Great Southwest Lindyfest 2008

Lindyfest 2008 Newsletter/Details

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:55:00 GMT

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In this issue

Lindyfest is almost here!

Schedule Release

DJ Schedule Release
Hotel
Workshop Venue
Bus Schedule and Parking
Advanced Try-outs
Getting Here
Dress to Impress
Frankie Manning Book Signing
Breakfast is served
Photo Booth
Special Performances
Lindy Hopper's Fund Kick-Off
Dance Pass
Contact Us

Lindyfest Dances are Dress to Impress!

Ok, are we all done with track pants and work-out clothes for dancing? 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.

Frankie Manning Book Signing

Bring your copy of Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop or purchase one from us for only $20. Co-authors Frankie Manning and Cynthia Millman will be signing copies of their book Saturday at 9pm.

Breakfast is served!

An all you can eat breakfast spread is available Friday and Saturday night for only $10, available from midnight to 2am.

Photo Booth

Stop by our photo booth on Saturday night to get your pictures snapped. You'll be able to download them from our website and they'll be included in a follow up DVD highlighting all the fun we had a Lindyfest.

Special Performances

Check out the awesome performance we have in store for you Saturday night at 11:30pm. 23Skidoo!, the Ladies of the Silver Shadows, and Max and Annie will be heatin' up the dance floor for you.

Lindy Hopper's Fund Kick-Off

The Lindy Hopper’s Fund 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.

ALHC Regionals

Southwest Regionals for ALHC will be held in the main ballroom during the Saturday night dance at ~1am. Registration is available at the door.

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.

It's on! Lindyfest is here!!

Lindyfest is almost here and 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 (**We've altered the schedule since its first posting, please take a look and revise your schedule**)! As always, this schedule is subject to change (although, we hope not too much), and you will receive your final copy when you check in for the workshop. Use our handy schedule maker to select the classes you want to attend and get your personalized schedule emailed to you!

Online Registration closes Monday at Midnight!

You heard it, online registration will close Monday, March 10th at midnight so we can start preparing for all of you guys! Thanks for all of your overwheling support by registering for our weekend workshop.

DJ Schedule

We're giving you all your presents early this year! We're also releasing the DJ schedule. 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 ballrooms. 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.

Registration is only located at the Wortham Theater Complex. If you need to check in and get your wristband, you must do it at the Wortham Theater Complex.

We strongly recommend are that you eat before the workshop and pack snacks with you. There are no restaurants close to the UH campus and the campus will be closing Friday for spring break.

Also, classes are located in 2 buildings separated by a ~6 minute walk outside. Weather is unpredictable this time of year. Please consider bringing walking shoes if you don't want to walk outdoors in your dance shoes.

Beginner's Track

If you registered for the Beginner's Track, it will meet on Saturday and Sunday at the Sheraton Brookhollow 12:30-4:30pm. You'll receive instruction from Jason Esparza, Chansin Bird, with special visits from Frankie Manning and Dawn Hampton. Bring your friends for only $45.

Bus Schedule and Parking

Parking at the Sheraton Brookhollow is FREE! 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.

Visitor parking at UH is available in Lots 15 and 16 in front of Melcher Gym and near Wortham Theater Complex, respectively. Click here for an interactive map of UH campus. If you drive and park at UH, we will give the first 50 people free parking passes to park in the student lots. If you do not receive a pass, visitor parking is only $4 (cash only) for Friday. Saturday and Sunday parking is FREE in the Student Lots.

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, the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and the William P. Hobby Airport (Hou) that carry all the major airlines. IAH is the hub for Continental Airlines and offers 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.< /p>

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 also a great place to coordinate rides.

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March Great Southwest Lindyfest Newsletter

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:46:00 GMT

You are receiving this email because you previously registered for a Lindyfest workshop. Having trouble reading this email? View it on our website.

In this issue

Lindyfest is almost here!

Schedule Release

DJ Schedule Release
Hotel
Workshop Venue
Bus Schedule and Parking
Advanced Try-outs
Getting Here
Dress to Impress
Lindy Hopper's Fund Kick-Off
Dance Pass
Contact Us

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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Great Southwest Lindyfest 2008 Information

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:56:00 GMT

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Prices and Registration

$159 Weekend registration -- including all dances and classes

$99 International rate/Junior rate 18 and under (ID required). These rates are available under the country code as either XX for international or Student Rate for 18 and under.

New Beginner Track

We are offering a special Beginner Track for people looking to start their journey into Lindy Hop during thr Lindyfest weekend. Registration is only $45 and includes 8 hours of instruction with Jason Esparza and Chansin Bird at the Sheraton Hotel. For more details visit our website.

