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Album:2008:01-25 Enter The Blues
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Sosh and I decided to outdo our shenanigans at
LindyFocus
(the "Late Night Liberation Front"), and we created a presentation
for people to "learn" about the (ancient)
History of Blues Dancing.
(You don't find this stuff on Wikipedia..)
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I stay with Mike T Girl
and her two cats, Caiya (sp?) and Lunch (not shown) ( comments)
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Mike the Girl
eyes me suspiciously. ( comments)
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Haley gets ready for the teacher jam
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Diptastic
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Dancing with Haley
in the instructors Jam [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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..Is tasty.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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..And fun.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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The advantage to teaching
with two follows.. [photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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..is that I get to jam twice
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Then it became a free-for-all
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Which was chaotic
and amusing. [photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Falling Haley
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Dancing with Megan
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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We all take a bow
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Dancing with Megan
is dreamy. [photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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My two most favoritest blues teachers
and two of my favoritest ever blues dancers, Haley and Mike, in one place! ( comments)
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Teaching with Mike T. Girl
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Looking retarded..
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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..is a specialty
of mine. [photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Making everyone walk.
(balance class intro) ( comments)
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Mike and I teach Foundations II
on Saturday morn. [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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And the class
is fortunately awake. [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Slide with Mike
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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The class tries it out.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Super retarded...
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Haley and I
teach Stretch and Counterbalance later on Saturday [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Watching class.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Playing air guitar?
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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And now it looks
like I'm making an elephant (but I'm just stretching) [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Caught by Haley.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Haley shows her feet.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Dave shows his feet.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Answering a question
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Haley is scared
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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As I present
"what not to do" [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Judging a contest
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Haley judges the prelims
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Solo Blues Contest
( comments)
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Judging contests
is such hard work. [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Twins!
(with Matt S.) ( comments)
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Karis brought a spinny
light-up raver toy, so I wore it on my head. [photo Alan] ( comments)
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Haley dances with Gamble
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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While Dave focuses
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Michael Gamble takes the podium
to share our research on the history of blues dancing at the Saturday late night [photo Alan] ( comments)
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Haley as "Gara"
the cavewoman searching for food, when two cavesuitors come along. [photo Alan] ( comments)
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Cavemen approach
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Caveman Sosh make fire!
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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The invention of Blues
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Caveman Dave wins
[photo Sharon C] ( comments)
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Luke as "Rock Banger"
becomes a distraction. [photo Alan] ( comments)
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The Inquisitor
listens to grave information from his Advisor [photo Alan] ( comments)
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..and decides to kill
the Prisoner for his clear violation of anti-Blues laws [photo Alan] ( comments)
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Spelunker #1 and Spelunker #2
find a cave painting, while Spelunkers #3 et. al. are catching up. [photo Alan] ( comments)
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Spelunker #2 points out
the strange motions the figures in the painting are doing. [photo Alan] ( comments)
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Joe works his charms
at the "House Party" [photo Alan] ( comments)
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The Picker-Upper/Picker-Uppee,
the Mess-Arounds, the Grinders and the Smoochers. [photo Alan] ( comments)
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The Evolution of Blues Video
[Video Soo] ( comments)
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Mike and I
teach "Movement Based Musicality" on Sunday [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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And are caught on camera
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Now that's awesome.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Mike, Haley and I
teach the last class, "Technique" [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Which was basically
a Q&A session... [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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And a demo of socks.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Haley starts pole dancing.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Demo with Mike
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Dancing on Sunday,
though I arrived very late. [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Dancing with Cari
[Video youtube:matttherogue] ( comments)
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And then the Sun late night
was back at Several Dancer's Core [photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Didn't I say Luke was dangerous?
(With Stryder) ( comments)
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Haley decided to hide.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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So I joined her.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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And we had a stupid dance
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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Which was still fun.
[photo Silverlyn] ( comments)
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