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February 20th, 2010
Lindyfest: Registration closes March 5th at midnight!!I can't believe that it's really time again for another rockin' year of Lindyfest!!! As always, we want to keep you in the loop with our fancy newsletter so you can start preparing for an incredible time!
HSDS is proud to present our 2010 Lindyfest instructors: Dawn Hampton, Chazz Young, Sylvia Sykes, Nick Williams, Virginie Jensen, Steven Mitchell, Skye Humphries, Frida Segerdahl, Max Pitruzzella, Annie Trudeau, Peter Strom, Ramona Staffeld, Naomi Uyama, Todd Yannacone Nina Gilkenson, Andy Reid, Kevin St Laurent and Jo Hoffberg!
NEW: Special Guests Norma Miller, Judy Pritchett, Julie Cohen and Lana Turner!
Full Weekend Workshop Package
All workshop prices include all workshops and dances Thursday through Sunday
No refunds but transfers are allowed.
 Back to top Lindyfest Schedule Announced You've been waiting patiently...now's the time to release the Lindyfest schedule!!! We've brought back the handy dandy schedule maker so you can pick and choose your personalized schedule and email till your heart's a flutter with joy!! Back to top Hotel Room Block Expires March 1st!Make sure to book your rooms soon before the M
arch 1st deadline!!! You'll get a great $79 rate at the official event hotel!!! The  Sheraton Brookhollow hotel is the official location for all the Lindyfest dances Thursday through Sunday. As an extra bonus for staying at the hotel, we'll be offering a f ree shuttle service between the hotel and workshop location at the JCC. Be where the party's at all weekend long and reserve your room before it fills up!
Don't forget to pack your swim-suits! The average high for Houston is a comfy, non-snowy 73F!! Back to top Frankie Manning Tribute ClassWe have all felt the loss of Frankie Manning last year just before his 95th birthday. HSDS would like to remember all of the joy that he brought to us each and every year of Lindyfest! So, we have asked all of our instructors to create a special class that focuses on the impact Frankie had on their dancing. It could be their favorite Frankie moves or inspirational moments. We hope everyone can make it to some of these classes as each one is unique. Let's all share in the joy that Frankie gave to us in the Lindy Hop. Back to top Special Screening of Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging Documentary The HSDS produced documentary, Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging, will be screened Friday, March 12th with Director Julie Cohen in attendance.
Legend meets Lindy Hop in this 30-minute “documentary of dance” featuring Frankie Manning, a man who, in the words of director Julie Cohen, “truly LIVED every moment of his life.”
The documentary features the last major interview of Frankie Manning before his death, as well as precious archival footage of his dancing from the 1930’s to 2009 in New York, Hollywood, Sweden, France, Italy and Singapore. Footage highlights include scenes of Manning’s birthday parties, where he danced with one woman for each year he’d been alive, the legendary dance scene choreographed and headlined by Manning for the film “Hellzapoppin,” and the phenomenal duet with his 76-year-old son, Chazz, himself a professional dancer. Frankie was a born storyteller, with a huge smile and an even bigger laugh. Back to top Lindyfest Special Guests We are very pleased to have several special guests joining us for Lind
yfest! Legendary performer, Norma Miller, Frankie Manning biographer, Cynthia Millman, Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging director, Julie Cohen, SavoyStyle.com owner Judy Pritchett, and Harlem preservationist, Lana Turner. Back to top Saturday Evening Performance You can't forget about the jaw-dropping performances we have planned for Saturday!! Don't miss out on some very special routines from the Silver Shadows, Max and Annie and Kevin and Jo plus more suprises to come!!
No need to buy a special ticket for this hot show! Admission is included with your workshop registration!! Back to top Pre-Order your Lunches!!Don't want to waste your lunch hour waiting in line?? The Cafe at t  he J will take your pre-orders for lunch You'll receive your order form in your registration packet for tasty goodness prepared fresh for your lunch. Fill them in, drop them off before 11am and when we break for class your order will be up first!! Remember, the Cafe will be closed all day Saturday! Friday cafe hours are 8am-3:00pm and Sunday cafe hours are from 8am-4pm. Back to top 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.
In case you need some help getting to the hotel from the airport here's some useful information.
The Houston Metro has introduced a new direct shuttle service into downtown Houston departing every 30 minutes for only $15 each way.
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.
Taxi rides to the hotel are ~$45-60 depending on the airport and final destination. Also, check out Houston's local discussion forum is a great place to coordinate these rides.
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We are excited to announce our DJ line-up!! DJs Jesse Miner (San Francisco, CA), Freddie Dickinson (Seattle, WA), Ryan "Swifty" Swift (NYC, NY) and George "Whitey" White (Austin, TX)!!
Don't forget the breakfast buffet! We will be selling tickets for the evening breakfast spread for Friday and Saturday night for only $10. The food will be rolling out from midnight to 2am. Purchasing buffet tickets on site may not be possible if we sell out in online orders. 
We'll be selling Lindyfest t-shirts for $15 during the workshop! Save up those pennies to take home a pretty nice souvenir. We'll have men's and women's short and long sleeve shirts. Shirt styles and sizes will be limited, so pick one up early!!