In this issue
Upcomming Dances
November 10th: Second Cup Swing, 8:30-midnight, $4.
November 10th and December 1st: Aggie Swing Cats Dance, $3.
December 14th: Second Cup Swing, 8:30-midnight, $4.
December 15th : HSDS dance at the Melody Club following the workshop, 8-midnight, $7. Including cash prizes for the Jack-and-Jill competition.
December 30th: HSDS 5th Sunday Dance at the Melody Club, 8:00-10:30pm.
HSDS Featured in The Daily Cougar
The University of Houston's newspaper, The Daily Cougar, recently featured an article about HSDS written by Chelsea Brotherton. Click here to read the story!
HMB Pictures
 The Harvest Moon Ball was a great success! Thanks to the over 250 people who came out for this great night of dancing!
For pictures from the event click here.
Music Corner
You never knew that there are so many Swing songs that are food related, have you? Here's a set of songs that are not only fun to dance to but also makes you hungry. Enjoy.
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- And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine-Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
- Banana Split for My Baby-Louis Prima
- Coleslaw-Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
- Honey Pie Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
- Hot Dog-Yalloppin' Hounds
- It Ain't the Meat It's the Motion-Maria Muldaur
- Shoo Fly Pie-Jonathan Stout and his Campus Five, featuring Hilary Alexander
- A Spoonful of Sugar-Harry Connick, Jr.
- Tea for Two-Count Basie & Ella Fitzgerald
- What's That Cookin'-Deke Dickerson
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HSDS Happenings
All HSDS classes are Sundays at The Melody Club. Click here to view our weekly class schedule. We offer lessons for beginner to advanced dancers. No partner necessary! Our weekly Sunday dance is 8:30-10:30pm following the lessons.
Lessons will continue as regularly scheduled for the months of November and December.
The November and December elective will be Swing Rueda taught by Quang Nguyen and Patty Holmes, Sundays 6:30-7:30 (NEW TIME) at the Melody Club. You saw it performed at the Harvest Moon Ball, now learn this fun and easy group dance! Swing Reuda is a group dance in a circle composed of Lindy Hop moves involving a "caller" calling out the next move which seamlessly sends the follows onto her next partner in the circle. Prerequisite is completion of Lindy 1B.
HSDS Remembers Carnell Pipkin, HSDS Co-founder
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. - Hellen Keller
 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of HSDS's founding members, Carnell Pipkin. Carnell started dancing in Houson in 1996 and by 1998 was an ALHC Champion. Carnell was a motivating force in the Houston Swing scene and especially for the Houston Swing Dance Society. He was the founding member/director/choreographer for the Houston HepCats and taught and competed nationally with Tena Morales. His influence lives on in the actions of his many students. He will always be remembered at HSDS. May he rest in peace. Flowers and cards may be sent to: Clay & Clay Funeral Home, 7335 Marilyn Ln, Houston, TX 77016. Contact HSDS for memorial servi
ce information.
December Workshop: Hop into Competitions with Confidence with Jason and Tena
HSDS will be hosting a workshop to get you ready for competitions. Jason Esparza and Tena Morales will teach you the finer points of competing, how to get your dancing noticed on a crowded floor, how to shine in a choreographed routine, and give you the hints on what judges are looking for. Don't worry if you've never competed. This workshop will address how to start venturing into competitions locally and nationally, as well as finessing the skills of those who just can't get enough competitions.
Saturday, December 15th
Workshop 1pm-5pm
Dance 8-12 (included in the cost of workshop or $7)
All events at The Melody Club Ballroom
$30 Register online now!
Introducing: Lone Star Championships a Texas Lindy Hop, Swing, Charleston, and Blues Competition January 25-27th, 2008
Texas officially has its' first annual comeptition. The Lone Star Championships is an inspirational weekend party in Austin that will feature a weekend full of dancing, amazing competitions, and multiple instructors! This is a social event, not only for social dancing, but the comeptitions will be social dance competitions- Jack-and-Jills and Strictlys only. Between the competitions and the extra special classes and suprises we have planned for you, you will want to be here for it. Think of it as an exchange on steroids. Registration to open soon, with a low cost to be announced. So save the date!
Lindyfest is March 13-16th
Lindyfest is an amazing lin dy hop weekend workshop jammed packed with classes for all dance levels, sould sessions with living legends, hot performances, and four endless nights of dancing! Lindyfest brings in hundreds of dancers from all across the globe to learn from the masters and experience the excitement of lindy hop, all here in Houston. 2008 instructors are Frankie Manning, Chazz Young, Dawn Hampton, Sylvia Sykes, Jason Christodoulou, Steven Mitchell, Virginie Jensen, Peter Strom, Ramona Staffeild, Max Pitruzzella, Annie Trudeau, Nina Gilkenson, Andy Reidm Manu Smith, Ria Debiasi and Naomi Uyama. Registration opens this Fall!! Don't forget to save the date March 13-16th 2008!
Other Great Lindy Hop Events
ALX8 November 16-18th, 2007
The Austin Lindy Exchange has definitely inscribed itself in history as one of the premier Lindy Hop exchanges in the world! With its abundance of live music, beautiful venues, and prolific dancers, you can't go wrong! If you've never been to an exchange, this one sets the bar high!. And if you already been, you'll want to "experience it again as if it's your first time." Dance all night to great live music by White Ghost Shivers, Seth Walker Band, Paris 49, Kris Kimura Quartet, and Giant City! Register online here.
Jack and Jill Results
Thanks to everyone for participating in our HSDS Halloween Jack-and-Jill contest! What a great turn out!  Congratulations to:
1st Quang and Katie
2nd Trevor and ViVi
3rd Mikey and Holly
Visit our friends David and Karl for pictures from our Halloween Dance.
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