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DVD: HOW TO JIVE - LE ROC FRENCH JIVE (learn how to jive with this instruction dvd, backing & dance music is supplied by THE FIREBIRDS, 56 Minutes long. Modern Jive demonstration - Christine Keeble & Simon de Lisle. Air steps demonstration - Sing Yuen Lim & Vince Roper. The Jiving Lindy Hoppers with Frankie Manning. Warren Heyes - Artistic Director. Zoots and Spangles. Ryan Francois - Artistic Director. The London Jitterbugs - Simon Selmon & Amelia Hill Dancers: * Michel Ange Lau * David Barker * Richard Becker * Elizabeth Bellavia * Paul College * Dominique Corrolleur * Janie Cronin * Vicki Cunlifffe * Mile Ellard * Simon Erland * Tim Flach * David Fregene * Nicky Haslam * Derek Holwill * Kate Hutton * Tom Jennings * Graziella Jones * Angela Kyle * Marcelle Lakmamer * Victor Martinez * Louise McKensie * Neil McLusky * Shuko Nogoolhi * Jan Paulden * Deborah Sharpe * Lilly Shaw * Sarah Sienesi * John Stephenson * Katherine Tan * Andrea Tyers * Glenn Wright * Henry Yong Dance Consultants: Michel Ange Lau, Roger Chin, Dominique Corrolleur, Vince Roper, Simon Selmon. Warren Heyes and Terry Monaghan. How To Jive was produced by Christine Keeble and Simon Heyworth Directed by Tim Conrad. Filmed at Battersea Studios and on location in the UK at the Rock Island Diner, Piccadilly; Porchester Hall, Bayswater; The Limelight, Shaftsbury Avenue and in France at the Lyon Dance Festival Music by the Firebirds, courtesy of Pollytone Records Notes on the Dancers Simon de Lisle is the principal dancer and choreographer for Ceroc Australia. Simon won the UK National Ceroc and Modern Jive Championships in 1995 and went on to win the Australasian Championships in 1998 which makes him the only person who has won both titles. Simon teaches teaches in Sydney Australia and, recently, with his wife Alison, choreographed the routine that won the Team Routine at the 2002 Australasian Championships. Christine Keeble, is a co-founder of the LeRoc club, Leicester Square and founder member of the Le Roc French Jive Federation and Leroc Children Nationwide. She was a member of the original Ceroc Cabaret team. Sing Yuen Lim performs the airsteps with Vince Roper. She founded the London Jitterbugs then moved to Singapore where she initiated the lively Swingapore scene. The world renowned Jiving Lindy Hoppers, were filmed at the Lyon Dance Festival (where they represented both the UK and the USA). Their guest star was Frankie Manning - who stunned the Savoy Ballroom with the first air step in 1937. He performs the first aerial featured on How To Jive. Janie Cronin (married to James Cronin who founded Ceroc) was Head of Dance for Ceroc. She danced on How To Jive in the Lindy Hop 'Jive Dive' scene. Michel Ange Lau, was choreographer for the original Ceroc cabaret team and co-founder of the Le Roc club, Leicester Square. Mike Ellard, one of Ceroc's principal teachers, performs at the Rock Island Diner. Nicky Haslam who founded Ceroc in Australia, performs in Rock Island Diner scenes and disco scenes. Simon Selmon, founder of the London Swing Dance Society, performs Jitterbug in the big band swing dance scene. UK rock'n'roll champions Shuko Nogooli & Tom Jennings and Lilly Barker (né Shaw) & David Barker show off their European rock'n'roll acrobatics in one of the scenes filmed at the Limelight nightclub. Lilly Barker (together with partner, James Geary) won the 2003 UK Open Jive Competition (advanced section) held at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool and organised by Chance Two Dance) BECKMANN  Special on-line offer for UK customers only - buy 6 or more DVDs/CDs/Videos (or a mixture of both) and we pay your postage!!! |
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DVD: LEE ROCKER ROCKABILLY SLAP BASS - LEARN TO PLAY LIKE A STRAY CAT (60 Minutes of tuition on how to play the Slap-Bass, with colour performances from Lee Rocker & Big Blue. This dvd teaches you how to play certain tunes like Kansas City. This DVD, by perhaps the biggest name in rockabilly bass, informs and entertains at the same time. Lee Rocker was the co-founder of the Stray Cats, the key group in repopularizing rockabilly through their many hits. He instructs new and experienced players in the spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that defines this unique bass style. In addition, he shows how to combine right hand techniques with blues bass lines and arpeggios, and gives personal advice on getting the best possible sound. The DVD includes demonstrations of slap bass backed by his band Big Blue. It's a beginner level DVD. Since the 1950s, when the Memphis-based rockabilly sound first swept the world, the acoustic upright bass has remained its showpiece and rhythmic mainstay. Lee Rocker, one of the masters of the “new wave” of rockabilly musicians, has made an informative and entertaining DVD that teaches the intricacies of the exciting slap bass style to players of all levels. Slap bass combines the plucking of the bottom notes with the percussive hits that the palm makes when it slaps the strings against the fingerboard. By adding these right-hand techniques to blues bass lines and arpeggios, you’ll create spectacular multi-rhythmic slapping that will stop any show! This DVD also provides valuable tips on amplification, bass set-up and other methods of getting the best possible sound. Big Blue’s hot performances of Goin’ To Kansas City, Big Blue Train, That’s All Right Mama, The Hucklebuck and Find Another Man illustrate how rockabilly slap bass techniques sound in the context of a live band performance) USA HOMESPUN  Special on-line offer for UK customers only - buy 6 or more DVDs/CDs/Videos (or a mixture of both) and we pay your postage!!! |
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