Daniel's story

It was a great night dancing at Swing it.  The Band San Lyon from San Francisco was excellent.  The three women singing reminded me the Blue Dolls.  I got to dance with the French bass player, but in this picture she was playing violin.   I liked this night dancing as each person I danced with did something different.  This usually happens at swing it, as there is usually a lot of one time people dropping in to dance.  It is really enjoyable to figure out what is the most appropriate dance with someone.  Someone asked me if I would do shag.  I said I don't like it, but I ended up doing a lot of shag steps, because the music was fast, and the follow wanted to dance shag.  Afterwards, she said I dance shag, and she will dance it with me in the future. I said, I dance, and I used dance steps.  I hate it when someone wants to dictate what the dance will be.  Do you dance balboa? No,  I dance balboa steps, and I dance.  I dance to what the music says to dance.  Those events that everyon

Swing it dance. It was Mark's birthday. Jenny was playing in the Cascade Swing orchestra.  There were a lot of people there in attendance.  It was a good night of dancing.

Jumpin at Istanbul 2024. This was the real purpose I decided to come to Turkey, that and I have always wanted to see Istanbul. Yesterday, I got to the hotel on the Asia side of Istanbul. I checked-in,  took a little nap and headed over to the welcome classes.  The Lindy hop theme class/ welcome  dance was fun. It was a nice way to meet other dancers.  The class was large enough that there was only one rotation of dancers.   I met Sabine and her friend Yvon from Berlin.  I had met Sabine at Herräng dance camp last summer.  I also saw Nissa from Ankara who I also met last year in Herräng. It was fun seeing them again.  After the classes I saw the Seattle dancers sitting  at a table.  Five people from our home scene.  That is nice. The class from Nils and Bianca covered some exercises to make a better connection between partners.  It starts off with a dance.  Then we dance again with the idea that there is a table between the partners.  It can be a big table or a small table,