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    Welcome to hamfats.ca, a social danceography blog site from aspiring dancer, dj, and dance photographer, Randy Panté. Other bloggers on this site include Tien Le (Vancouver) and most recently, Kevin Temple (Kingston). We cover topics that are relevant to our day to day lives as passionate social dancers.

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    Questions about dance or dance photography? Feel free to send me a shout! (Also, all Randy wants to do is dance with you).

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Monthly Archives: November 2009

All Good Things Come Back to the Start

Andy and Nina taught a workshop in Toronto this weekend. Over three years ago, in Abbotsford, a small city in British Columbia, I attended my very first workshop weekend event called, Swing Summit 2006. That was the event where my obsession really started taking off and where I first took an intensive class for the...

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Swing Out to Victory 2009

Ahh another weekend, another dance event. This time, I perform with Kathleen!

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Followlogie 2009

It’s no Montreal, but I have to admit, Quebec City was a fun and delicious city. The only beef I had was that the entire event felt like a sales pitch for me to learn swing dancing. Well, I’m already sold on that so you don’t need to try to up-sell me to a large...

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Toronto Cuttin’ Crew – Post Mortem

In many ways, I enjoy these smaller exchanges a lot more than the 300-400 attendance exchanges because you actually get to meet the locals and feel like you are part of the event. The 2009 North Star Blues Festival/Exchange was filled with lots of memories and great dancing. For myself, the exchange really was about...

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Why I <3 Frida

Followlogie 2009 – Frida’s Charleston Class from Hamfats.ca on Vimeo. Seriously, she makes the simplest moves look complex and the most complex moves look the easiest.

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North Star Blues Festival – Blues Team Cuttin’ Finals (Videos)

Here are the videos for the team cuttin’ competition contest finals (split into three parts) between Minneapolis’ “Team Planet” and our group, the “Toronto Cuttin’ Crew“. Representing for team Toronto, we had myself, Shannon Refvik, Tien Le, and Kim Dennill. Minneapolis’ team was led by the one and only Amanda. Northstar Blues – Team Cutting...

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The Best Prize is Always Hard Liquor

Jack and Jill in Toronto – Crazy but True

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