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Alphabetical Jazz Steps – Edition 3 (2017) with Chester Whitmore

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After the first edition from 2009 with 37 solo jazz steps and the second revised edition from 2012 with 84 steps, Stuart Collins and his friends created a new clip with the help of Mister Chester Whitmore himself.

Here's the new clip: 68 steps with a lot of additional comments and insight from Chester.

Click on the timestamp to jump to a step:

Hat Trick Shim Sham Tutorial

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If you've liked Kevin St. Laurent's tutorial for the Hat Trick Tranky Doo by Tips & Tops from last week then you will also dig this post!

Tips & Tops aka Kevin St. Laurent & Shesha Marvin
Tips & Tops @ Lindy Focus 2010. Photo: Dabelyn Photography

In the meantime I namely found out that Tips & Tops published another Hat Trick tutorial back in 2010 and both of them – Shesha Marvin & Kevin St. Laurent – are teaching in these clips.

Hat Trick Shim Sham Tutorial by Tips & Tops

Here it is. Have fun!

It's the Shim Sham by Al Minns & Leon James combined with hat tricks.

Thanks again Kevin & Shesha for publishing these great tutorials!

What about you. Will you learn the Hat Trick Shim Sham?

Let us know in the comment section below!

Hat Trick Tranky Doo Tutorial

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Kevin St. Laurent

It's Friday and sometimes I like to feature a random video clip on YouTube.

Today, I would like to share with you an awesome series of 11 videos created by Kevin St. Laurent!

Hat Trick Tranky Doo by Tips & Tops

This choreography was created by Tips (aka Kevin St. Laurent) and Tops (aka Shesha Marvin) as an add on to the famous Tranky Doo.

Kevin shares this tutorial with everyone for free (!), so you can learn and perform it where ever you want.

There's a lot of work involved, first to create such a choreography and then to produce a whole series of video clips.

So please, share these videos, leave a comment on Kevin's YouTube Channel and say thank you! 🙂

Thank you Kevin & Shesha!

Performance

And here is a performance from Swing Brother Swing Festival in Bologna, Italy 2011:

30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: Your Swing Shoes

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Every Friday for thirty weeks, I will write about a topic from the list of the
“30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge“.

Finally a topic that I really like 😉

Week #20: My Collection Of Swing Shoes

Nothing to say right now, here's a picture

My Swing Shoes

In the middle: Remix Moccasin stitch lace-up buck.

From left clockwise: Aris Allen Brown Captoe, Aris Allen All White Wingtip Oxford, Aris Allen White Captoe, Aris Allen White Captoe (brandnew), Keds Red Champions Originals, Aris Allen Black Captoe and another Aris Allen White Captoe

Not on the picture: Stacy Adams Brown Madison.

Remarks:

  • Remix Moccasin: Unfortunately, my feet are not built for those shoes, so I never wear them for dancing, and rarely for other occasions. One day, I will buy the Classic Captoe Oxford in white/brown, they are so beautiful!
  • Aris Allen Captoe: The white ones are obviously my favorite ones, I bought the brown and the black models from a dance buddy to have a color alternative, but mostly I'm using the white ones anyway. Aris Allen have a great value-for-money ratio, although I have to glue the heel leather up to three times during their lifetime…
  • Aris Allen Wingtip Oxford: When they came out, I wanted to have them because of the design.
  • Keds: This year I eventually bought my first pair of Keds and I really like them. I'm using them with the original rubber sole but most likely I'll let them resole with leather.
  • Stacy Adams: Nice shoes, I should wear them more often.


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30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge: That Move That Eludes You

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Every Friday for thirty weeks, I will write about a topic from the list of the
“30 Week Lindy Hop Challenge“.

Last week we started with moves, here is another one.

Week #19: Jazz Steps Challenge Me

Well, this is not that easy to answer.

Basically, I can learn and execute all of the steps, but sometimes, it needs me a lot of effort to memorize how to start them. Two examples:

  • Camel Walks
  • Squat Charleston

If you feel the same, then here is a nice reference. I don't judge on the execution of the various steps in this video, since all of them are done in all kind of variations.

Alphabetical Jazz Steps

This is the bigger and longer version of the original clip from 2009.


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