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By LindyDreams (Chanceandmel) on Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:03 pm: Edit

It was a great night!! Thank you all for participating. We had 30 people in the 'Jack & Jill' and 9 couples in the 'Strictly Lindy'.

The top five couples were:

Jack & Jill
1st - Neil Figeracion and Taylor Matthews
2nd - Rob Duncan and Valerie Yau
3rd - Jason Bautista and Amy Johnson
4th - Jeremy Barwick and Magda Henna
5th - Jason Kennedy and Amanda Hanson

Strictly Lindy
1st - Jeremy and Michelle Barwick
2nd - Brian Abe and Liz Chorley
3rd - Tan Huynh and Valerie Yao
4th - Brian Lee and Amy Johnson
5th - Rob Duncan and Tertia Miyashiro-Duffy

Cool Blue was fantastic...We're hoping to have them back in a few months.

Also, Tony Quach did an amazing job DJing for the competitions and band breaks!! We can't thank him enough...

The Judges did a great job!! We wouldn't have wanted to decide between all those awesome dancers. Thank you: Meeshi, Emily, Jim, Margie, and Debbie.

By LindyDreams (Chanceandmel) on Sunday, November 10, 2002 - 01:30 pm: Edit

Hello Everybody, Let's Have Some Fun...

This month at 3RD SATURDAY SWINGS we'll be having the Kyle Bronson Trio down from LA.

We're also honored to have Lindy Hop Champions Kevin and Carla giving a
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE. This you don't want to miss!!!

There's a FREE BEGINNING LESSON at 8:30 so get your friends dancing.

A SMALL $10 COVER...
...includes the lesson, the band, the special performance, 3+ hours of dancing on one of the best floors and with all of the fab dancers in SD, and (of course) refreshments.

HOW CAN YOU NOT GO?!?!

SATURDAY Nov 16, 2002 (8-12+PM)

@ The Champion Ballroom
3580 Fifth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92013

More Info: www.LindyDreams.com.

By LindyDreams (Chanceandmel) on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 - 11:10 pm: Edit

What did you all think? Any suggestions for bands?

See you all next month!

3RD SATURDAY SWINGS @ The Champion Ballroom: A Christmas Celebration with Mikole Karr & Swingtown!!

December 21, 2002

Chance and Mel

By LindyDreams (Chanceandmel) on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 11:40 am: Edit

We're even going to have very special guest: Santa Clause. He's taking time out of his very busy schedule to stop by and dance...

By Screw you guys, i'm going westie (Tearshedding) on Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 04:08 pm: Edit

3 words.... Titan Hot 7 (from Tennessee).... good ol' dixie/hot jazz... they friggin' rule

By Shaolin Monkey (Yedancer) on Saturday, November 23, 2002 - 08:23 am: Edit

Josh Collozzo and his Feetwarmers. I've heard of some other bands, too, although I've never heard them. What about Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five? Anyone heard them?

By Krista (Melbamoose) on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 10:25 am: Edit

they were pretty good at Camp Hollywood when I saw them. Had a nice Django sound to them. I think Jonathan Stout sometimes plays with the Feetwarmers as well.

By Ian Campbell (Ian) on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 10:08 pm: Edit

Shawna and I made the trek for the campus 5 last week...they were good, a lot of standards as well as fun other stuff. Very danceable for all levels.

By Shaolin Monkey (Yedancer) on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 11:29 pm: Edit

Those are definitely the kind of bands I'd like to see. I like the groovy jazz and blues bands, but they get boring after a while. Which makes sense considering they do not cater to lindy hoppers. I'd like to see a band every once in a while that caters specifically to lindy hoppers.

I'd also like to hear some music that kicks my butt, instead of stuff that makes me want to sit back in my chair and sip some scotch, or maybe just go to sleep.

p.s. I think it's rad that Mel and Chance are doing so much for our scene, and would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank them for doing so. It's completely awesome that they have worked so hard to bring teachers and bands to our city. And the fact that they ask for feedback shows that they really care about our dance scene and that they want to bring dancers what they want.

By Tertia (Lindyslayer) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 09:16 am: Edit

I totally think that the Feetwarmers are an awesome band. I don't think a lot of people in San Diego appreciate them as much as they should. I got a lot of negative feedback from dancers from the exchange about how the Feetwarmers were too fast. My response to all that made that comment, "Are you f-ing kidding me? Shut up and dance!"

