NW Conservatory of Dance hosted their recital last weekend and I had the chance to photograph the performances. They were so fun and it was easy to see how much effort went into creating a show like this! Kudos!!!
Here are some photos:
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Some of you might know that I am an avid swing dancer. I have been doing it for about 9 years now. I attended some of the Portland Lindy Exchange this past weekend. The two events I attended were hosted at the Crystal Ballroom, my favorite place to dance. we had to leave a bit early the first night since we were super tired and I could not attend the other events because I was shooting a wedding on Saturday. But Sunday’s event was great. The organizers did a tremendous job in general and that night was no exception. They hired Art Abrams, a terrific big band. The place was rocking.
So what is a lindy exchange anyways?
Quoting from Virginia Swing Dance
“A Lindy Exchange is where a Swing Club from a certain city invites out-of-towners & locals to come dance for an extended weekend. Traditionally it has DJ’ed Dance Parties and/or Live Bands from the afternoons, evenings to the wee-hours until daybreak.”
Portland’s lindy exchange website is: http://portlandlx.com/
Here are some of the photos from that night, the rest can be found here.
Please note that all images are coprighted and registered with copyright office so do not use it without my permission.
Brenda and Russell
Scott!!!!!!!!!!
Nicole and Maryann
Crystal Ballroom was the main hub of swing dancing in Portland, with it’s amazing floor. Crowds up to a 1000 people filled it on Sunday evenings to some of the best live bands! Its suspended floor bounces based on your movement. It is a gorgeous and very large place and that was it’s fall because it required a certain number of people to be profitable. McMenamins esp. Mike Walker and his group kept it going as much as they could but it just was not worth it esp. when paying a live band.
Now, Larry Peacock and his friends are reviving the Crystal Swing nights, with a once a month, DJ’ed event. The next one is February 20th and should not be missed. The first one couple weeks ago had 1100 people!!! The energy was amazing.
Best of all, they have free lessons! Swing dancing is actually very easy to learn where you are having fun. Of course, you get much better as you put more energy into it, but it is in my opinion one of the easiest dances to pick up.
Here is the INVITE to the next one:
http://www.evite.com/westsideswing@yahoo.com/swingincrystal
Here are some photos I took from last time!
