Dr. Jeni LeGon Performs her last dance at the 2008 Masters of Lindy Hop and Tap

This is the great Dr. Jeni Legon performing at the Masters of Lindy Hop and Tap. This event was put on by the century ballroom and took place in Seattle, Washington in August 2008. (Thanks to Gavin for giving me the go ahead to post this.) Jeni would be a young 92 years old at the time of this clip. While Jeni did go on to lecture and receive awards over the next 2 years, (I was certainly apart of leading many of those lectures and talks with her) I do believe this was the time she sang and danced onstage. (I just talked to her husband Frank Clavin and confirmed this.) At 92 years old you can see how that unbelievable light of hers was still shining as bright as ever. She was able to project something magical that few people on this planet are capable of. But that's why she was one of the legends! RIP Jeni legon. She passed away 96 years of age on Dec 7th, 2012. She was a mentor for me and my wife Louise and we're so lucky to have spent over a decade being close to her. The performance is raw but brimming with life. Chester Whitmore, as always, was the reason this happened. He grabbed myself Lennart Westerlund, Calle Johansson, rehearsed us for under an hour and said, "GREAT! We'll perform it tonight!" (I guess this is how every single performance I've ever been in with Chester has ever went.) At any rate, I think if the clip from, "Hooray For Love" in 1935 is her first dance on film then I'm pretty sure this is the last one. http://youtu.be/rnGd6Gns4Is A special thanks to my amazing wife Louise Schwarz for filming this for me!