Balboa 101 & call for dancers

We (the bal addicts) need more balboa dancers (that's you), (especially in mighty Greensboros, North Carolina) so I decided it was about time I try to turn my bloggin' friends onto balboa. So here is some information about what balboa is (since some of you have asked- what is balboa?):
Jean's attempt at a description: balboa is a partner 8 count dance which originated in Southern California. Smooth but pulsed & not choreographed it combines centered connection, momentum, centrifugal force, compressions/extensions and musicality. Most of the time balboa is danced at 200-300 beats per minute (you can do it slower if you want).
ok, you still have no idea what balbao is. See below:

Watch the below video clip of clips from the first ever Eastern Balboa Championships ( Greensboro, NC Nov 2004 - convienent but no that was not y I moved here :) )
http://www.reality-v2.com/video/ebc_2004.wmv

Read up on Balboa here at balbaonation.com:
http://www.balboanation.com/when.html#

and Balboafeet.com
http://www.balboafeet.com/

and Balboa- the Lindy Cafe
http://www.lindycafe.com/_dance/balhist.html

interested in learning?

Important Note if you are learning balboa (sorry I couldn't help it ;) ) : It's a lead follow dance which should not have any choreography in it. The lead should be able to lead the follow into doing whatever they want whenever they want so make a point to learn lead follow mechanics (ask your teacher). This way the leads are be able to use variations whenever they want and follows are able to follow those variations when they are led.