http://www.lightchronicler.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:59:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A surprising band for Crazy Rhythm Challenge. Why surprising? As they play gospel / soul music and not swing music. So many times the audience was not dancing couple dances but was watching the band, clapping, jumping, waving. Did it work? Yeah, we had fun! [nggtags gallery=crc2010-soulshine] http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/03/soulshine-voices-band/ ...it creates special mood for both the participants and the photographer Participants get excited - that's clear. And what about the photographer? He's crying and laughing at once. Gets desperate and excited. And confused and challenged. And I could write it long... I was really challenged during Crazy Rhythm Challenge. Light creating flares, ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/03/when-the-lights-go-out/ You do not need competition for crazy high mood. These pictures are still from Crazy Rhythm Challenge. Besides social dance moments you can see the first jam of a really young dancer. I've almost stolen the show as I was laying on the ground within the jam circle to make this ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/03/still-crazy/ New week - new dance event :) Now pictures from Toulouse, France South of France really like to dance. They have bigger workshops almost every month. No surprise they are good dancers. And they love to compete. Crazy Rhythm Challenge focuses a lot on competition & performances. What you can pair ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/03/crazy-rhythm-challenge/ You could see my favorite shots from Rock That Swing 2010. Out of almost 4000 shots. And has some more interesting shots. Do you like them? Would like to have them in full size? All of them? You can buy them for both personal or business use. Paying through Paypal. After receiving ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/02/rock-that-swing-2010-pictures/ In Hungarian we say "a good many people can fit in small spaces" - let's try it! The event had around 700 participants. And would be great to have a memory of this crowd. The organizer of the event asked me to have a big group photo. Well, 700 words won't enough ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/02/700-smile/ Is it possible to have free time in such a Festival? You have program from 10 till 3-5 in the morning. Even if you have the possibility to not dance no one can record it. As the photographer is even more busy. And he might need some sleep, food, ... However we ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/02/free-time/ Such a big Festival has more special guests. Let me introduce Nicolle Rochelle! She is a five languages speaking dancer and musical performer. She studied Josephine Baker's life for 15 years and immediately became connected to her. She is playing the role of Josephine is a famous musical in Paris (http://www.alarecherchedejosephine.fr). In ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/02/nicolle-rochelle/ One of the special guest of Rock That Swing was the living legend Chazz Young! From www.centurymasters.com: "Chazz became serious about dancing at the age of 12. Had it not been for his mother taking him to see his father perform, he may not have ever followed his father into the business. ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/02/chazz-young/ One of the higlight of Rock That Swing festival was the concert of Ray Collins' Hot Club. From www.jumpingfrom6to6.com: "The Ray Collins’ Hot Club, a german bunch of wild guys which signed their first album in 2001 -“Shaking That Boogie”- and which since became a reference. Imagine a band which could ... http://www.lightchronicler.com/blog/2010/02/ray-collins-hot-club/