I have been perusing some swing dance blogs this week, and came up with a number of interesting posts that are worth a look:
- Watch a video tribute to the Harlem Congaroos, and then watch the original clip from the 1940’s, which is all kinds of awesome on Alain’s Dance Blog. The energy level on that original clip is just incredible.
- Over on Just For the Halibut, Bernadette finds her muse from the golden era of musical cinema.
- Song and Dance shares a hilarious video of musical comedy sketch on the ubiquity of Pachelbel’s Canon (not dance related, but the rest of the site is and there are some interesting posts to peruse).
- Carl’s Dance Blog talks about the importance of a live band that understands dancers’ needs. A dance band has a very different function than a normal band, and if a band doesn’t understand my needs, I’d rather have a DJ.
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September 14, 2007 at 10:10 am
Bernadette
I’m so glad you found me! And now I’ve found you…
I would rather have even a mediocre DJ over most live bands too. We have a number of bands that play pretty regularly in the area, but only a few of them really know how to play music that dancers can dance to. I went to see one Jazz Orchestra play a few weeks ago. In a whole two hours of music, there were only maybe four songs that were danceable. Nice music, but some of those beats are faster than they sound, and long jazz solos don’t make for fun dances.
September 14, 2007 at 10:46 am
Carl
Thanks for the support.