Camp Jitterbug 2008 Lindy Hop Couples Finals

[RyanAerospace1]

Nice! Thanks Tonya. I'm new to swing, any recommended resources for a beginner in Toronto?

Ryan

[ShY1CAS]

wops are over

[greenbean477]

wow! that was so fun to wach.

[Zumbawithcindy]

Great dancers! I'm incorporating Lindy and Jitter-bug moves into my Zumba Fitness® classes!

[blackoracle86]

That flip at 5:45 was impressive.

[easytears]

@blackoracle86 a lot of things here are impressive..

[petitetonya]

Nick & Carla won

[hasnae2222]

who won in the end?

[lehman]

Who are the couple of the girl with the red shirt?

[twiglightdragontake2]

O.O

[the54321annie]

that was amazing this really needs more views!

[KyndalSarah]

What is the name of the song they are dancing to?

[lindyhop411]

@KyndalSarah Flying Home.

[JOxpkral]

So much dance in 6 mins. I would LOVE to dance like that.

[PaddyyYY]

wow

[Jon8RFC]

4:26 is just awesome.

[maskevito]

whats the name of the band's name??

They diserve the cridits, cause they make them dance so wel;p

[petitetonya]

The band is Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five out of LA. You are right, they absolutely deserve credit. They rocked the house that night!!!!

[evyfaye]

4:23 OMG.

[creaturebotman]

This is great but if you want to see how it was really done check out:

"Two can have a party ... Tammi Terrell"

Thier Jitterbuging will make your jaw drop

[SWELMY423]

@creaturebotman AWESOME video!!!!

[lindyhop411]

@creaturebotman Um, that's a clip from the movie Hellzapoppin from 1941, and it's just overdubbed with a 60's tune. You should look up the original clip with the original music.

[pelomarron]

2:43 was Insane!! Almost doesn't make any sense!! JUST CRAZY!

[CaroVorona]

sublime and fantastic. thank you 4 posting this

[syprnc]

4:00!!!!! that was awesome. but this whole video was awesome! i need to learn how to jitterbug!

[rmswingnut]

I especially love the end- its like a CIRCUS!!!

[aeroegnr]

Love it! Love the high energy dances

[ignious64]

looks like it hurt at 2:11

[auaiao9]

Really cute dancing!

[CJMeuRei]

Crazy dancing!!! They seem to be having so much fun.

[RiKamen]

Belive me you've never seen so much energy in one room, It's a truly life chaining experience,

[lindybeige]

I imagine that you may have meant "changing" but perhaps "chaining" was a fine Freudian slip. You are now chained to the Lindy hop!

[hawaiiancutie5]

this was awesome :O i've always wanted to be able to do that lol

[peppilepiu]

vladgolcea....i think you're right...they communicatd the most with their dancing.

Long Live Lindy.

[vladgolcea]

I'm giving it to the bald guy with the lady in the red dress :D .

[rockerruss555]

So who won??

[dylancaprotti]

Sad, these dudes are clearly not as fast or as flexible as they should be.

[sparkyspirits]

Do you know how to Lindy? You watch these amazing dancers and complain that they aren't flexible enough? Really?

[bmxgeniesdad]

1st track is flying home.

[KoopaFreak]

omg this is crazzy!!!! i LOVE IT especially the ending really 30s :D

[shaneholmesmusic]

thats awesome! i wanna do this..

[aph404]

This is incredible, I only found out about Lindy Hop last night. The style and amount of variation is like nothing i've seen before, unrivalled.

I hold every one of the people dancing in this video in very high respect, fantastic stuff!

[petitetonya]

Yeah, Nick & Carla, the girl with the red skirt, won first place

[terbait123]

so did one of these couples win the finals? which one? they were all amazing!

[Piitsi]

looks fun but could be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. sweet stuff nonetheless

[zemrushi17]

this is really cool where do they do this kind of dance

[rockblonde101]

lindy hop dancers like this are so inspiring, i really want to learn the dance, but idk how to get started.

props to all these people, you guys are awesome.

[qutini]

Herräng in sweden :) it's not cheap but it is worth it!

[sparkyspirits]

Camp Hollywood in LA

[vero3189]

i need to find a partner!!!!

[petitetonya]

only a few weeks left before CJ...wooohoo!!! this year is going to be awesome. so many great dancers in town.

[soulmover9]

im a bboy, and this is sooooo hype!!! i love it. maybe its the herb, but this dancing is entertaining

[Lush246]

REmix time they need trance jigger bug

[Kelseyjoy1148z]

I'm so excited for this year! It's going to be my first time. =D

[rmswingnut]

animals is what they are.. love it

[emariew91]

i'm a hip hop dancer and i wish i knew how to different types of dances especially couple dances... this is amazing... it must require so much energy. wish i knew how to dance like this

[blueslover102]

haha, i kinda figured that. I'm movin to nashville in a couple years, i'll probably get into it more then. Thank you tho!

[joninho22]

I started swing in nashville, make sure you get with NSDF if you wanna learn legit swing.

[blueslover102]

omg, i've always wanted to be able to learn to dance like this. Is there anywhere you can take lessons?

[petitetonya]

You should come to the event, Camp Jitterbug. We have all levels of classes for a hard core weekend of learning lindy hop. it's may 28-31st in Seattle. As for as local lessons, where do you live? I can probably help you find someone.

