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Lindyfest Dances are Dress to Impress!
Ok, are we all done with track pants and work-out clothes for our Lindy Hop dancig? Let's dress to impress this year. It's gonna be a killer party, so look your finest! We'll have a photo-booth for you to capture the moment.
Lindy Hopper's Fund Kick-Off
The Lindy Hopper’s Fund of America is a nonprofit, national human services organization that helps our elder generation of Lindy Hoppers; those who danced at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem, in theater, film, or on television. Through a broad spectrum of social, health and housing programs, The Lindy Hopper’s Fund will address their essential and critical needs providing financial assistance for essential living expenses such as rent, utilities or medical costs.
HSDS is proud to support The Lindy Hoppers Fund in its mission to provide assistance to those lindy hoppers who have paved the way for us to be able to dance and continue the legacy of lindy hop. During the Lindyfest weekend, you will have the opportunity to find out more about this program and to make financial contributions. Please consider donating to this special cause to help support the Lindy Hoppers Fund. Every little bit will help. HSDS is pleased to announce that they will match 100% any donations collected during the Lindyfest weekend.
Dance Pass
Dance passes are now available online! Dance passes will be also be sold at the door. The dance pass price is $75 for the entire weekend Thursday-Sunday. Below are the individual dance prices.
$10-Thursday 9pm-3am
$30-Friday 9pm-5am
$35-Saturday 9pm-5am
$10-Sunday 8:00pm-3am
Dances are included in the price of the workshop and do not need to be purchased separately.
Houston Swing Dance Society is a 501(c)3 non-profit association.
Houston Swing Dance Society is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through The Houston Arts Alliance.
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It's on! Lindyfest is here!!
Lindyfest is just upon us! We're really excited about all the fun stuff we've got in store for you! We want to fill you in on some of the essential weekend details.
Schedule Release!
By now you know what a great instructor line-up we have: Frankie Manning, Chazz Young, Dawn Hampton, Sylvia Sykes, Jason Christodoulou, Steven Mitchell, Virginie Jensen, Peter Strom, Ramona Staffeld, Max Pitruzzella, Annie Trudeau, Nina Gilkenson, Andy Reid, Manu Smith, Ria Debiasi and Naomi Uyama.
And now we're now ready to release the weekend workshop schedule! Click here to view the schedule and start planing for an awesome weekend! As always, this schedule is subject to change, and you will receive your final copy when you check in for the workshop.
DJ Schedule
We're giving you all your presents early this year! We're also releasing the DJ schedule here. DJs for Lindyfest 2008 are Jesse Miner, Rayned Wiles, Ryan "Swifty" Swift, Dave Frutos, Peter Strom, Naomi Uyama, and locals Patty Holmes and Leah Ekstrom. Click here to view the schedule.
Hotel Information
Hopefully you've heard that we're having all the dances in the hotel ballroom. There are still some $79 rooms avialable under out Lindyfest room block at the Sheraton Brookhollow. Be where the party's at!
Sheraton Brookhollow
3000 North Loop West Frwy
Phone: (713) 688-0100
Workshop Venue
The Lindyfest workshop will be held on the beautiful University of Houston campus. The classrooms are located in Melcher Gymnasium and Wortham Theater Complex. Click here for maps of UH.
Bus Schedule and Parking
Parking at the Sheraton Brookhollow is FREE! As and as an extra bonus we're offering a shuttle service between the hotel and the workshop location at UH. Bus schedules will be posted at both locations and included in your registration packet.
Parking at UH is available in Lot 16 and at metered locations in front of Melcher Gym. Click here for an interactive map of UH campus.
Advanced Try-Outs
During registration, if you selected Advanced track, you will be asked to try-out for this track at the workshop. You will be given only two chances to try-out during the weekend. Try-outs will consist of ~5-7 minutes of dancing with at least two different partners using a traditional Jack-and-Jill format.
Try-out times and locations
Thursday: 8:30-9:30pm at Sheraton Brookhollow
Friday: 10-11am at Sheraton Brookhollow
Saturday: 10-11am at Sheraton Brookhollow
Check the schedule for try-out times at UH.
Getting to Houston
Houston has two ariports that carry all the major airlines, the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and the William P. Hobby Airport (Hou). IAH is the hub for Continental Airlines and offer services to many major cities. Southwest Airlines predominantly serves the Hobby Airport. Both airports are a short drive into town with Hobby being the closer, yet smaller airport. IAH is located ~20 miles North of town on US-59, and Hobby is East of town on I-45S. Hobby Airport is located just a few miles from the UH campus and would be ideal if you are coming into town and headed directly to UH campus.
Public transportation is not the most efficient in Houston. Although you can take the Metro Bus from both airports for just a few dollars, we suggest you may want to coordinate a taxi among other participants (~$45-60 depending on the airport and final destination). You can also schedule your ride through SuperShuttle and they will pick you up at either airport and deliver you to the Sheraton Brookhollow for ~$19 from Hobby and ~$21 from IAH. Houston's local discussion forum is a great place to coordinate these rides.
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