Seattle Vintage Jazz Dance

On his way to work one morning, a man senses the allure and potential of his day as he sets out to get a cup of coffee.

• 2011 Contest Winner - First Place
• Music: "Black Coffee" by The Careless Lovers

A quiet day in the library is interrupted when a patron is inspired by a book on dance. He travels through the library inspiring all of the other patrons and is pursued by the security guard.

• Participants:
  • Soft-Shoe Tap Dancer - Tim "Taps" Hickey Librarian - Carli Tripp
  • Security Guard - Nicholas Corey
  • Student 1/table tap dancer - Violet Peterson-Wallace
  • Student 2/table tap dancer - Anabel Watson
  • Extras/swing dancers - Mary Woodruff & Christine Williams
  • Written, Directed & Produced by Mike Denman
  • Produced by Aaron Andersen
  • Director of Photography: Julia Bruk
  • Edited by: Janice Hudson
  • Key Set PA: Janice Hudson
  • 1st AC: Kelsey Helms
• 2011 Contest Winner - Second Place
• Music: "Rachin' in Rhythm" by Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band

Hard Times Hit Parade is a show that was written and directed by Kat Single-Dain in collaboration with the Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret. There have been many reviews written on the show. It was set in a dance marathon in 1933.

• Participants: Hard timers
• Music: "Big Apple Contest" by Maria in the Shower, used with permission

Spoof of Mexico Dreaming,Office Blues,Limber Lock Boogie,Lindy Bomb. Parody of past swing jazz music videos. Comedy with the twist.

• Participants: James Chang,David Soltysik,Andi Bernardoni,Angleique Hart, Rachael Ries, Joyce Taylor,Paul Kammer,Donna Kammer,Tim Cheeny,Rebecka DecaVita
• Music: "For Dancers Only" and "Good Bait" by The Solomon Douglas Swingtet, "South" and "Creole Love Call" by The 51st Eight, "Won't You Come Out and Play" by Bria Skonberg

"The Dancing Man" is a quirky, creative remake of the classic chase scene in the 1949 film "The Third Man." The music video is completely vintage inspired; featuring some sweet, swingin' music, a little lovely lindy hop, some tributes to film noir and a small element of classic silent film humor! We hope you enjoy!

• Participants: Created By: Rachel Klein, Peter Edlund and Amy Zhong. Acting and Dancing by: Mark Kihara and Shanti Edison-Lahm.
• "Rose Room" by Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band

This video highlights the reasons people dance, from Athens, Greece to San Francisco, California. Quotes from dancers are shown between clips of lindy hop and swing dancers social dancing, competing and performing in various cities and venues, mostly on the West coast of the US. Cheryl Crow is the creator of this video :-)

• Participants: In order of appearance: Mary Woodruff Cheryl Crow Freddie Dickenson Brian Gish Natalie Bangs christine nguyen Ellen Lind Karl Lind Joshua Welter Darla Weiderman Chris Chapman Lorraine O'Neal Travis Whetman Sarah Harrison Priya Chandrasekaran Janet Lai Anna Black Adrienne Mueller Andrea Waybright Manu Smith Lauren Kaydal Anthony R Gault Tomo and James Justin Hill Kara Noyes Jason Hughes Dan Newsome Kelli Wilkerson Olivia Taylor Julie Tsi Gilles Bouvier Audrey Kamemoto Ryan Calloway Alex Fernandez Jessica King Ann Mony Allen Kerr Michael Darigol Adam Boehmer Jovon Miller Andy Reid Bobby Bonsey Glenn Crytzer Michael Faltesek Casey McGill Kyrie Timbrook Melissa Goldberg Byron Stuart Eva Robinson Paul Echevarria HepJen DJ Naomi Gabe Takacs Adrienne Mueller Margot Helm Richard Perkins Trevor Gattis Lilly Su Madeline Hopkins Celeste Olds Jason Shroeder Eliza Brown Trevor Gabe Rowe Lori Taniguchi Shelley Hou Carolyn Palma Katie O'Neill Kevin Buster Chris Stroop Tamara Armishev Karen Murphy & Eric Eltringham Shannon Stabbert Calico Goodrich Athens, Greece Lindy hop dancers, video courtesy of alex palamidis Jason Baggett Lucy Winter Baggett (4 years old!) Alicia Padvorac Pinar Ericyas Bailey Jenine Lillian Manu Smith Nicole Frydman
• Music: Soloman Douglas Swingtet: "Big Apple Contest" and "Shiny Stockings"

Dream of an young shy boy who is dreaming of becoming a Lindy Hopper in Seattle and wakes up with only a kiss from a pink Monkey!

• Music: "Love is just around the Corner" by Blue 4 Trio, "Shorty George" by The Solomon douglas Swingtet

Just when you thought it was safe to go on the dance floor...

• Participants: Celeste Olds, Jason Schroeder, Dawn Wheeler
• Music: The Hatchet Man (Chop Chop) - Blue 4 Trio

All was quiet and bland at the Limber Lock Care Facility. The perfect stage for a bit of mischief and dancing.

• Participants: Celeste Olds, Erik Hecht, Dennis McCabe, Maria Winkler and many fine volunteers from the Seattle jazz & film-making community.
• 2010 Contest Winner - First Place
• Song: Emperor Norton's Hunch by the Big Bang Jazz Band, used with permission

Five girls on the run discover Seattle's historic Union Station.

