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Short & Sweet
Filed in swing, April 21, 2009, 11:25 pmShort & Sweet from Jo Pesta on Vimeo. Our routine for the Short & Sweet Competition at Lindybout III. Performed to a cut and spliced version of “8, 9 & 10″ by Slim and Slam. As mentioned in the previous post, we won this competition and were given “Champion” buttons!
Lindybout III
Filed in swing,travel, , 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 [...]
Herräng
Filed in swing,travel, July 19, 2008, 10:15 pm2 weeks in Herräng, Sweden and: I have learned cool new lindy hop moves from a variety of amazing (and sometimes not amazing) instructors I have met fun people from all over the world I have stayed in an amazingly placed accommodation, right in the middle of everything, and have a convenient couch on my [...]
Louis Tribute
Filed in swing, May 18, 2008, 5:15 pmWe drove up to Carstairs to listen and dance to a Louis Armstrong Tribute band. Three of the musicians are part of the Polyjesters, a local “ka-chunk” band that we had the opportunity to see during JunoFest, and who we saw as much as possible during last years Folk Fest. It was a super fun [...]
Burlesque
Filed in swing, May 14, 2008, 12:34 pmWeekends of Swing are quite fantastic. This time I went in feeling fairly tired and wanting more solo Jo-time, but as soon as I was around the energy and excitement I was happy to be there. Our instructors, Sharon & Juan, were fabulous. Full of charisma, dancing skill, and entertaining anecdotes. On the Sunday Sharon [...]
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