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  • What is this site about?

    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).

    Email: randypante@gmail.com
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Tag Archives: Lindy Hop

Students Don’t Need Convincing

(Thanks Kevin Sue for the picture. Note: this picture is not a picture from the lindy hop class). Tomorrow will be the last class I will be filling in for Bees Knees beginner lindy hop class on Monday nights. Kathleen and I were temporarily filling in for May/June this summer and usually after the class...

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Toronto University Exchange 3D

Photobooth at the Toronto University Exchange 3D. If you want full quality pictures, feel free to contact me. I can email you the original digital copy or print a 8″x10″ copy ($10 each) for you. As you may know, the TUX event is all about being low cost and accessible for everybody. While you can...

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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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Kevin and Emily Lindy Hop Demo

This is Kevin and Emily’s lindy hop demo they did during their Toronto workshops last weekend. Such connection and technique! *drool*

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Lawdy, Clawdy

This weekend I had the fortunate opportunity to travel back to Vancouver for Lindy Bout 3 for dance competitions and some rhythm social games. Fittingly, all the dances and competitions were held at the Legion Auditorium on Commercial Drive where I learned to cut my dance shoes and triple steps.

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My, my, aren’t they something?

*Updated* Now with video! Check it after the jump. After missing out on the Toronto Lindy Hop Homegrown Cabaret last year and hearing the post-excitement after, I was looking forward to participating in the event with the University of Toronto swing club as a performer, a photographer, and as a DJ. To top it off,...

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KLIX – Kingston Lindy Exchange

Kingston Exchange (KLIX) was the first time offering from those wily kids from Queens Swing Club. I was surprisingly pleased by how much fun I had at this event. So much fun that I actually broke the heel of my right Aris Allens during the Sunday dance.

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Toronto Shim Shams for Frankie

Toronto + Lindy Hop + <3 = Shim Sham for Frankie Manning.

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