DJs

We're pleased to announce the DJs for Lindyfest 2008 are Jesse Miner, Rayned Wiles, Ryan "Swifty" Swift, Dave Frutos, Peter Strom and Naomi Uyama.

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

Special Performances

Don't miss out on catching exciting performances by your favorite dancers at the Saturday evening dance. We're giving you a little treat with championship winning dancers including 23Skidoo, the Ladies of the Silver Shadows, and Max and Annie. They're putting on a special show just for Lindyfest! You gotta catch this one!

Discounts and Promotions

Look for discount codes on our promotional DVDs for a chance to receive 5-15% off your registration!

This year we are giving you a chance to win great prizes just for getting your friends to register. The referral program is a way for us to reward people who help spread the word about Lindyfest and get their friends to register. Once you've registered for Lindyfest you'll receive a special link to send to your friends. When someone registers with that link you'll receive an e-mail telling you how many referrals you currently have. You'll have the opportunity to win prizes for:

*Most referals overall
*Most referrals from out of Texas
*Most referrals from out of the US

These prizes may range from free T-shirts, refund on your Lindyfest registration, or even a paid private from an Instructor of your choice.

More Questions? Contact us at Lindyfest.

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.

Lindyfest is March 13-16th, 2008

Greetings from the Houston Swing Dance Society and Lindyfest 2008 Planning Committee! We're getting really excited about our upcomming workshop and hope you are too! In this newsletter we'll be updating you on the workshop weekend details.

New in this newsletter:

Book your hotel online
Register online for your Dance Pass
Beginner's Track to be offered
Saturday Night Performance Line-up
International Lindy Hop Championships
Lindy Hoppers Fund Kick-Off

Instructor Line-Up

First off, we just want to remind you of our fabulous instructors: 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.

Book your Hotel Room Online

All Lindyfest dances Thursday through Sunday night will be held at the Sheraton Brookhollow, and HSDS has secured a great hotel rate of $79/night. You can now make your reservations with the Lindyfest room rate three ways: 1) online 2) calling the number listed below 3) or by email. Be sure to let them know you want the Lindyfest room block when you make your reservations. As an extra bonus for staying at the hotel, we'll be offering a shuttle service between the hotel and workshop location at UH.

Sheraton Brookhollow
3000 North Loop West Frwy
Phone: (713) 688-0100

Be where the party's at all weekend long and reserve your room before they fill up! The room block will be held through March 6th.

Weekend Schedule

Below is a brief layout of our weekend schedule.

Thursday
- Welcome dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 9pm-3am
- Advanced try-outs at 8:30-9:30pm in the Side Room
Friday
- Workshop begins at 1-6:30pm the UH campus
- Advanced try-outs 10:30-11:15am at the Sheraton Brookhollow
- Dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 9pm-5am
Saturday
- Workshop continues at the UH campus 1-6:30pm
- Final Advanced try-outs at Sheraton Brookhollow 10:30-11:15am
- Dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 9pm-5am
Sunday
- Workshop continues at the UH campus
- Dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 8:00pm-3am

Advanced Try-Outs

During registration, everyone was given the opportunity to try-out for the Advanced track. Intermediate and Intermediate/Advanced levels levels are self assigned. 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.

Some pointers about try-outs.

Most judges look for good, clean basics, rhythm, and dancing with the music
Judges are not necessairly looking for "tricks" or flashy moves, and these may hurt your chances if they are not successfully attempted, e.g. out of time or character of the musc, or results in your basic foot-work to fall apart.

Try-out times and locations
Thursday: 8:30-9:30pm at Sheraton Brookhollow
Friday: 10-11am at Sheraton Brookhollow and at UH campus (time and location TBA)
Saturday: 10-11am at Sheraton Brookhollow and at UH campus (time and location TBA)

Venues

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. All the evening dances and afterhours Thursday through Sunday will take place at the Sheraton Hotel Brookhollow. You will find two rooms for dancing, beautiful wood floor built by dancers, early morning breakfast buffets at the afterhours, a shuttle bus to and from UH campus, and the convenience of staying at the main event location for a really great deal of only $79 per night!

Workshop Friday - Sunday
University of Houston
Campus Map

All evening and afterhours dances Thursday - Sunday
Sheraton Brookhollow
3000 North Loop West (@ I-10 and US-290)

Lindy Hopper's Fund Kick-Off

Getting to Houston

Houston has two ariport 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 offers 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.

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