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  1. Camp Jitterbug 2011 Contest Results

    May 30, 2011 by Jo

    The results are in and videos are up!! Congratulations to all the competitors!

    Solo Charleston


    Winner: Joanna Lucero

    Jack & Jill

    1) Davis Thurber and Kelly Arsenault
    2) Andrew Hsi and Maéva Truntzer
    3) Juan Villafañe and Gabby Cook

    Strictly Lindy

    This year, the Strictly was done in a new format. Two couples at a time were given one chorus to battle for their life and then the 5 judges decided who lived, and who died (sounds very Roman the way I’m explaining it). After the four rounds of battle, the four remaining couples jammed.

    Battle:

    Jam:

    1) William Mauvais & Maéva Truntzer
    2) Juan Villafañe & Sharon Davis
    3) Nick Williams & Jo Hoffberg

     

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  2. Lone Star Championship 2011 – Invitational Competition

    January 19, 2011 by Jo

    Invitational Strictly – Spotlight 1

    Invitational Strictly – Spotlight 2

    You might notice that I dressed differently than I typically do. Lisa Casper (New Orleans) outfitted me from head to toe. That is her yellow bandanna, yellow top, and skirt. The fun thing about that skirt is that she made that herself! I think this might be the making of a new clothing designer in our scene!! (And and and, in a very short while I’ll be selling hair accessories handmade by her!!)

    RESULTS

    1) Nick Williams and Laura Keat
    2) Peter Strom and Naomi Uyama
    3) Todd Yannacone and Jo Hoffberg

    Jack and Jill!!!!!!

    What set this competition apart from all the others was the music. We danced to a lindy hop song and then something that fell into the karaoke/soul category. Nick Williams and I were brave enough to choose Karaoke Grab Bag, and to be honest, I think it was a great choice. :)

    FAVORITE MOMENTS:
    1) Sucking on the lindy hop portion and then finding total redemption with a Star Lift. To top that off, Nick’s “fork in the garbage disposal” moment. And I have to give Chia-Wen Lin a shout out for being such an awesome team player as well as Carla for continuing to play along.
    2) Andrew Thigpen and Carla Heiney dancing to “Summer Nights” from Greece (14:41). She made such a great Sandra Dee and they both acted the crap out the song!! Hahha, and getting to be backup singers….man… I’ll never forget that.
    3) Peter Strom and Mia Goldsmith’s dance was……so many things (21:39)!! One way to describe it is “not work appropriate”. Another: daaaaaaaaannng! Just watch everyone’s reaction in the background. Funny stuff. :)
    4) Nikki Marvin swivel moment (28:30) shortly followed up by Jeremy Otth’s circle slide (28:35) and finger point (just to make sure you saw it dancing to Footloose (28:56). When he undid his suspenders….we all nearly lost it! He made such a great Kevin Bacon….it was ridiculous!

    Naomi Uyama also did a fantastic job picking out the music!! People we so well suited to the music they chose. Love it!

    RESULTS:

    1) Chance Bushman and Karen Turman (6:00)
    2) Nick Williams and Jo Hoffberg (9:47)
    3) Peter Strom and Mia Goldsmith (19:56)

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