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    Those Competition Feels, pt 1

    June 23, 2016

    Do any of these sound familiar to you?

    "I can't believe _______ made it into finals before me! I know I'm a better dancer than them!"

    "I completely embarrassed myself in the competition today"

    "My partners in the jack and jill are why I didn't make finals."

    I've heard them...

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    How to Cheer Better

    May 17, 2016

     

     

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    Competing With vs Competing Against

    May 5, 2016

    I started this post in the beginning of April,  just after spending the weekend at Heartland Swing Festival in Des Moines, Iowa, competing with my friends. While the above video is from Steel City Blues' Solo Riffin' contest this year, it still demonstrates someth...

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    Gettin' Nasty

    February 7, 2016

    It's no secret: I love competing. For me, it is an opportunity to push myself harder, and to push my friends harder, and to push all of us to push the artform of blues. It's an opportunity to be inspired and to inspire and show each other how we understand the blues.

     

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