Last week the International Lindy Hop Championships took place in Washington, DC and, as every year, it was a spectacular turn out of talent. If you have a few hours, you can sift through the videos on youtube that were so quickly posted by Patrick & Natasha. In short, here\u2019s what the two of us were up to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our First Place Showcase Division Routine
Todd Yannacone and Laura Glaess came in second with a great routine! I\u2019m really looking forward to seeing what the two of them come up with in the next year \ud83d\ude00
Remy Kouakou Kouame and Vincenzo Fesi came in third with an incredibly handsome jazz routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First Place in the Slow Division with Mikey Pedroza!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s amusing about this for me is the backstory. Last year, Mikey and I competed in Slow and took second to Peter and Naomi. Shortly after the results, Mikey told me, \u201cNext year, we are going to win it.\u201d Two weeks before ILHC this year, I came down to SoCal for a wedding and so we scheduled to rehearse. Our rehearsal comprised of us talking for about 10 minutes, dancing to two songs, and working on one move. Tada!! Hahah, I\u2019d barely consider it a rehearsal, but whatever it was, it looks like it paid off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One final note about our ILHC performance: I feel like this year, as well as last year, Mikey and I lucked out with the song choice. I\u2019d say a number of the competitors, both years, had pretty uninspiring music which makes putting on a great show challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both gentlemen worked their butts off to get these pieces ready with me. It was such a pleasure working with them \u2013 thanks guys!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All in all, I\u2019d say it was a pretty good year. Great job to all the competitor, for Tena\/Nina\/Silvia for putting on another great event, and for the lindy hop scene supporting it\u2019s people one more year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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