by Jay | Apr 18, 2011 | Community Night, Social Dance
The annual Frankie Manning Tribute night is coming up on May 28th, 2011. For those that are not familiar, Frankie Manning is considered the father of lindy hop. Frankie passed away two years ago and to commemorate his life and contribution to lindy hop around the...
by Jay | Apr 12, 2011 | Pictures, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog
Our lindy hopping friends in Rochester, NY have set up a website called “Vintage Jazz Art” that sells artwork from the swing and jazz era. They have some great prints and photos on sale and the best part is a portion of all sales go towards the Lindy...
by Jay | Apr 8, 2011 | Out of Town Events + Workshops, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog
Travelling to dance at events in other swing dance scenes is a great way to improve your dancing, meet other dancers, and have an all around fantastic time. There is an energy at these events that can’t really be matched by staying in your home town all the...
by Jay | Mar 20, 2011 | Music, Social Dance, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog
On March 25th, 2011 Oliver Pigott (of Canadian Idol fame) will be a special guest at the Friday Blues dance. You want to go to this if you are into blues music and blues dancing. Invite your favorite dance partners and closest friends because this is going to be...
by Jay | Feb 23, 2011 | Front Page, Pictures, Toronto Lindy Hop Blog
Hamilton Lindy-Hopper, Jacqui Oakley now has swing dance prints for sale now on her Etsy shop, along with other bird & animal illustrations. She’s really excited about this series and wants to try and do more paintings for the dance community so any help...
