Nitty Gritty at the LA Shag Festival 2019

[@hayesman76]

Wow - and with THE Bob Banas in attendance! Doesn’t get better than that!

[@libbycampbell879]

I can't take my eyes off the guy in the light plaid, button-down dress shirt in the second row. He has IT.

[@MNBluestater]

YES HE DOES ❤❤❤

[@Monstylicious]

fuck yes! this is all lovely but... he has the Bobby B energy. I love it so much

[@janasali821]

Yeah!! He got my eye!!

[@nansealove9000]

I was checking to see if anyone else felt that. 👏🏻

[@djlovebug]

Because he is performing it the best! He should have been placed center stage.

[@josephclark4999]

Bonny Banas tore this dance to ribbons, Amazing. NEVER let this die!!!

[@geneostinowsky7525]

So glad t have found this on youtube. I became a fan of Bobby Banas when I first saw him dancing to the Nitty Gritty. I played it over and over so many times. I was so amazed by his dancing. Thanks for this video. I wish a documentary would be made about Bobby & his career.

[@Milesco]

Yeah, I had never heard of him until I saw that famous YT video about a year or so ago, and now I'm a huge fan. 😁👍🕺

[@mortimersnerd1348]

Love watching all these folks dancing to this oldy but goody. My only regret is that the song was so short. Wish it was another 2 minutes longer.

[@PiNkSpRinkLe1]

So happy to see folks still Nitty Grittying. Love Steve and Chanzie.

[@markjames8603]

Bobby Banas had a rare talent, a fully choreographed dancer that could have you believe he was just a kid losing the plot on the dance floor

[@ascent8487]

It’s a great song and a fun dance. I’m glad too but I get why this one has maintained a presence over the years.

[@msscalvin]

The coolest thing ever to see Bobby there!

[@jonhillman871]

i love this song and i love bobby's dancing on it. so glad he got some love for his fabulous work.

[@dina113east]

Of course this is great to see, though the original Bobby Banas dance was over two minutes of dancing which I watch over and over. It must be a surprise and thrill for Bobby Banas to know his dancing and choreography still are a treat to watch.

[@marthadawson8954]

I watch it a lot too. Never knew about him until I found it on KZbin.

[@gailneedham9930]

I used to watch these. Then I didn’t. So fun to see it again. They had so much fun.

[@dina113east]

@@gailneedham9930 It is fun to watch. This was from 2019 - a lot has changed since then so I wonder if they still get together.

[@hebneh]

I’m so glad to see Bobby Banas himself in attendance at this! He must be amazed that this one quickie throwaway performance on a short-lived TV show has unexpectedly turned into the most famous thing he ever did, thanks to KZbin.

[@19gregske55]

Help me, please - where is Bobby Banas in the group?

[@hebneh]

@@19gregske55 He's the old man who walks into the picture at 1:23, then stands in the middle of the group for a photo.

[@hebneh]

@@LH23511 Bobby Banas, old? Heck yes. He was born in 1933. He was 86 years old in 2019, when this event occurred.

[@tommigs]

Did you know he was in West Side Story?

[@phillycatlady]

@@tommigs where?

[@roseamber7342]

The guy in the plaid shirt and dark pants does a great job, they’re all good he was great.

[@BLFulle]

That was sweet seeing Bobby at the end.

[@amberday1946]

The guy on the right is the best .. he has the magic ❤

[@spicylou]

I like the lady in the black dress.

[@TheTruthBomber007]

This brought a huge smile on my face.

[@theloreleis6621]

He's so cute!!!! I love Bobby Banas!

[@ridetillidie8090]

Wonderful...even as an 'interpretation.' One of the closest I've seen yet. By and large my favorite dance...ever...which I've incorporated into (in a former life) my rave dances and goth' dances. Never tire of seeing people pay accurate homage to this great dance. Well done!

