SwingDiego 2012 Update #10
Champion Strictly Final – the last comp on Friday night. Leaders picked a genre out of the basket.
- Maxence and Tatiana picked “sweet soul” so their song was “Sittin’ On The Dock of The Bay”
- Ben and Sarah (genre: “fresh off the charts”) danced to “Me You and The Music” – Ben as a very funny frantic robot
- Sean and Torri (“formerly known as contemporary”) – “Pump It Up”
- Jordan and Virginie (genre: “sin city hip hop”) – “What’s My Name”
- Brennar and Alyssa (genre: “balls-to-the-wall blues”) – “Drinkin’ Wine Spody Ody”
- Kyle and Jessica (genre: “slap yo mamma blues”) – “The Sky Is Crying” (so sexy every person in the ballroom had a cigarette afterwards)
- Deborah and Scott (genre: “old skool with a k”) – “Shake Your Groove Thing”
- Kielbasa and Rutz (genre: “rock it out”) – “Another One Bites The Dust”
- Robert Royston and Brandi (genre: “slow groovin”) – “I’m Calling You” absolutely gorgeous dancing, mesmerizing, perfect
- Brent and Kellese (genre: “moon walking”) – “Pretty Young Thing”
- Sharlot and Michael Norris (genre: “country”) to “Honky Tonk Women” (The Rolling Stones a country band! Who knew!) Michael led a whip-tunnel and cowboy side-kicks complete with whoops and hollers. Spurs and boots were the only things missing from this dance. Felt almost like a waste of two formidable talents but funny and fun to watch nonetheless.
- Pete and Courtney (genre: “classic swing”) – “Fly Me To The Moon”
And the final All-Skate to Pitbull’s “Back In Time” (genre: “Children’s Rhyming Songs.”) No just kidding.
I learned a lot during this division! I had no idea “hip-hop” means R&B, “blues” means beach music, and “classic swing” means Frank Sinatra. Cute idea though, and a great show. These people could do west-coast to a Johann Strauss Viennese waltz in “genre: rap music” and they’d be fantastic.
And the placements were:
- Kyle Redd & Jessica Cox
- Michael Kielbasa & Melissa Rutz
- Ben Morris & Sarah Vann Drake
- Maxence Martin & Tatiana Mollmann
- Jordan Frisbee & Virginie Gronbin
- Brennar Goree & Alyssa Glanville
- Robert Royston & Brandi Tobias
- Sean Mckeever & Torri Smith
- Brent Key & Kellese Key
- Scott Stuart & Deborah Székely
- Michael Norris & Sharlot Bott
- Pete Green & Courtney Adair
There were 27 couples earlier in the night in the Champion Strictly prelim – you can imagine what a show that was!
Oh and I forgot to mention: Open Strictly: 83 couples! Advanced/Allstar JJ Prelim: 69 followers, 62 leaders!
Total weekend registrations: 1,580 (or 1,581 depending on whether you talk to Parker or Earl.)