Valerie Salstrom's guest appearances

Valerie Salstrom

The Track with Ryan Swift

Norma Miller

Nick Williams

Hilary Alexander

Jenny Shirar

Christian Frommelt

Mikey Pedroza

John Festa

Cynthia Millman

Todd Yannacone

Nathan Bugh

Mike Thibault

Laura Glaess

Jerry Almonte

Sylvia Sykes

Jo Hoffberg

OwlTail

My guest this month is instructor and founder of the All Balboa Weekend, Valerie Salstrom. Valerie has a long list of Lindy Hop and Balboa competition titles to her name, including from events like the National Jitterbug Championships and the American Lindy Hop Championships, and is also well-known as the founder of the Cleveland Junior Jitterbugs after-school swing dance program. Val and I sat down at ILHC 2017 to talk about what it was like learning her first Balboa steps directly from legends Maxie Dorf and Sylvia Sykes, the thrill of competition, and the incredible impact the Junior Jitterbug program has on its participants and our scene. We also discussed her inspiration for the first weekend event dedicated solely to Balboa, what it took to build a scene from scratch in Cleveland, and both got a little choked up talking about how much we love the Juniors division at ILHC.

My guest this month is instructor and founder of the <a href="http://www.allbalboa.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All Balboa Weekend</a>, <a href="http://gethepswing.com/about.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Valerie Salstrom</a>. Valerie has a long list of Lindy Hop and Balboa competition titles to her name, including from events like the <a href="http://www.camphollywood.net/contest-info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Jitterbug Championships</a> and the <a href="http://artspectrum.org/alhc.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American Lindy Hop Championships</a>, and is also well-known as the founder of the <a href="http://www.juniorjitterbugs.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cleveland Junior Jitterbugs</a> after-school swing dance program. Val and I sat down at <a href="http://www.ilhc.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ILHC 2017</a> to talk about what it was like learning her first Balboa steps directly from legends <a href="http://brisbanebalboaswing.dance/maxie-dorf-on-balboa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maxie Dorf</a> and <a href="../../../episodes?tag=Sylvia%20Sykes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sylvia Sykes</a>, the thrill of competition, and the incredible impact the Junior Jitterbug program has on its participants and our scene. We also discussed her inspiration for the first weekend event dedicated solely to Balboa, what it took to build a scene from scratch in Cleveland, and both got a little choked up talking about how much we love the Juniors division at ILHC.

The Track - E032 - Valerie Salstrom