[@olderolderman4603]

That's how I wore down my knees hip and back doing the nitty-gritty in the 1960s

[@davemathews7890]

So wonderful seeing a video filled with so many happy people.

[@margaretmacmillan3043]

Oh,this is brilliant,iv never heard of this dance before,so much lovley timing,thanks for sharing,love it..from bonnie Scotland.X...

[@donaldhartsfield196]

I agree with all! He is an excellent dancer and my eyes were on him too!!

[@Lil-Britches]

That one guy is killing it right plaid grey pants

[@EJofLA]

Everyone looks terrific, but the guy in the white and tan plaid shirt with the dark grey baggy pants is amazingly good!

[@jennyskydog]

He’s awesome!

[@leewah1]

That's Hunter Krikac, and he danced it exactly the way Bobby Banas did in the original version in the 1960s.

[@EJofLA]

@@leewah1 Thanks for his name. I'm in Los Angeles and will look out for him.

[@ShouttyCatt]

@@leewah1 should be a crime the way he killed it! Hell, it was a crime he wasn’t front & centerstage. And then Bobby Banas himself watching & posing for the pic... wonderful

[@pIERWET]

I think you could say that he's the star of this show!!

[@User2718218]

The guy in the light checkered shirt and dark grey pants steals the show. He is channeling Bobby Banas.

[@bluesky-pb9di]

The guy to the left dances like bobby . Light shirt next to dancer in blue suit.

[@dnr2089]

I so love this dance! So much fun! I can’t dance to save my life 🤣

[@gritskennedy5007]

Im sure you could if you can keep time with any beat in dancing music you can start by tapping your foot then learning to alternate using one foot then the other then move your arm or straighten one arm while bending the other nod your head side to side or snap to any tune or tap your pencil on a desk or book or coffee cup then move up to standing and shifting your weight to the beat stand and throw your weight on your right leg while keeping it straight bend your left knee and alternate ..then after you master that move onto step to the side with left foot keeping weight on left leg tap right foot on the floor pick up foot and then shift weight to right leg and tap left foot then shift weight to left and so on...or you can even shuffle your feet and move your arms or clap to the beat ..your movement synchronizing with the beat of the music playing. Watch some videos here on youtube..,im trying to encourage as many people as possible to break mindsets about themselves and realize you can absolutely do anything reasonable you set your mind to do..never say you cant you already have a great appreciation and love for dance and thats what makes people really great dancers is their passion for celebrating life celebrating the joy the feeling of expressing your own style for dance and really even dances that have strict exact dance steps choreographed still each person puts their own spin their own flare to it..I'm sure you already have it in you to dance..don't give up life is short i am a mother of 6 grown children and a grandmother of 6 little grandchildren. I was dancing at 3 at 4 tap ballet then at 12 i learned to belly dance from a master belly dance instructor a world champion who retired and happened to teach classes through a friend at a city hall every week 3 days a week at 16 i danced swing then at 18 clubbing salsa dancing at 21 then clogging at 30 then back to belly dancing then Tahitian otea and Hawaiian hula and brief tribal fusion ..i am clocked in Tahitian otea doing a hip circle rapid hip circles called fa'arapu I can now do 240 rotations per minute...something i tried in the beginning thinking no way can i do this laughing at my lack of coordination i thought what is wrong with me but i brought a mirror into my workout area and learned to build on my doing the movement very slowly at first then after a while i started really beginning to feel comfortable then before long i was really fast without struggling. Be kind to yourself I know you have what it takes and you deserve to feel that feeling you get when you dance like your soul has got a way to express all the excitement joy passion and connection to everyone and everything around you, i believe in you so you gotta believe in you im a stranger but i was moved nudged by the universe to give you this message...so get barefoot or on some socks and turn on some music and get to steppin! Go little engine that could! Go! You got this!

[@leewah1]

THE Bobby Banas!

[@EyeLean5280]

That guy in on the right in the second row, with the light plaid shirt... he's channeling Bobby Banas, for sure!

