If you're feeling cold, here's a little video from Irven Lewis to start your blood flowing: click here to Ignite [1]
Hang in there all the way to the end (it's only 6 minutes) to view some of what I would term the best "scat dancing" I have ever seen. I've posted more recent Irven Lewis work here [2].
I challenge Terrence Spivey at Karamu to bring this company to Cleveland. (Here's his myspace page [3].) Imagine this sort of culture coming to Cleveland. Now those are the kind of imports I'm talking about and we don't need a 200 acre port to receive them.
Links:
[1] http://www.article19.co.uk/06/video_irvenlewis.php
[2] http://smtp.realneo.us/blog/susan-miller/dance-video-of-the-day-dear-hip-hop
[3] http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=64822514
[4] http://smtp.realneo.us/content/dance-video-day-dance-gym
[5] http://smtp.realneo.us/content/dance-video-day
[6] http://smtp.realneo.us/content/dance-video-day-social-dancing-and-economy