ULHS 2012 - Solo Blues Finals 

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They have blown my 2023 mind!!!! Gosh!!

Oh and whoever said Evita made a 'mockery' of it, you must not have been there. Her ENERGY was SO much in the spirit of the music that she just spazzed and lost it all the perfect ways that art == freedom.

Credit to both ladies who were excellent, but despite Evita's win, Sharon is the beauty who was most mesmerising.

stroke of genius to wear that dress an no shoes Sharon! you're great!

Its been a while, but I figured I'd revisit-- To those who responded to my question, which was meant to induce intellectual 'categorized' responses to what 'blues' music means to you, and I'm talking specifically to bluesdancingca and VotreDjPocail , and whoever else was over critiquing styles because of this world 'blues', you did not disappoint. My initial reason for bothering to comment on this thread was when people were saying this wasn't blues music. There is a trend in the swing dance community to make ignorant claims such as this. Before you get all up in arms about this and quote some 'history of blues' or Ma Rainey Biography, just know that I am the trumpet player and bandleader on this particular recording, and I have been playing 'New Orleans Jazz' and 'Blues' and whatever the hell you want to call this stuff for many years in New Orleans ain places like the Spotted Cat, and Jazz Fest, and Preservation Hall, to name a few, as a full time musician. And if you came to New Orleans and tried telling a single musician here that this isn't 'a blues' they would walk away. If you needed to put this particular song in a 'time period' which is already weird because its from now, it would be more 20's than anything. Brothels, dirty shit, the lyrics about 'grind some more with me', the Blues. Just Because Ma Rainey popularized it doesn't mean it wasn't being played on every street corner for many many years before her, during her, and after her, by hundreds or thousands of other great and not so great musicians. I'm sorry to say, I truly am, because I love the swing dance community and some of my favorite people to play for are people getting down with each other on the dance floor, but very often in this dance community along with other super intellectual communities there is this need to put all these things in boxes. This particular song is a Blues, a 12 Bar Blues, the 'Organ Grinder Blues', and its about Grinding, and lord knows what else. . I know its not just about a man an how he left her or beat her with just guitar and piano or whatever 'blues' is according to you and your Ma Rainey and Ligntning Hopkins (who were FANTASTIC, AMAZING musicians) definitions, but anyone who knows anything about really PLAYING this music or REALLY dancing to it with soul (and this goes for the dance critics too) knows its just about a FEELING, met with a structure, which, in this case, is a blues. And this 'Blues' has been bein played every single day in New Orleans, and many other parts of the world, for a long, long time. Just please be careful about over categorizing older jazz and dance forms. These songs were played like this in the teens and 20s in brothels, and yes, then in the dance halls, etc etc... But lets not let the history books dictate whats happening now. The more open we are to blending all of these styles and taking off the labels, the more we can all get together and form new ones.

Love watching Sharon Davis. Great to see her doing so well in London. Originally from Perth, Western Australia.

Sometimes, even when you are sitting alone in your apartment, you just have to applaud at the end of a video...

the woman in emerald dress, amazing, soft, sensuality. it is about what isnt seen, only insinuated. all my admiration to Sharon.

That Meschiya Lake is a five-alarm fire

So good the three of them and yet, so unique in their own styles! Amazing work!

Sharon!!!! you are awesome dancer :)

Great dancing the 3 of them! I love ULHS videos.. I wish I can come there one day!

That band rocks~

Молодцы деффчёнки. И Натанчик хорош!!

If you watch until the end of the video (at 8:22) they announce the winner. Evita's reaction is priceless =D

I love Evita. :D

so good!!

YES!!!

Sharon should win just for the dress alone.

Nathan isn't celebrated enough. Dang.

that was awesome:)

That music is New Orleans Jazz... That has its roots from the Blues.

Yeah, I kinda thought Sharon was more classy

The music is not blues? Please describe to me what the music is, and/or what 'blues music' is to you.

RAVE ! ❤️

Awesome dancing, but my question is WHAT IS THE SONG? Who sings it? Where can I get a copy?

can you please tell me the name of the song ! thank u

WOWOWOWOWOW

bravi!

Alain, what kind of camera did you use to shoot this?

I want to know who's singing

Nathan Snakehips Bugh

Sharon employed real jazz/blues moves, and synced her movements to all the beats - she really got into the soul of what blues means. Evita was all over the place, using moves from hip-hop and basically relied on antics/being outrageous to win over the audience.

Check this little Gem ;) (Type Blues accordin' to Lightning Hopkins on youtube)

The guys the only one doing actual dancing

Есть ли жизнь на Марсе? - есть! ☺

hat happens at 4:18! Well I'm glad I wasn't watching this with my grandmother!

ось так відриваються люди. І я так хочу.

Old N-O Jazz from de 30-40' used a lot for Burlesque. It has a base of blues, but it's Jazz. Blues is cultural, it's mostly about hard times and women :P ahahaha Ma Rainey was one of the first one to popularise the 12 bar blues (Blues as we know pretty much today) and talked a lot about men ;)

δηλαδή ΠΟΣΟ ΘΕΑ ΕΒΙΤΑ!

GH2 with a Tamron 17-50 f/1.8

I would LOVE to dance that style, does somebody know a dvd? Is some kind of jazz specifically or blues solo...? I want to search correctly! I love Sharon style, I recommend her burlesque dvds :-)

i dont egree with the number one and twoo.. I think the lady in black is number one, and the lady in green is the number twoo... but thats how i think about it...

sexxxy dammm

Why do they call it solo blues? I would call it solo burlesque, because the music is not blues.

Yeah, the dancing not's blues either... Really makes a mockery of it in fact, especially the winner, Evita. Ugh... At least Sharon was really dancing to the music, even if it was more burlesque than blues.

in the black dress, you go girl....

so cute!