Integrated Rhythm

(With longtime SoCal dancer BRITTNEY CARAWAY and International Bal and Lindy dancer SHANI BROWN.)Marge Takier -- Southern California Balboa and Lindy Hop old timer, incredible DJ, and co-founder of Bobby McGee's dance parties in the 70s-2000s, was part of a group of elderly original dancers that welcomed hundreds of new, younger dancers into the world of swing dance. A few, though, didn't feel that welcome by them. We discuss the reality that some of the greatest, nicest original dancers might not have always been perfect. And that's okay. We just wanted to talk about it.

This episode is also available on video (Though Shani is present in audio only) here and over on YT.

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Sasha K
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Ian Dawson
Karen Compos McCormack
Amy Sorenson
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Nick Cruickshank
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Selena Kruse
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Lori Taniguchi
Christian Frommelt
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Lucie Q Mazzanti
Gary Chyi
Laura Windley
Lynn Maslen
Ariane Proteau
Stephanie Kawalski
Tove Lundström
Charlotte
LaurelRyan
Paul Graf
Cassandra Filios

And huge thanks to
Lawrence Kalantari and Karen Shrieber
Who donated big in order to help us pay for the work!

Incredible dancers TIM CHRISTOPHER and A.J. HOWARD joined us in front of a LIVE audience at LINDY FOCUS '25. We discuss how music shaped Tim's dancing, why A.J. loves air steps, why their friendship is important as two Black men in the scene. We also get a "hot take" from both of them.

PATRONS
Thanks so much to our Patreon Patrons!

Sasha K
Justnigel
Ann Sofie van Enis
Katja Alexandria
July Belber
Rebecca BurWei
Dee Mathews
Brooks Prumo
Jessie Brooks
Aryn Kelly
Audrey Bui
Ian Dawson
Karen ComposMcCormack
Amy Sorenson
Nika Jin
Emily Benze
Angel Jenio
Nick Cruickshank
Taylor Stender
Leila Gass
Selena Kruse
Ryan Lemar
Cal
Tara Sliwinski
Rebecca Harris
Lori Taniguchi
Christian Frommelt
Allison Frey
Lucie Q Mazzanti
Gary Chyi
Laura Windley
Lynn Maslen
Ariane Proteau
Stephanie Kawalski
Tove Lundström
Charlotte
LaurelRyan
Paul Graf
Cassandra Filios

And huge thanks to
Lawrence Kalantari and Karen Shrieber
Who donated big in order to help us pay for the work!

A special holiday treat for these dark times! (Also parents: Bad language in these here hills!)
Join some international instructors for a special game of DnD full of battles, mule-ports, gatekeepers, lin-fected hordes, and the IRLHC Championships! Come with us to the land of Yavos!

CAST
ANTHONY CHEN --- St. Savoy, a Dwarf
AJ HOWARD --- Big B, a half-orc
LAUREL RYAN --- Alayon Trainer / "A-Train," a bard
SYLVIA SYKES --- Diminuendo N. Bloo, a fighter
CHISOMO SELEMANI --- The Harlem Mistress, a sorceress

Slide into these D.Ms:ELLA FINE
BOBBY WHITE
CHAPTERS
03:00 -- Act I -- Mule-Knighited Gate 37
20:00 -- Act II -- Through the Klapontooan Forest
55:00 -- Act III -- The Hermitage
1:13:00 -- Act IV -- Battle at the Gates of Oldest York
1:40:00 -- Act V -- IRLHC
MUSIC
"May You Have" - Bonnie Grace
"Battle of the Creek" - Alexander Nakarada
"Rising Prophecy" - Solas
"Riverdance" - Keys of Moon Music
"Adventure" - Alexander Nakarada
"Adventure Beyond " - Alexander Nakarada
Happy Funk Music Party Royalty Free Mix
"Hard Groove" - Afrobeat Library
"For Tomorrow" - Savfk
"How High The Moon" - The Medieval Jazz Quartet (A fun 1960s jazz-era experiment where jazz musician Bob Durough got a group of musicians to do jazz with medieval instruments.)
"Lady Be Good" - The Medieval Jazz Quartet"Dragon Castle" - Makai
ADDITIONAL THANKS
Thanks to Viktor Lillard for sound edit, and to Ella Fine for additional sound editing. Bobby did further sound editing and added special effects, so blame him if those are really annoying. (He tried hard to make sure they weren't.)
Additionally, we ran a test of this game with a group of dancers, and wanted to give a huge thanks to Gaby Cook, Tai Chulikavit, Hussain Jaffery, Jonathan Ng, Sean Vitale, and Sylvie Wainright. First off, it was the most fun I've ever had testing out a thing, and second of all, they helped out so much with feedback and just the imagination of their gameplay inspired us in so many ways. They were also such a positive, ready-to-do-whatever group. So thank you ALL!
ABOUT THE GAME
This DnD adventure was created, written, and designed by Bobby and Ella. Ella managed all the systems, including altering rules and simplifying gameplay to allow quicker gameplay and easier onboarding of unfamiliar players. The dance contest system was created by them but only worked because of Ella's input. This idea came about after Ella introduced Bobby to Dimension 20, a fantastic DnD experience done by improvisational comedians on the channel DROPOUT. Bobby heard only two episodes before going to Ella with the idea of doing a one-shot for Lindy Hoppers.