[blueslover102]

me and my boyfriend decided that we definitely will learn how to do it. But where i live is the bad part about it, i live in eastern ky..there's pretty much nothing here. Somewhere else in kentucky, lexington, or lousiville might would work if there's any type of classes for it around there...

[petitetonya]

yikes, I don't think I know anyone in that area!

[petitetonya]

oh yeah, should probably post the 2009 dates for ya'll. The Camp Jitterbug 10 year anniversary is this year...May 28-31st 2009. It's going to be awesome...lots of specials stuff planned for this year.

[Kujakuseki01]

Stoked for CJ 2009. Glenn Crytzer's big band, great instructors, JSS, and the Harlem Hot Shots.

Gonna be a rockin' party.

[RiKamen]

INSANEEE! I love lindy hop, I want to go to CJ so bad this year! I'm going GOSH DARN IT! dang money.

[NeHumanasCrede]

ZOMGZ Nick and Carla are doing a workshop at my school! ALL OF YOU BE JEALOUS.

[cstarsoft2000]

It's an amazing display. I can't even begin to fathom the energy, stamina, coordination and practice required to be as good as these folks are. I get exhausted just watching them. They really are great. Thanks for posting this.

[sweetwillie]

Gosh that sure looks fun.

[NeHumanasCrede]

The second guy is Nick Williams? That guy is my IDOL. I'm glad they won.

[NeHumanasCrede]

So jealous! I'm in my University's swing club but I don't think I'll ever even come close to being this good! Well done!  [=

[Kujakuseki01]

That with that attitude you won't. :p

[FlagCutie]

INSANE! These people arw AMAZING!

[Victorian9322]

i want to learn this!

[drnedoman]

fantastic! I´m gonna do this too.

[chinadollphace]

i go to w.e. greiner and we do a traditional 1940s play every year and we have to do some of these moves on stage.

my dance partner is a normal size.but luckily for him i only weigh 100lbs .

[hardToSignUpHere]

wow I want to do this!

i'm beginning lindy hop on thursday!

[lostundfound]

Awesome Awesome Awesome!

[TeamKilday]

Was the 2nd girl Carla Heiney?

[petitetonya]

yep, Nick Williams and Carla.  They won.

[hasinai]

That's cool stuff, and the band sounded great!

[hasinai]

Who was the band providing the music?

[petitetonya]

Campus Five

[hasinai]

Where was this event held?

[mickywoe]

Don't you just love Carla Heiney, second on with Nick... Man I can watch her dance all day long. Carla Come to 'GNSH' Feb 2009 in UK ...

[petitetonya]

Lindy Hop and Charleston are part of each other...if any competition is dqing dancers for putting in "too much charleston", then they don't understand Lindy Hop.

[LindyPenguin]

So long as it's got at least one swing out in it, it's Lindy as far as I'm concerned.

[petitetonya]

the Lindy Hop came out of Charleston...they are intermixed all the time. in fact, if you look at a lot of the leads footwork in 1930's lindy hop clips, you'll notice that the footwork in their swing out IS Charleston. Any comp that disqualifies people for doing "too much" Charleston in their Lindy Hop isn't very legit in my humble (or not so humble) opinion. oh boy, i hope i didn't open up a huge can of worms:-)

[20191]

I don't agree, watch the wurms.

[rmswingnut]

I agree with petitetonya- and besides- if you have ever danced super fast lindy in front of a crowd you know that charleston is exciting to watch and easy to execute during really fast songs. Its about having fun, tons of energy and musicality, not counting swingouts.

[kevinherbert]

@rmswingnut : yeah but u can say that 'cos it comes naturally to people like you...too coool to cAre.....it's gr8 simply rythmn 'n' moves (R&M)...... u herd ut foist

here......

[7roach]

Petitetonya is of course right on. watch some classic lindy clips from the 30s, 40s (and even 50s at the Savoy!) and you'll see dancers moving seamlessly between charleston and lindy hop -- not much different from these dancers at NJC! the level of dancing is SO high these days. making frankie proud, i'm sure =')

[thelindyboy]

great job juana and sharon !!!!!!!!!

just go

[SquadbayNinja]

Marty and Teni moved so professionally!

[sbbbjm]

this is awesome! i think nick and carla brought it though! everything else was either slightly sloppy or a bunch of been there done that charleston patterns performed so-so. even people that i think can get by with just dancing/no aerials kind of fell a litle short for imho

[tenishoe]

Final Placements:

1st- Nick and Carla (second couple)

2nd- Marty and Teni (third couple)

3rd- Bromley and Jean (fifth couple)

[orio195]

Todd and whoever his partner is totally take it.

[swingdevotee]

Absolutely. That looked like a Frida Segerdahl clone. About the same size. Terrific moves and style.  I agree completely.

[rikomatic]

Holy carp, amazing lindy hopping!

[zootinzack]

Nick & Carla rox0r !

[kukureally]

Awesome!! And I was there!! I just re-lived the awesomeness!!

[hnlflygirl]

Holy Crap. I can't believe I missed this. Awesome Finals!

[JohnMichaelEnnis]

Awesome! Thanks for posting!

[Klempner]

That was sick Nick and Carla! I missed your arial sequence of your second jam... that was sick! Ya turn your head for one second...