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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Hello Lindy Bombers! There are a couple of things that you should ALL know, so I'm giving these announcements their very own post.

ANNOUNCEMENT THE FIRST: There will be NO CLASSES on Monday, December 27th. Come on out to Swingin' Sunday the day before and get all your dancing in, because the Lindy Bombers are taking the week off!

ANNOUNCEMENT THE SECOND: The FIRST EVER open tryouts for the competitive Lindy Bombers Team will be held Monday, March 7th, 2011. If you are interested in trying out, we suggest that you spend a lot of time working on your technique and getting comfortable dancing fast. Fast, good swingouts will be something we look for in new members. Feel free to talk to any current team members if you have questions about the team, or refer to our website's Team page. I hope to see a lot people at tryouts!

Lesson Recap 12/20/10

Last night was OPEN FLOOR NIGHT which meant many of us spent some quality time working on new moves or technique weakenesses. Evan also did a review of the solor Charleston routine, a video of which can be found in last week's lesson recap post. Evan was perpared to move on to some new material, but unfortunately we ran short on time. Maybe on the next open floor night!

The team spent a SOLID practice brushing up on our solo movement and partner dancing technique. All this in preparation for our next performance, at the Heartland Swing Festival in Iowa next year. More on that to come. . .

Megan taught an hour of FUN-damentals while team practice was going on, and I spied not one, but TWO new students in her class. Let's hope they keep coming back!

I'm about to post some announcements that pertain to ALL Lindy Bombers, so don't go away!

Christmas 2010 Performance

Thank you Ryan Rahn for video taping our performance last Sunday! Congratulations to all the performers!



The savvy observer will notice that this routine begins with The Big Apple and finishes with Nick & Nina's routine from the Intensive from November of this year :-)

Thanks to Oscar and Evan for coaching us through this routine!

Stay tuned for more team-related news. . .

- Chelsea

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Lesson Recap 12/13/2010

Get ready Lindy Bombers, because this is going to be THE MOST EXCITING LESSON RECAP EVER! Why? Because I have a video recap for you!!!! Last night Evan taught a solo Charleston routine, and HERE IT IS:



During team practice, we ran our routine bunches of times in preparation for our performance THIS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19th at Harry Reese. Come check us out!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Lesson Recap 12/6/10

Last night was very technique-focused, which was a change from our recent routine. We started the 7:30 practice with turn drills and bounce drills (YAY BOUNCE DRILLS). Then we worked on some siwngout fundamentals that were new to some and familiar to others. We had the leads keep their left arms short through counts 5&6, already beginning to establish the connection necessary to stretch anywhere from 7-3. We also worked on varying the amount each partner travels in a swingout, from having the lead more or less circle the follow to a normal, shared-momentum swingout. For the ladies, we worked on the "energizer bunny concept" that says you should continue to move in the direction you were last lead until you are stopped by the next lead. We practiced this by having the leads alternate swingouts and 6ct passes in unpredictable patterns.

During team practice, we ran our routine over and over. It's that time; only a couple of weeks left until we perform!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Lesson Recap 11/29/2010

Monday's 7:30 lesson was a combined beginner/intermediate tour of moves that start and end in closed position. We started out with Jig Walks, then did some little pop outs that can travel in either direction or become rotational. We did some little hops in closed, which of course made my night, as it involved jumping around. We did a Balboa break that works well from closed position in any swing dance.

We also did a 6-ct inside turn from closed that "landed" us face-to-face, but offset, from our partners. In this sort of ballroom-like position, we can walk around or do the bird or any other manner of silly things. We used a HIP LEAD (capitalized because it is one of my favorite things ever) to get ourselves back into normal closed position.

Hope that jogs your memory, if you were trying to remember what we covered. See you next time!