By Lisa Conway (Lisaconway) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 09:20 am: Edit

and if it is too fast for a song, shut up, sit back and enjoy some great jazz!

By Ron (Ron) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 10:32 am: Edit

Dancers would rather dance to a mediocre band than half dance/half listen to a good band. Its just the way it is.

By Jeff (Jeff) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 11:04 am: Edit

The Feetwarmers are amazing. But it's interesting to me, (but not surprising, for reasons I won't delve into now), that they played their stuff more moderately and not quite as fast at the LA exchange than the SD exchange.

I love it personally when the band is great, and the mix is varied so all levels can dance most the time.

By Krista (Melbamoose) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 11:13 am: Edit

Well it's obvious most dancers aren't in this cause they care about good jazz. Hehehehehe....oh, this is too easy, today.

By julius (Julius5) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 01:29 pm: Edit

Yeah, the Feetwarmers did tone it down for the SD Exchange, I noticed. And people were still complaining that it was too fast? That's insane. I distinctly remember most of their songs being in the 150-180 range, and there were a ton of ballads too.

Events need to be recorded so you can show people the tape and say "you are on crack!"

By Krista (Melbamoose) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 03:19 pm: Edit

I think maybe people just hear good swing, and assume it's fast. They equate good music with fast and therefor claim not to be able to dance to it. Give them groovy crap and they think they've died and gone to heaven. I can't explain it Julius, it's an enigma to a lot of us...

By Darlene on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 03:58 pm: Edit

If I read Jeff's post correctly, he thought the Feetwarmers toned it down in LA not SD. I believe it to be the opposite. Julius' post was on target.

The complaints I overheard at the SD exchange were about Dean Mora and I still can't figure that one out. I enjoyed both bands.

By Jeff (Jeff) on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 06:29 pm: Edit

To clarify a bit...the fast stuff at LA was really fast, true. There were some great dancers there that knew what to do with it. But I feel there were alot more moderate tempos than were played in SD, to accommodate dancers from SF and other parts of the country that don't generally dance "as fast as frequently" as those in LA.

I've heard Dean Mora when I've really liked them. I didn't like their performance in San Diego etiher. I think they had an off night. To me they seemed as though they'd rather be anywhere else, and in my opinion, sorta played like it.

I can dance really fast now. And I love it when I have a follow who can as well. We're workin' on it.

By Susan Lee on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 10:14 am: Edit

"To me they seemed as though they'd rather be anywhere else, and in my opinion, sorta played like it."

Well, if the band overheard remarks like the one I did: "Let's go hear a real band play," then perhaps Mora would have preferred being elsewhere. This comment was made loudly and quite publicly in the lobby at Champion's.

By Jeff (Jeff) on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 10:32 am: Edit

Well, that sucks for sure. I think every band needs to be encouraged while they're playing.

By ++NancyAnne++ (Nancyanne) on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 10:35 am: Edit

Hey Look! Darlene and Susan posted!
Hi Ladys!

I like to think of "Fast Lindy" not in a SPEED sense, but as "small, abbreviated, close & tight"!
and that fast-last night of the exchange made me very happy!
HeyLady

By Susan Lee on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 10:42 am: Edit

Ye gods, Nancy! You dug up that long-buried photo of Darlene and me coming out of a 3D movie -where'd you find it?

By ++NancyAnne++ (Nancyanne) on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 10:53 am: Edit

What a cutie you are Susan...
I didn't know you get crescent-moon eyes when you smile. hee-hee
susan

By Ron (Ron) on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 10:57 am: Edit

Speaking of Mora's, I turned Jesse Miner onto them (I think) at the Chicago exchange a couple years ago when I played "A Viper's Moan" (142 BPM) from Call of the Freaks and he asked about it. I talked to him this weekend in Austin and he mentioned he plays it and gets good response. I also turned him onto Cool Blue, an entirely different band. I think that if both bands played at the same time there would be a huge matter/anti-matter like explosion obliterating everything within miles. Or maybe not.

By Ron (Ron) on Wednesday, November 27, 2002 - 11:00 am: Edit

The 2nd photo is much better...!

And its pretty rude to rag on bands at their show... They aren't my favorite to dance to, but they play good tight jazz.

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