now this guy is pretty good. Notice he does his "own thing"....and that was a central part of the original Bop. 99.9% of Boppers since the late 70's revival dont actually do the Bop but a modernised variant of the 60's dance the Stomp. They all look like they can only do one move and they dance to the beat when it should be to the rhythm.
Agreed CD re doing ones own "thing", you have to be with the music not reacting to it, least thats my thinkng, but then again we learnt by watching others and joining-in, none of this jive school stuff for us lol - this is Mark from Witham Essex, who with his wife Genevieve has been winning jive contests since the late 80s, including 3 or more world champships at VLV back in the 2000s. And a very nice couple too lol. Dunno what it's like these days, but back then there were very few if any Americans at VLV etc who could bop properly or well.
Those people on the left staring at him look so out of place; you're the ones standing on the dancefloor like statues - get the hell out of the way and let people enjoy themselves! You can be judgy and miserable sitting on the sidelines, jeeeeezzzz! 🤦🏻♀🙄🤣 *Edit - this guy is a terrific mover! 😍🙌🏻
Thats how its done. Hats off to you Mark. Real boppin, good footwork. 👍
Love ya bopping mark x
Love seeing this great to no it's still going
The guitar air solo parts were dope
maradona had to spoil it
Ha ha. As another poster said: looks like Vito from Sopranos...
Wowwww great dancer
Boy got moves✌
The smaller chap looks like Vito from the Sopranos....
now this guy is pretty good. Notice he does his "own thing"....and that was a central part of the original Bop. 99.9% of Boppers since the late 70's revival dont actually do the Bop but a modernised variant of the 60's dance the Stomp. They all look like they can only do one move and they dance to the beat when it should be to the rhythm.
Thats it... move how you want.
Agreed CD re doing ones own "thing", you have to be with the music not reacting to it, least thats my thinkng, but then again we learnt by watching others and joining-in, none of this jive school stuff for us lol - this is Mark from Witham Essex, who with his wife Genevieve has been winning jive contests since the late 80s, including 3 or more world champships at VLV back in the 2000s. And a very nice couple too lol. Dunno what it's like these days, but back then there were very few if any Americans at VLV etc who could bop properly or well.
Oh when I was 20 years😅
top boppa
WOW
Great talented guy but where's Genevieve? They're always together! Never seen mark on his own
cool
❤❤❤cool
next year when we've all been vaccinated we'll be boppin' again
What’s the title of this song?
Up Jumped The Devil by Ronnie Dawson. 😎
Those people on the left staring at him look so out of place; you're the ones standing on the dancefloor like statues - get the hell out of the way and let people enjoy themselves! You can be judgy and miserable sitting on the sidelines, jeeeeezzzz! 🤦🏻♀🙄🤣 *Edit - this guy is a terrific mover! 😍🙌🏻
Wouldn't bop near this guy unless you want your toes flattening 😅
Oh look dance school Rockabillies folks this is not boppin