About

Randy Pante

All Randy wants to do is dance with you. He currently lives in Toronto, Canada and dances lindy hop, new york mambo on2, funk, soul and blues. He is also avid jazz music lover and can be best described by this song:

I like pie, I like cake,
I like everything you bake,
And I like some crackers, too,
Crumbled up in a stew.
When I see a jelly roll,
I lose all my self-control.
But of all these things I like you best of all.

Randy is Toronto’s current top swing dance competitor, but mainly by default. He still has a boat-load to learn but the only way to learn is through experience so here is a list of competitions he has won (if you are into that kind of stuff):

2010:
North East Girl Jam (New York): Solo Charleston (Finalist – Top 3)
Toronto University Exchange (Toronto): Jack and Jills (1st)

2009:
Followlogie (Montreal): Charleston Challenge (2nd)
North Star Blues Festival (Minneapolis): Partnered Blues Jack and Jill (1st), Strictly Blues (1st), Blues Team Cutting (2nd)
Lindy/Blues Dovercourt Competition (Toronto): Jack and Jill (1st)
Rhythmic Arts Festival (New Orleans): Solo/Street Jazz (1st)
Cats Corner Jedi Swing (Montreal): Jack and Jills (1st)
BluesShout (Chicago): Solo Blues Cutting Contest (1st)
Lindy Bout 3 (Vancouver): Title Jack and Jills (1st), Solo Jazz (Finalist)
Blues Blast (Ottawa): Solo Blues Cutting Contest (1st), Partnered Blues Jack and Jills (3rd)
Lindy Bomb Weekend (Ottawa):: Jack and Jills (3rd)
Rhythm City Mess Around (Vancouver): Jack and Jills (Finalist)

2008:
Swing Explosion (Ottawa): Couples (finalist)
Western Washinton Jazz Festival (Bellingham): Jack and Jills (1st)
Lindy Bout 2 (Vancouver): Inter-regional Jack and Jills (1st), Solo Jazz (2nd), Partnered Blues (Finalist), Title Jack and Jills (Finalist)
Swing Summit 2008 (Abbotsford): Solo Jazz (1st), Partnered Blues (1st), Jack and Jills (1st)
Vancouver West Coast Swing (Vancouver): Novice Jack and Jills (1st)

 

Tien Le

Hey, what’s up everyone? I love photography, videos, the interweb, social media, and if you can’t guess by the site, I love to dance. I didn’t realize it till much later, but my passion for dance stemmed from high school when I found myself wanting to learn to b-boy and was trying to figure out how to do glides all over my house. Once I started with Salsa On1 back in 2004, I was hooked and kept dancing, intermittently, ever since.

I have dabbled with Jazz, Hip hop, popping, locking, West Coast Swing, and New York Salsa On2/Mambo but in the past year and a half + I’ve found and focused on Lindy Hop (swing) which has become my main dance of choice.

Personally, this site is a aggregation of everything I love to do, focused into my world of dance. I want to welcome everyone to join me, and share with me, this world that I love.