[@maryguy-fo2qk]

Bobby and God's angels doing "The Nitty Gritty" in heaven now. RIP Bobby thanks for the dance

[@otaku1524]

And Mr. Banas at the tail end himself!

[@stevenreichertart]

Wonderful to see everyone carrying on the tradition! So much fun!

[@viclaney6575]

What a great tribute to the original show-stopping nitty-gritty dancer!

[@hyzercreek]

It doesn't get any better than this.

[@DanielleA2023]

Omg Bobby AND Stephen ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mulemule]

*Dude on the end of the front-three (in the light colored, long sleeved shirt), steals the spotlight just like Banas did 60-years ago.*

[@stevenshipman650]

I want to learn this! Complicated!

[@TipOfAfrica0010]

Shag Festival with so many people...I wasnt expecting dancing....😂😂😂

[@mtracy244]

🤭😄

[@THAIRISH_92]

The guy beside Stephen is a good mover too

[@LaeonaINFP]

Guy to the right? Couldn't take my eyes off him. He stole the show. Definitely channeling Bobby Banas when he dances. It's like watching electricity dance.

[@THAIRISH_92]

@@LaeonaINFP he’s much more liquid and fluid. A lot less regimental. Works so well for this dance. He wins the show.

[@fido652]

Props to blue suit...really living it. Fly, Bobby. We miss you...

[@MrJking065]

If you did not know. Shag dancing started in the 1930s in African American Communities in North Myrtle beach South Carolina. The dance is similar to North Carolina dance Clogging's and Flatfooting.

[@jeffsmith1354]

Okay, you got your credit.................................and in other news today, the price of beans went up two cents. Can't we just enjoy without a damn history lesson? I love basketball but I don't need to know who the hell invented it unless I ask.

[@homeyginomolly]

Thank you for the information. History always helps!

[@dnr2089]

Thank you. I love knowing the origin of things. I feel sorry for people who have no interest in history, as there’s a huge chunk of knowledge and understanding missing 😉

[@jeffsmith1354]

Provide sources please.

[@tonyjablonski]

Homeboy on Stevens left is a Boss..

[@viclaney6575]

Ditto Ejofla. The fella in plaid held my eye!

[@stonerrocky]

Yes I noticed him almost right away. He DOES have that Bobby B energy!

[@patrickcallahan1539]

OMG So much fun and nostalgia. Keep doing it . Love it

[@tabathastaples7884]

Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Pastor Murray is an Anointed Servant of GOD who teaches the Word of GOD with Authority!!!!!!!

[@19ccj65]

This makes me so happy!

[@captlarry-3525]

Hey There's Bobby ! All fucking right ! Looking Good Bobby !

[@eugeneplaud2131]

This guy is good!!!

[@rhondacorbett7502]

Love you Bobby 😍 💗

[@xaniiu]

The guy on the right in the white checkered shirt dances like Elaine from Seinfeld

[@dannybeun948]

Our favourite 🎉

[@fossehigh]

I didn’t know about the Nitty Gritty( I love it now though) I am from Britain, I clicked on this because,well, the word Shag means something completely different here! I thought, what the heck is this about!!? 🤣🇬🇧

[@dnr2089]

That’s what I just said in my comment! 🤣

[@MB-yz8wg]

i dig the woman on the left, in the black dress!

[@darialinderssen1572]

OHHH MAN SO THAT IS BOBBY BANAS. OHHH MAN.. Okay so the announcer even does say Bobby Banas. Ohhhh man ohh man.. I noticed that the guy in the plaid lookin shirt ..just right.. of the guy in front in the blue suit, was dancing just like Bobby when he was younger. Just my opinion, that young guy on the right looks like the perfect age for this song too.

[@cskiles318]

Wow very impressed loved it

[@DivoGo]

OMG!!!! I’m soo jelly!❤❤❤

[@SmooveBee1]

Thank You! Excellent!

