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Interview: Lindsay Longstreth, Organizer of Alternative-Education Swing Events
I recently did a week-long teaching residency in Atlanta, where I basically lived in the city and became a local dancer for a week, teaching classes and private lessons, performing and social dancing four or five nights of the week, and getting to know the community. The idea was created and organized by Lindsay Longstreth,…
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On Judging (Introduction): A Few Questions
A Few Questions Yeah, I can judge the contest. I was going to judge them anyway. –Nina Gilkenson, said (in an obviously jokingly manner) to an organizer. The first time you’re given a clipboard and asked to judge a swing dance contest, here are some of the questions that might go through your mind, perhaps…
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Long Live the King
Frankie Manning passed away one year ago today. This was a piece I wrote after the death of Frankie Manning for The Jam Cellar email and Lindy Bloggers. Originally published April 28, 2009 on Lindy Bloggers. We all knew it would come some day. And, likely someday soon. After all, he is was no longer…
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Interview with Hilary Alexander of the Campus Five
This is a little interview I did for DCLX with Camp Hollywood founder and songbird Hilary Alexander. They will headline DCLX this year, and are hands down probably my favorite live band to dance to, with the possible exception of the corpse of Chick Webb propped up on a chair. If you are in the…
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