Comments on: Boston Tea Party 2008

By: ballroomsaladancer

ballroomsaladancer — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:07:26 +0000

Great post. You included some really nice video too. Of course any video featuring the best of the best like and Jordan and Tatiana is going to be fun to watch.. Really nice synopsis of the event as well.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:07:48 +0000

Hehe, yep. I still can’t move without groaning :-p

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:24:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts everyone. I will particularly highlight that I think everyone who attended BTP danced so much that our bodies are now tired and broken (3 days out still).

By: Kelly Arsenault

Kelly Arsenault — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:42:25 +0000

I had a blast at BTP as usual. It was so great seeing familiar faces as well as new ones. I’ve noticed that every year more people come from further away, and the dancing in general gets better and better.

Highlights for me:
1. Winning the bal strictly with Mickey
2. Getting 3rd in the lindy strictly with Mickey
3. I agree with Carl about the awesome lindy strictly finals – amazing dancers and energy
4. My dancefest with Davis Thurber on Sat night
5. Hanging out on Fri night with Jason, Marty, and Mikey. And Jack Daniels.

Lowlights:
1. Dancing so much that my knee and the rest of me is broken now.
2. I again agree with Carl – there were so many couples in finals. I wouldn’t mind so much, but I’ve judged comps before and I think it would be so difficult to judge that many couples.
3. The lindy living room was soooooo crowded. But it wasn’t so bad b/c I would just hang out with people until around 3 am and then start dancing.

I must also say I loved the DJing. And hats off to Naomi for djing the lindy/bal comps – I thought her choices were great. And she’s never DJd comps before btw.

So all in all, a fantastic time. Fantastic time, I say!

By: Mrs Jive

Mrs Jive — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 06:47:15 +0000

I am so jealous. Now with the state of the USD dollar and GB Pound and a sister on the East Coast, it’s time I paid you all a visit next swing time…

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By: Jerry Feldman

Jerry Feldman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:12:01 +0000

This was our first National event ever! Celia (my wife)and I were skeptical about going for lots of reasons. Mostly it because Celia feared she would be bored with not enough variety of dances (we dance everything), having to watch lots of boring competitions, and thinking that maybe this would a a ’snob’ event and neither of us would dance alot, except with eachother, and the fact that we were probably the oldest folks there. Well, I am happy to report that both she and I thought love the BTP. The staff was friendly, the workshops were great (we only took two, both with Kyle and Sarah), the dancing was fun, the dj’s were awesome, and we actually enjoyed watching the competition. Basically we danced in every room, but always spent the most time in the ‘crossover room.’ That was our favorite music and we just danced whatever style was called for. It was so great meeting and then dancing with people from all over the world! Although Celia and I we danced lindyhop and wcs most of the time, I did dance a cha cha cha with a young lindyhopper! Of course, with Celia, we danced a quick step, a hustle, a blues, and even an argentine tango! It was a great event and we plan to come back next year. Once again, we LOVED the crossover room!

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