[@mb4173]

You can''t help but notice that the guy in the light plaid shirt and dark grey pants pulls focus from the featured dancers in the front. He's better at this.

[@deborahholroyd6495]

They could dance to the song...Monster Mash...😉 Love it

[@katc2345]

THE YOUNG LADY IN BLACK DRESS TO LEFT, DOING A DIFFERENT STYLE THATS BADASS! At the 26:00 mark.

[@chethunt2455]

Cool!

[@captlarry-3525]

Watch the gal in the black dress on left...she's got it !

[@benzathine]

That is so bloddy cool. Pure Americana.

[@tommigs]

Did you know Bobby was in the movie West Side Story?

[@SteviePaints]

That guy on the right in the checked shirt has been watching Bobby Banas a lot.

[@mowl]

RIP Robert Banas ❤️

[@williamjones7163]

That is the way I dance normally. Except people call 911 because they think I'm having a seizure.

[@tropicalpancake56]

WELL DONE! Very impressed...

[@josedipadua8575]

Very good 👍😊

[@jazmaan]

Some of you may not have seen my re-edit of the original dance. On the Judy Garland show the dancing ends well before the song really ends. In the first half of my re-edit Bobby's dancing is uncut. But I have added Shirley Ellis' "American Bandstand" performance behind him. When the Judy Garland dancing ends before the song is finished I have taken the liberty of re-editing the first part to stretch it out long enough to continue for the entire song. And I've added some special fx like mirroring and zooming. Also I've restored the sound to a stereo mix taken from an LP. Here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaSQkmqFiJiYZrM

[@pendlecurl]

RIP Bobby Banas 😢🙏❤️

[@leewah1]

I wonder if Bobby Banas has any idea how many Nitty Gritty videos there are out there that make use of his choreography. I just watched one on KZbin featuring people in Belarus.

[@Kathleen-gl5wh]

The great Bobby Banas

[@tawnyawalsh6552]

This was so much fun!

[@tinalouise4327]

Well done very near To the original

[@houndmother2398]

What a hoot.

[@robertj5208]

Nice!!!! Why no false slipping at the end??!!😉

[@craigknapp6318]

Are teh gal in the black dress, to the left of the main gal, and the main gal in the white dress, sisters?

[@mariwinchester1160]

Wow.. is the real mr Bobby Banas?

[@hyzercreek]

Yup

[@wyprman]

@@hyzercreek Well, that's all sorts of cool.

[@SoapinTrucker]

Wow, who's the Honey in the dark dress with white polka dots and dark hair????? ❤

[@homiekeen23]

What's this type of dance called?

[@mikeq5807]

Delightful to watch!

[@WhiteCamry]

Was Bobby Banas in this shot?

[@lddixon2394]

awesome!

[@carolcr4024]

F A B U L O U S 🤩

[@Lipstick76]

Omg! I’ve been looking for him! The original dancer from The Judy Garland Show. I couldn’t hear his name? What’s his name?

[@andrewselzer353]

Robert "Bobby" Banas: www.dancehistoryproject.org/index-of-artists/bobby-banas/

[@donearl6675]

[@ulyanaivanova8064]

I need a tutorial 🤣

[@noname-by3qz]

The other version I saw was more whacked!

[@damianayre2130]

I wonder if Bobby ever saw that girl that was his partner after that.

[@colossusforbin5484]

Striped shirt guy on the right needs to get with it.

[@beth7437]

I think he wandered in from a soccer field.

[@richardmarquez7106]

No one does it like Bobby Banas

[@dolorescritandi3426]

r u kidding me

[@cpr2450]

Line dancing is not shag

[@cpr2450]

@@DD-d6d3 oops!! 😊

[@timn4481]

People seem to miss the critical part of banas dance. It has to be crisp like a fit. Exaggerated movements with no flow. Awkward. This is all too smooth and subtle.

