing dancing in Russia.  There are some great lindy hop dancers that have come out of Russia that I've met at the Herrang Swing Dance Camp a couple of years ago.  So I don't think it's such a new phenomenon.  Still, a cute story.

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“Burn the Floor” review: cheesy latin dancing goodness

Posted on August 20, 2009 by

Apparently I was destined to see the Broadway show "Burn the Floor" because I've had two people offer me free tickets to see it.  Tonight, I finally caught the dance-oriented show, due to fortuitous circumstances, and I'm glad I did. (Thanks, Carla!) "Burn the Floor" has gotten some scorching reviews from the NY Times and…

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How you know you’re a lindy hopper

Posted on August 1, 2009 by

You walk into an elegant social club: chandeliers, leather chairs, paintings of dead white guys everywhere, the works.  A full swing orchestra is playing Basie. Around you are a dozen women dressed to the nines in ballgowns and high heels.  You think, "This sucks. When will someone who can DANCE get here?" Then you head…

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Movits: cool Swedish hip-hop jazz (video)

Posted on July 29, 2009 by

My friends on Yehoodi have been posting about this Swedish band Movits, who apparently are playing in town this week.  I love the sound of this song from their latest album.  And gotta give them props for including the Swedish lindy hop troupe the Harlem Hot Shots in the video!

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Wall Street Journal video on Frankie Manning and lindy hop! (video)

Posted on July 9, 2009 by

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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PBS documentary about Frankie Manning online!

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

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…

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The Global Shim Sham compilation video: a labor of lindy love involving 5,000+ dancers from around the world

Posted on May 31, 2009 by

This video is the result of several months of effort involving an estimated 5,000 dancers in over 22 countries: the Global Shim Sham.  This was produced by a dedicated team of volunteers for the Frankie Manning 95th Birthday Festival, and shown to an appreciative audience of about 2,000 people on Saturday, May 23.  Read on…

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