• Dancers: Sarah Balderston, Daily Benson, Clementine Dillon, Hannah Kirihara, Ella Tudor
• Choreography: Viola Spencer
• Videography and Editing: Darla Rae Benson and Robb Benson
• 2010 Contest Winner - Second Place
• Song: Rockin' in Rhythm by The Solomon Douglas Swingtet, used with permission

The famous Lindy Hop scene from Hellzapoppin can't be done better. But it can be re-done. Here's our rendition.

• Participants: Lukas Allenbaugh, Katie McLaughlin, Celeste Olds, Jason Schroeder, Jared Luxenburg, John Platt, Amy Weber

Andrea and Marsha filmed their dancing in every country. Neither wind nor rain nor freezing temps deterred us from dancing in every City and Country we visited.

• Participants: Andrea Feaster, Marsha Menzel
• 2010 Contest Entry
• Song: Shine by The Big Bang Jazz Band, used with permission

It's one o'clock in Washington, D.C. It's time to jump. It's time to dance.

• Participants: Videography: David Soltysik, Jessica Mikuliak
• Dancers: David Soltysik, Julia Seymour, Dave Dante, Allyson Alt.
• Editing: David Soltysik
• 2010 Contest Entry
• Song: One O'Clock Jump by The Solomon Douglas Swingtet, used with permission

Someone finds a sign; people dance; sign dances.

• Participants: Kraven Cochise, Melanie Masson, Mark Simon, Dionne Andersen, Skye Hansen, Crystal Hess, Alfonso Lopez, Trevor Little, Colton Anderson
• 2010 Contest Entry
• Song: Swing That Music by The Big Bang Jazz Band, used with permission

A Big Apple Contest!

• Participants: Charlie Isaksson, Elin Almstedt, Emelie DecaVita, Gustav Lindström, Lisa Christiansson, Marielle Hjalmarsson, Rebecka DecaVita, Simon Ternsjö
• 2010 Contest Entry
• Song: Big Apple Contest by The Solomon Douglas Swingtet, used with permission

• Participants: James Chang, Kate Arnold, QFC Chicken, and members of James' Karate classes
• 2010 Contest Entry
• Song: Potato Head Blues by The 51st Eight, used with permission

Lindy Hop Autobiography by Cheryl Crow

• Participants: Cheryl Crow and members of the Seattle Swing Dancing Community
• 2010 Contest Entry
• Songs: Shine by the Big Bang Jazz Band, Darktown Strutter's Ball by Cryzter's Blue Rhythm Band, used with permission

There's a new face in town And he's not leaving until this city is hoppin'.

• Producers: Aaron Anderson, Celeste Olds
• Camera 1: Steve Arcenio
• Camera 2a: Owen Banks
• Camera 2b: Corey Klier
• Editor: Bobby Bonsey
• Photographer: Joe Lambert
• Dancers: Bobby Bonsey & kind volunteers of the Seattle Swing Scene
• 2009 Contest Winner - First Place
• Song: Seven Come Eleven by The Big Bang Jazz Band (formerly The 51st Eight), used with permission

This video started as a camera exercise to test out the company's new crane. We got a bit carried away and... well, here is the result.

• Producer: Arcade Films
• Dancers: Celeste Olds, David Soltysik
• Cinematographer & Editor: Erik Hecht
• Gaffer/Grip: Alexander Walsh
• 2009 Contest Entry
• Song: Tiger Rag by The 51st Eight, used with permission

The Swing Set girls from Summit K-12.

• Filmed and Choreographed by Viola Spencer.
• Dancers: Daily Benson, Clementine Dillon, Sarah Balderston, Ella Tutor, Anna Liddane, Hannah Kirihara.
• 2009 Contest Entry
• Song: Panama by The 51st Eight, used with permission

A bored office-worker slips into a fantasy ballroom after seeing a beautiful new co-worker for the first time.

• Creators: Alison Scholtz, Dewey Tann
• Producers: Kevin Green, Jeffrey McIntosh, David Sasak
• Dancers: Bobby Bonsey, Lizzy Boyer, Kevin Buster, Karen Murphy, Allison Scholtz, Trevor Walsh
• Extras: Esther Anderson, Rob Komjathy
• 2009 Contest Entry
• Songs: Creole Love Call by The 51st Eight, and Weary Blues by The Big Bang Jazz Band, used with permission

What is a Lindy Bomb, you ask? As these dancers demonstrate, it is the fine art of swing dancing on a less conventional dance floor. The more dangerous the better.

• Producers: Lukas Allenbaugh, Erik Hecht, Celeste Olds
• Shot and edited by: Erik Hecht
• Dancers: Lukas Allenbaugh, Celeste Olds
• 2009 Contest Entry
• Song: South by The Big Bang Jazz Band, used with permission

Reading a travel book on Mexico, a man has a dream about doing the Charleston at many different ruins in Mexico. Then he wakes up.

• Filmed and Produced by David Soltysik
• Dancer: David Soltysik
• 2009 Contest Entry
• Song: Wildcat Blues by The Big Bang Jazz Band, used with permission