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Sasha K
Justnigel
Ann Sofie van Enis
Katja Alexandria
July Belber
Rebecca BurWei
Dee Mathews
Brooks Prumo
Jessie Brooks
Aryn Kelly
Audrey Bui
Ian Dawson
Karen ComposMcCormack
Amy Sorenson
Nika Jin
Emily Benze
Angel Jenio
Nick Cruickshank
Taylor Stender
Leila Gass
Selena Kruse
Ryan Lemar
Cal
Tara Sliwinski
Rebecca Harris
Lori Taniguchi
Christian Frommelt
Allison Frey
Lucie Q Mazzanti
Gary Chyi
Laura Windley
Lynn Maslen
Ariane Proteau
Stephanie Kawalski
Tove Lundström
Charlotte
LaurelRyan
Paul Graf
Cassandra Filios

And huge thanks to
Lawrence Kalantari and Karen Shrieber
Who donated big in order to help us pay for the work!

Professor and author of "Between Beats: The Jazz Tradition and Black Vernacular Dance" joined us at our little house at Herrang '25 to discuss Marshall Stearns, jazz academia, teaching history, helping camps do better, ally-ship, and other things. It was so good we had to keep it all.

And of course, huge thanks to our patrons! (You can find us on patreon!)

Sasha K
Justnigel
Ann Sofie van Enis
Katja Alexandria
July Belber
Rebecca BurWei
Dee Mathews
Brooks Prumo
Jessie Brooks
Aryn Kelly
Audrey Bui
Ian Dawson
Karen ComposMcCormack
Amy Sorenson
Nika Jin
Emily Benze
Angel Jenio
Nick Cruickshank
Taylor Stender
Leila Gass
Selena Kruse
Ryan Lemar
Cal
Tara Sliwinski
Rebecca Harris
Lori Taniguchi
Christian Frommelt
Allison Frey
Lucie Q Mazzanti
Gary Chyi
Laura Windley
Lynn Maslen
Ariane Proteau
Stephanie Kawalski
Tove Lundström
Charlotte
LaurelRyan
Paul Graf
Cassandra Filios

And huge thanks to
Lawrence Kalantari and Karen Shrieber
Who donated big in order to help us pay for the work!

In this episode we talk to two professional Balboa instructors, DOMINIC HANNA and MATT RICHEY. Wediscuss what makes them love Balboa, what their current missions are as instructors in the scene, and what a welcoming dance scene looks like to Dominic (a Black American man) and Matt (a Queer man). 
 
And of course, huge thanks to our patrons! (You can find us on patreon!)

Sasha K
Justnigel
Ann Sofie van Enis
Katja Alexandria
July Belber
Rebecca BurWei
Dee Mathews
Brooks Prumo
Jessie Brooks
Aryn Kelly
Audrey Bui
Ian Dawson
Karen ComposMcCormack
Amy Sorenson
Nika Jin
Emily Benze
Angel Jenio
Nick Cruickshank
Taylor Stender
Leila Gass
Selena Kruse
Ryan Lemar
Cal
Tara Sliwinski
Rebecca Harris
Lori Taniguchi
Christian Frommelt
Allison Frey
Lucie Q Mazzanti
Gary Chyi
Laura Windley
Lynn Maslen
Ariane Proteau
Stephanie Kawalski
Tove Lundström
Charlotte
LaurelRyan
Paul Graf
Cassandra Filios

And huge thanks to
Lawrence Kalantari and Karen Shrieber
Who donated big in order to help us pay for the work!