Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the swing category.
Lindybout III
Filed in swing,travel, April 21, 2009, 7:23 pmLindybout III in Vancouver was a combination of a variety of words: exhilerating, intimidating, hilarious, shocking, disappointing, amazing. It felt a little like a rollercoaster, as the nature of competition led to disappointment when I didn’t make it into the finals, being in a different city was occasionally a little intimidating, and yet performing for [...]
Quebe Sisters
Filed in swing, March 27, 2009, 11:23 amLast night I swung out to a very fun, very cute country swing band from Texas, the Quebe Sisters. Honestly, with their accents and cowboy boots, no word describes them better than ‘cute’. It was great dancing in front of the crowd that gathered, mostly people 3 times my age who took every available break [...]
PLEX Reflections
Filed in swing, March 25, 2009, 8:37 amPLEX and the City was very fun, filled with great live music (Bow Djangos and the Polyjesters) and amazing people from other cities (Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg… etc). But also exhausting, as the combination of fighting a cold and dancing my feet off turned out to be too much for me. I definitely crashed the instant [...]
Dance?
Filed in creations,swing, March 20, 2009, 9:08 amContinuing with the pink theme, we also created these dance buttons. A collaborative effort with Robert, it included his text and my button making skills (and help from Janine at Uppercase, as she let me use her button machine – thank you!) There is something surprisingly satisfying about encasing images/words in plastic button form, and [...]
Accessorize in Pink
Filed in creations,swing, March 18, 2009, 9:00 amThe 9th Prairie Lindy Exchange (PLEX) has a theme, Plex and the City, which somehow has translated into ‘pink’. The ladies and I spent some time glue gunning obnoxiously pink flowers to hair clips (for the follows) and pins (boutonnieres for the leads). My fingers are slightly scalded, as learning to not touch hot glue [...]
