This post is a part of a day by day recap of the Frankie Manning 95th Birthday Festival. You can learn more about Frankie Manning at the event’s website or go to his personal website www.FrankieManning.com. You can order DVD’s of this event at www.Frankie95.com.
Sunday started with more classes. Here’s Daniel Heedman and Åsa Palm re-capping their “Fast Lindy” class at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts
Clips from the 2 pm class taught by Sing Lim at 424 West 34th St.
Elsewhere, Lindy Hopper spread the love all over New York City
The evening started with the full scale stage show “Ambassador of Swing: The Frankie Manning Story.” No video filming was permitted during the show, but you can order the DVD’s which will probably feature an academy award winning editing job.
After the show ended, The Boilermaker Jazz Band played a set. This was followed by the Semi-Final round of the World’s Largest Jack & Jill contest. 60 leads and follows out of 191 leads and 241 follows were chosen to advance to this round.
The competition was DJ’d by Ryan Swift. You can find the music for that comp and the rest of his set list from that night on his website.
World’s Largest Jack & Jill semi-final heat 1(see the end of this post for a full list of contestants and judges)
You can find a different angle here.
World’s Largest Jack & Jill semi-final heat 2 (see the end of this post for a full list of contestants and judges)
You can find a different angle here.
Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five featuring Hilary Alexander played the all skate of the contest and followed with their own set. Check out this jam that broke out during their version of “Dark Eyes.”
Only two performances during the band break. Natasha Oiumet and Patrick Szmidt were a last minute addition because of some drop outs.
Stefan Durham and Bethany Powell
Finally, both the Boilermakers and Campus Five took the stage to play”Flying Home” for the finals of the Jack & Jill.
The finalists in order of appearance were:
- Hurley Francois & Gina Helfrich
- Sharon Davis & Mike Roberts
- Carl Nelson & Lily Matini
- Laura Glaess & Tommy Blacharz
- Natasha Ouimet & Gontran Galinier
- Alice Mei & Max Pitruzella
- Moe Sakan & Marcus Koch
Also check out this cool clip from the stage of the final all skate.
The contest was judged by the audience, but a clear winner couldn’t be determined from the top three. An impromptu dance off had to be done. It included:
- Laura Glaess & Tommy Blacharz
- Alice Mei & Max Pitruzella
- Moe Sakan & Marcus Koch
The song, naturally, was “Jumpin at The Woodside.”
The final winners were Moe Sakan & Marcus Koch.
The Boilermakers and Campus Five went on to trade songs and jam a combined set. Here’s a jam breaking out to them doing “Lester Leaps In”
They were eventually joined in by the next band leader, Evan Christopher. He led a small jam band after Campus Five and The Boilermakers retired for the evening. He was joined by Jake Sanders, the guitarist for The Cangelosi Cards and Gordon Webster.
Here’s a clip from towards the very end of the night.
*World’s Largest Jack & Jill Semi-Finalists
Heat 1
Follows
- Julia Kretschmann
- Izumi Yoshida
- Sarah Farrelly
- Barbl Kaufer
- Sharon Davis
- Natasha Ouimet
- Camille Hutt
- Melissa Petersen
- Amanda Fong
- Shoshi Kushnir
- Lily Matini
- Christina Rooney
- Hannah Spens-Black
- Laura Glaess
Leaders
- Jaredan Braal
- Andy Stanberry
- Krister Shalm
- Asif Malik
- Matt Johns
- Nathan Hjelm
- Carl Nelson
- Gontran Galinier
- Malcolm Holt
- Michael Darigol
- Storm Jeon
- Aleksis Nokso-Kiovisto
- Patrick Szmidt
- Mark Calkins
Heat 2
Followers
- Carla Heiney
- Alice Mei
- Jill Sundberg
- Julie Kiraly
- Sandra Morrow
- Marie Mattsson
- Gina Helfrich
- Shaz Callaghan
- Leah Stahly
- Moe Sakan
- Shannon Varner
- Darla Weideman
- Iris Dolowitz
- Caludia Nobauer
Leaders
- Jeremy Sutton
- Oscar Hampton
- Thomas Blacharz
- Lucky Skillen
- Aurimas Petrevikius
- Hurley Francois
- Jamie Cameron
- Gaston Fernandez
- Max Pitruzzella
- Mike Roberts
- Andrew Thigpen
- Ariki Moanaroa
- Marcus Koch
- Mark Kihara
- Rajeev Hotchandani
Judges
For Follows
- Margaret Batiuchok
- Erin Stevens
- Allison Plys
For Leaders
- Caitlin George-Wellman
- Joel Plys
- Sylvia Sykes
World’s Largest Jack & Jill Semi-Finalists
Follows
Heat 1
Julia Kretschmann
Izumi Yoshida
Sarah Farrelly
Barbl Kaufer
Sharon Davis
Natasha Ouimet
Camille Hutt
Melissa Petersen
Amanda Fong
Shoshi Kushnir
Lily Matini
Christina Rooney
Hannah Spens-Black
Laura Glaess
Heat 2
Carla Heiney
Alice Mae
Jill Sundberg
Julie Kiraly
Sandra Morrow
Marie Mattsson
Gina Helfrich
Shaz Callaghan
Leah Stahly
Moe Sakan
Shannon Varner
Darla Weideman
Iris Dolowitz
Caludia Nobauer
Leaders
Heat 1
Jaredan Braal
Andy Stanberry
Krister Shalm
Asif Malik
Matt Johns
Nathan Hjelm
Carl Nelson
Gontran Galinier
Malcolm Holt
Michael Darigol
Storm Jeon
Aleksis Nokso-Kiovisto
Patrick Szmidt
Mark Calkins
Heat 2
Jeremy Sutton
Oscar Hampton
Thomas Blacharz
Lucky Skillen
Aurimas Petrevikius
Hurley Francois
Jamie Cameron
Gaston Fernandez
Max Pitruzzella
Mike Roberts
Andrew Thigpen
Ariki Moanaroa
Marcus Koch
Mark Kihara
Rajeev Hotchandani
Wandering & Pondering 
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