I’m  proud to call Liberty Swing Dance my new home event. Presented by John Lindo, the event provides a great combination of dance workshops, social dancing and competitions.

Since I’ve been teaching at Dance Manhattan over the summer, I’ve been getting to know my dance community here in New York and New Jersey. They’re all supportive and I’ve enjoyed seeing this dance community grow. Going into the event I was really pumped to debut my new showcase routine with Jennifer Deluca.

Honored to get 3rd in Showcase, many of our friends and supporters cheered loudly as we entered from behind the awesome blue stage curtain. I can certainly say I enjoyed myself and had fun sharing our new routine with the local community.

I was fortunate to dance with Torri Smith in Strictly Swing and also Jack and Jill. Yes, I drew Torri for Jack and Jill too. Torri is absolutely one of my favorite dancers to dance with on the competition floor as well as the social floor. She’s extremely talented and always makes me look good. The best thing about her is her ability to make me feel comfortable on the floor at all times. I know that sounds silly being a pro who’s danced for so long. But I know I can get in my head and I dance differently in most situations but Torri has the ability to keep me being myself and I really have more fun dancing with her than most. Thanks Torri.

I was also fortunate to be on John Lindo’s DJ staff. It’s such an honor to be a DJ on John’s staff because I know he has a high standard for his own DJing and his dances at home. There are also so many great DJs in the East Coast area from here in NY/NJ to Boston and other local areas.

This year’s opening ceremony was really fun. The theme was “Grease.” All the boys dressed in jeans and white/black t-shirts with rolled up sleeves and greased hair. All the gals dressed in their vintage skirts and leggings, dolled up with hair and makeup consistent with the fabulous era and show.

One of the finest moments was John Lindo giving awards equivalent to the size of the division. Novice racked in great prize money because it was a large division. Each division received a generous amount of award money. Thank you John for giving back to the community.

Thank you John for putting a great event together. Thank you to all the volunteers that helped out.

Thank you to the supporters that attended the event.

Looking forward to next year.