Lindyfest 2014 - Advanced/All-Star Strictly Lindy Hop Finals 

Thats very wholesome :)

Such a positive outlook on life on the face of difficulty. Nice to read this!!!

Thank you for your message!

Steph....you posted a nice reply....sorry to hear that you are not dancing....I too got hit with the Lyme disease and it about killed me....the good thing for me is that I have recovered and back at dancing and tennis too. I am really not that good at either but they do make you move your body especially your feet. Stay well, if you ever need help, encouragement, or motivation just e-mail. As for dancing, it is...so much fun and definitely related to our health...balance and fitness. I am not really very good at dancing or tennis but I keep trying -as I have not given up yet. Take care my friend...Bill from the Hudson Valley of New York

Their names are Jon and Jenna. They are from my town and they are super awesome :)

Yeah, Jon and Jenna are superb! I had the honor to take their class recently -- fantastic!!

they were my favorite couple, too, but they didn't do any like grand finale moves. They were the ones most at ease and having fun out that, and that's what dancing is all about. The couple right after them (Asian guy and white girl) were also really good: they seemed to be having so much fun. Others had some special moves, like that couple with the girl in the orange skirt, but they were just too stiff or unnatural.

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And ended their set in CLASS~

The best ones

I want to say that's Jon Tigert and Jenna Applegarth (although I could be wrong). They're amazing. I took a workshop from them one weekend a long time ago and it was awesome.

I thought he could have used a gentler touch with the follow.

Then do it, it's not hard.

@@bearsuo1759 Did it ever dawn on you that they might not be able to for a number of reasons?

Therese Tormey You should go you'll have a great time :)

Not necessarily! I've been swing dancing for almost a year, and there is a wide variety of ages at our weekly dances. I'd say most are around my age (early to mid-20s), but there are a good number of teenagers who are regulars, too. Not that that matters....everyone dances with everyone else. That's just how it is with swing dancing, and it's great. You should try it out!

Welllll....Did ya go?!?

I'm a teenager and I've already went. It's great, there weren't any other teenagers but most people were between 20 and thirtie so yeah... no problem there.

join the club!

I loved their exit in that first part, too, it's so cute 🥰

Hey_Im_Mojo You dont need a partner to start learning, most of the times i've been in a Lindy hop class, followers (girls) outnumber guys (leaders)! Plus, this is social dancing you are supposed to be able to dance with anyone :P

+iLHnG It's very hard to get guys to go to dancing classes. They're embarrassed because they grow up being told that they should always be in control, and always know everything. They don't like being put into a situation where they know that they're going to be shown up by someone else, the male dance teacher.

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Here! But first I need to learn how to dance like this xD

Don't know, but i think you are too far away ^^ I also need to learn it first

Nope. First challenge is to learn. Go take classes on lindy hop in your area (or "swing dancing" but avoid ballroom dance groups, they will NOT teach you this). At the classes you will meet people. You don't need to bring a partner.

Had the same reaction as you mehr schwein - but fortunately I live in Houston . . don't know where you are. But from my experience the swing dance clubs I have been checking out all clearly state "just show up" - and "you don't need a partner." So . . . .first time to drop some extra weight an get in better shape . . .that's my challenge . .

Denis Abercrombie haha, so true. jea, i think we can´t meet for dancing. I live in Paderborn(Germany).

What, six years ago? You should get out more!

No.

Meredith Williams Frankie was my cousin. shut the hell up because it's not even close you ditz.

A Lindy Hop expert. Impressive. lol

It's a kinda mash-up of Moten Swing and You Drive Me Crazy, so you're not gonna find it anywhere else

+Kyle Dennis Yes! I thought they were the best by far!

+Peter Linyov посмотрит вот тут www.balboa.ru/schools.html список школ, найдите в своем городе и сходите на занятия :) Этот танец доступен всем.

+David Floyd If you can learn the basic steps, and 'feel' the beat of the music, you can do this dance. It's not that hard, really; and once you know, you'll find out that most of the hard stuff is being done by the girl, all you have to do is learn how to lead her into it. Lots of high schools have night time adult classes in basic swing dance, cheap, and there are always way more women there than men. Give it a try. You won't be sorry. Knowing how to dance will make you much more attractive to women, if that's something you want.

THANKS FOR THE INFO

If you're talking about who recorded the musical piece, it's "Moten Swing" by Bennie Moten, then later recorded by Benny Goodman and Count Basie. The Bennie Moten and Basie recordings start out with an intro before getting into the melody that you're talking about, so if you start listening and don't recognize the melody right away, just wait.:-)

MusicFanOnline: Thank's a lot! Greatly appreciated.

+820SOUTH Thank you, too. I had not listened to this song in many years and it was like I almost forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me of it! I added it to my playlist so I can listen to it more.

MusicFanOnline: I am making a playlist of all different versions of this song available on You Tube. Thanks again.

M.I. De Oli sigh literally brought me here, talk about representation lol

Whitey's group were the best of the best and considered professionals at the time.

Voidwalker thank you. I swing danced in Houston as a young boy in my teens but this was one of my first outings in prob 5-6 years 🤣

you're driving me crazy.

baby one more time

Brenda Kent Thank you!

+Questedolomiti Questedolomiti moten swing / you're driving me crazy

Mike Holtackers THANK YOU!!! This is pussy ass lindy hop by white folks.

there are fast competitions out there if you want to get crazy with it... believe it or not music of all tempos and energy levels was played, and you dance to the music, not to some arbitrary standard

+Daniel Piperno moten swing / you're driving me crazy

Daniel Piperno elo elo