London Jump is a Solo Jazz Dance weekend that Pippa has assisted with when it has run over the past few years. This event is taking a break for a while but my come back in future years. Right now a Solo track has been added to the London Swing Festival.
When the London Swing Festival first started it included the London Jitterbug Championships (LJC). The popularity of the competitions grew and now London Throwdown is a competition weekend with a large number of categories. Pippa has been involved with this event since it started in 2017. The first year as Assistant to the Event Manager, Michaela Delmonte and for the last two years as Co-Event Manager. This weekend requires an enormous amount of work as it is like running about 30 small events over the course of the weekend. It has been growing in popularity and Pippa & Michaela have not handed this event to another member of the team to manage.
Back in 2009 when I first arrived in London is was just a month or so after Swing Patrol had opened. I approached the director of Swing Patrol and pitched the idea of running the London Swing Festival (LSF). The first LSF ran in 2010 and attracted about 425 dancers from all over Europe and helped to build the Swing Patrol dance community. I ran the festival for the first few years when it was then taken over by another member of the team. It continued until 2016 when it then took a few years off before returning in 2019 again co-managed by Pippa and her colleague and friend Michaela Delmonte. In 2019 it was a sell out event and plans for 2020 are already underway.
The London Swing Festival is a 4 day event with Swing Dance parties and workshops. I am involved in every aspect of the running of this event including:
Off the back of the success of the first London Swing Festival in 2010, and due to there not being other Blues Dance festivals of it’s kind in Europe at the time, Pippa ran the first Blues Baby Blues (BBB) that year. BBB has run every year since except 2018 when the event took 1 year off. Pippa managed this event on her own until 2015 when Michaela Delmonte came on board as co-manager along side Pippa. BBB is the longest running Blues Dance event of its kind in Europe. It attracts dancers from all over and boasts some of the best and most talented teachers and performers from within the Blues Dance community. Pippa is particularly proud of this event as it has been her creation and special project for some 10 years. BBB is due to take place in November 2019.
Blues Baby Blues is a 3 day event with Blues Dance parties and workshops. Pippa is involved in every aspect of the running of this event including:
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