“Everyone likes to dance at Coney Island,” says photographer and Coney regular Jim McDonnell, who has been shooting Coney Island Dancing 2011 all summer long. We’ve been anticipating the debut of the second vid in what promises to be an annual series. Jim is a professional film editor and self-described “footage guru” who has a knack for distilling a season’s worth of dance moves at the People’s Playground into a short video.
The 2011 vid clocks in at four minutes and 48 seconds–one minute and 19 seconds longer than Coney Island Dancing 2010–so you’ll get to see more dancers this year. In addition, it’s set to music with a less frenetic tempo and a mellow mood: Intodeep’s “Last Night a DJ Saved My Life.” Highlights include the Coney Island Dancers, Mermaid Paraders and performers in Luna Park and the Coney Island Talent Show on the Boardwalk. Music at the Polar Express, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park and Coney Island Flicks on the Beach also sets the stage for impromptu boogying.
If you’re not in this video, or on the cutting room floor, chances are you haven’t spent enough time dancing on the boards. There’s always next summer.
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April 17, 2010: Our Fave Coney Island Song: Joe McGinty’s Million Dollar Mermaid
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Fantastic!! this is the video equivalent of a happy pill — thanks to McDonnell for his dedication & talent, and thanks to you for posting it!
If that video doesn’t make you smile, then there is definitely something wrong with you :)
Thanks telling us about it, Tricia!
Lovely, made me smile, thanks for the video!
True colors of coney island spirit. Looking forward to more!
Thanks again, Tricia for all the photos, videos, stories, and vignettes you post throughout the year. For those of us who can’t be in Coney Island, you help us keep that connection.
Delightful!!! Made me want to get out of my computer chair and dance too! I miss you, my Coney Island Park. Carol Michigan