I almost didn't go this year for philosophical reasons, but so many of my favorite dancers were there that I drove down with Heidi and Haley.

I stayed at the now infamous FireMark Hotel which has broken the hosting record previously held by my SF Lindy Hotel and Jeremy's Seattle house.
Wow. FireMark and Bryant sure set an unbreakable hosting standard.

I entered the "Blues Dance Contest" which turned out to be a misnomer and a mistake. I should have paid more attention to the contest disclaimer: "any and all dance forms are allowed in this contest" - so in the end it was a "Blues Music Dance Contest" - and had little to do with "Blues Dancing" as most of us define it (though I had an interesting discussion with Chance who doesn't believe that such a definition exists, per se). Such is life, I hope to see other "Blues Dance Contests" come up that actually stick to what we canonically know as "Blues Dancing" - because I think that would be lots of fun and educational for the dancers who haven't discovered our little slice of Lindy-related dancing.