[@GoodDay-bs2en]

Dance routines were creative and clean back then, not like today! Jesus Christ is Coming Back! I’m not asking you to get religious - 2 minutes of your time: To be Saved just confess out loud to GOD and admit that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour and confess that you believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay for your sins, was buried, and was raised back to Life on the third day. 1 Cor 15:1-4. GOD is listening to you and He will write your name down in His Book of Life so that you may enter Heaven.

[@dnr2089]

Go away! 🤣

[@GoodDay-bs2en]

@@dnr2089 Something inside of you prompted you to react to that part of my comment. GOD is always listening to you, so if you won’t believe that Jesus Christ loves you, then will you believe that the devil hates you? Please watch YT video “X factor winner reveals world’s secret religion” (1.1M views).

[@dant.6364]

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is dead? - James 2:20

[@GoodDay-bs2en]

@@dant.6364 Interesting point, please consider the following: I’m not asking you to get religious - Jesus didn’t die to give us religion - He didn’t die to make a bad man good; He died to make a dead man alive - He died to give to us what we need to get out of hell (death) and He resurrected to give to us what we need to go to heaven (new life) - What we need is spiritual legal paperwork! Our every thought, emotions, deeds etc. are recorded in our blood during our lifetime. 1john5:8 “And there are three that bear witness (“witness” = record / journal) in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” (King James Version Bible) Your record is read out in GOD’s heavenly court at your death to decide if you go to hell or heaven. Jesus shed his blood on your behalf: (1) to give to you His record of His good deeds to replace your own record of good deeds (our good deeds are "our righteousnesses are as filthy rags - Isaiah 64:6") and (2) Jesus died and was buried to pay the penalty for your sins to wipe away your own record of your bad deeds. You have to choose: (1) do you want your “old man’s record” to be read out or (2) do you want your “new man’s record” to be read out in heavenly court? “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his DEEDS; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image (“likeness” = you are seen in heavenly court as a copy of Jesus’s record) of him that created him:” Colossian3:9 (King James Version Bible). Jesus’s record is PROVEN to work because he was resurrected and ascended to heaven. Do you want to rely on your own record? Yes or No. Do you want Jesus’s record to replace/fix your own record (creating a new record for you)? Yes or No. 2,000 years ago, Jesus shed His blood and gave His record to everyone in the world for free (it is done! His record has already been transferred and your sins paid for!) - it is a free gift out of His grace and compassion upon us. ”When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, IT IS FINISHED: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. (John19:3)” But GOD values your free will choice -- maybe you do want to go to hell and do not want to go to heaven?! (Also, note that Jesus’ spiritual record passed to everyone (past, present, and future) through red blood; not to “aliens” who have blue blood). The way that I understand “that faith without works being dead” spoken by James 2:14-26 was saying that our “faith” means nothing to someone who is in need and we refuse to help them. Our proclamation of “our faith” is dead to those who ask for help and we do nothing. Which means that they are less likely to accept salvation/gospel even if we keep proclaiming "faith". The Gospel proclaims itself as the Gospel in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.

[@mountain-bike-riders7799]

Оригинал лучше

[@mildredfippen5396]

This is not the Carolina Shag. Looks more like The Lindy

[@DD-d6d3]

I think you were confused. This is a group of people at the Shag Festival who did a tribute to the original Bobby Banas choreography to the Nitty-gritty from the Judy Garland show.

[@lishajohnson1958]

Damn...2019 and black folks still didnt get the MEMO... I guess it just a white dance...lol it's cute i liked it...

[@sherrimiller5258]

Omgosh! Why does everything have to be about color? It’s a dance! It’s fun. It’s happy. Black people dance. White people dance. Native Americans dance. Irish dance. Asians dance. Who the hell cares?!

[@arnoldnicholson7409]

Shag fest..it don't sound right to me and unnecessary crude language..