ILHC 2009 - Invitational Jack 'n Jill - Todd Yannacone & Naomi Uyama

[hundsim]

The audience's hoorays are just hilarious. It really sounds like a sitcom's laugh tracks.. :/

[otledbetter]

watch max do the point thing with them at 1:35. how awesome is it to have a

group of guys and girls who just know their sport and have the time of their lives tearing it up.....LOVE IT

[pat97vette]

Can someone put a name to that move at 1:35 to 1:39?

[sidelongglance]

@pat97vette "Points" or "pointing": a Frankie Manning move, so I've heard...

[davesyndrome87]

@pat97vette I've heard it referred to as the "Around the World" (with points... see the Frankie95 Choreography vid) or "The Windmill". A cool variation after the spin is to do rock-paper-scissors instead ;)

[melvisbrevel]

i think this is my new favourite lindy vid! Todd and Naomi are my favourites to watch and the musicality in this vid is spot on! love it! :D

[turinturumbar001]

Man, I totally thought they should've placed. I thought they danced together far better than Mickey and Frida did. But then, I wasn't there, and it's always different in person....

[sbbbjm]

i thought the same thing too, but look at the relative placements on the score sheets - they are all over the place. i think JnJ's with this many contestants and competitors of this caliber can be kind of a crap shoot a lot of the times.

[Kujakuseki01]

@sbbbjm ...It's Lindy Hop. All of the competitions are always crap shoots.

[brettzforeman]

Man, these two are phenomenal. That fox trot starting at 1:15 was inspired. So retro, so energetic, so smoothly intertwined with the beat of that vibraphone. I can't get enough of their style.

[jrdx]

Not foxtrot, but (collegiate) shag.

[BigJoeMamma]

I love how all the girls are clapping and the guys (save Skye) are either reluctant, or convinced they're now fighting for second.

[junglekid23]

It is a song by Lionel Hampton Jivin' the Vibes.

[smithyy1]

Is that song by Lionel Hampton?

[smithyy1]

I love that clip.

[birkleyw]

Incredible.

[2O2cm]

That's awesome!!! I love you Todd and Naomi!!!!

[limniscate]

I wish they were still doing Strictlys together.

[marvinthedestroyer]

me too, they were one of my favorite couples when i first discovered lindy hop! it made me happy to see this video on here of them dancing together again (and not just w/ the silver shadows, though i love that team).