Herrang Dance Camp: Media attention

Today my local newspaper, Uppsala Nya Tidning (UNT), published a two page article about Herräng Dance Camp telling "Herräng has become the Mecca for swing dancing".

I guess I blogged a lot about Herräng Dance Camp but the fact is that Herräng is a big thing. Where else in the world do you have an international dance camp that goes on for five weeks with a total of approximately 3000 participants?

Herräng Dance Camp has been world famous within the swing community for a long time but ever since Swedish television aired Svante Grundberg's documentary about the camp: "Swingen anfaller" two years ago the camp has come within the radar reach of the media. Nowadays it's possible that if you say that you've been to Herräng Dance Camp on vacation, the person you talk to says "Yeah, I know about that camp". Previously, you just got a "Huh?". Ain't that cool?

UNT has also a video clip from Herräng Dance Camp with interviews of Lennart Westerlund, Åsa Palm and Daniel Heedman et al. Almost everything is in Swedish, but if you'd like some glipses of what it's like at the camp, take a look.

You will see some of the surroundings, the classes and The Meeting. BTW, does someone know what song is played in the end of the clip when they show the social dancing?

What do you think of the article and the video clip from Herräng Dance Camp? Tell me.

Herräng Dance Camp on TV: Godmorgon Sverige

As I mentioned on Saturday, the Herräng Dance Camp has started and will go on for five weeks this summer. Today the dance camp got some media attention when Åsa Palm and Daniel Heedman from the Harlem Hot Shots visited the morning tv show "Godmorgon Sverige".

Åsa and Daniel are intervjued (in Swedish) and they also show some medium tempo lindy hop (4:10 into the video clip). They talk about the name lindy hop ("Lindy hops the Atlantic") and that there are still things to learn even though one has been dancing 14 years (as Åsa has been doing). They also describe what it's like on Herräng Dance Camp, dancing 24/7.

Take a look at the video clip with Palm and Daniel Heedman from "Godmorgon Sverige".

What do you think of the interview? What was the song they danced to? Tell me.