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OK for Saturday I decided no more screwing around and brought my huge 70-200mm f2.8 zoom lens which I normally use for football.
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Fortunately Mighty Aphrodite in the Pavillion was perfect to practice on!
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A little later Titan Hot 7 was back in the ballroom again again.
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They seemed to be in an extra-goofy mood.
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I guess they wondered how much garbage could fit in a tuba. Quite a lot.
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Out on the patio were The Wildcats. This band is mostly made up of ASU professors and students (Wildcats. Get it?)
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Then back in the Pavillion, this was Fulton Street I think.
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Plenty of dancable music but no Lindy dancers of course. Listen to a low-fi clip of them playing some very swingable music.
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Then Clint Baker was back. Man, these stage lights make everyone look like they have a bad sunburn.
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Check out more of the great dance music that the Lindy folks missed out on.
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I asked Kathie Cavera if she ever stops smiling on stage. "Never!"
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Look out. More dangerous music by the Titan Hot 7. Will Jofflyn and Amber cheat death two nights in a row?
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I think Amber is dead and Jofflyn is just holding her lifeless body upright so as not to cause a scene.
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OMG! The unthinkable has happened! Jofflyn and Amber died right before our eyes! The horror! The humanity! The embarassment!
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The audience didn't seem to be bothered by the sight of two lifeless bodies. Must be from New York. Listen to this crackly soundclip of the music responsible for their deaths.
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OK I was kidding. They're not really dead.
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Quick run as fast as you can to the ballroom to catch the end of Mighty Aphrodite's last set!
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What's this? Nina Ferro was playing drums? She's everywhere!
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Nina decides to sing instead.
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She also admitted that she hadn't picked up a drumstick since she was six years old.
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Clint Baker again. For some reason they played a more Dixieland set there making me look like a liar after telling the Lindy people about all the dancable music they had played that weekend.
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Kathie plays a killer banjo solo. Her face is going to be sore tomorrow.
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Whoops, I accidently got a good shot of a lead instead of the back of his head. That rarely happens.
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This was High Sierra. They were a little too comical for my tastes but they did do a great job of trying to get the Senior Citizens pretending to be enthused by the music.
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When we Lindy dancers finally started to show up, I overheard a guy in the audience asking another who these dancers were. "Lindyhoppers they call themselves." Didn't make me feel welcome there.
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Oh, then there was Sine Qua Non. Imagine the Benny Goodman Quartet plus bass and that's what they sounded like. Listen to the sound clip if you don't believe me.
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Listen to one last clip of Titan Hot 7 playing some music that was perfect for us Lindy dancers.
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For the record, Gail from Sactown normally doesn't look this bored.
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And Sandy, formerly from D.C., normally has a face you can see.
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Here's the Solo Charleston Contest. Um, you know, solo Charleston does not make for especially good pictures. I know that now.
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Damn, why did I bring that stupid football lens? I nearly had to stand in Mesa to shoot these.
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Ouch, did he mean to do that?
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Yes he did. He's OK, folks!
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This contestant was nothing more than a shameless advertisement for the Utah Lindy Exchange which will be happening January 12-15. I refuse to show her sneaky stunt because I won't be going although I hear about a zillion other people are so you should check it out.
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If you look closely, you may also see London and France.
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OK final heat. Look in the background and you'll see two musicians from a band I have mentioned quite a number of times.
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While breakdancing is a legimate dance form, I'm not sure it qualifies as Charleston!
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Look, it's the adorable Binks announcing the winners!
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Second place got to kiss Binks on the cheek and hold her hand.
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The winner!
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Two more gratuitous shots of Binks in her flapper outfit.
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That's all folks!
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