5.5 Hour Intensive Basics
from 1:00pm(check-in) to 7:00pm ~ Limited Enrollment

Essential Swing Dance Workshop

Preceding the Taft Dance on Saturday July 18th!
Registration and all the details here!
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Preceded by the Essential Swing Dance Workshop at 1:00pm
Come Join Us!

8:30 pm till midnight... more info
NO Intro lesson this month since we'll be having the workshop

$4.00 cover

at Taft Street Coffee
2115 Taft St. - Houston 77006 - 713.522.3533
East of Montrose, between W. Grey/Welch & Drew/Fairview
These people have been great to us and they have the best Fair Trade coffee in town!! : )
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Saturday, July 4th, 2009 & ...
each an' every Saturday when there isn't a dance at Taft! : )

Special Hours: 9:00 pm till 1:00 am... more info
So come by after the Fireworks!!
Also, it's a special Dancers R' DJs night so bring a favorite tune to a 6 tune mini-set — on disc, laptop, or iPod that you can play for us to dance to!! :)

$N0 cover
Just come out to play, and
be a good customer &/or at least drop a $dollar in the tip jar : )
It's always good!

at Té House of Tea
1927 Fairview - Houston 77019 - 713.522.8868
Fairview at Woodhead
Cool place with excellent teas, good food & good people!! : )
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PLEASE — when you come be prepared to at least minimally support our hosts with some sort of purchase or tip — THANKS!!!
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Jitterbug to Lindy ~ Essential Swing Dance Classes
A 12 week program, consisting of two 6-week class sessions •
Mondays, July 6th - August 10th, 2009
Is the next session we have scheduled.

part I . Essential Swing: 7:00 - 8:15pm
~ discovering the source of our swing ~
Beginning from scratch - we get the feel of what makes swing work
with 6-count Jitterbug & then taking it into Lindy-Hop!

part II . Essentially Swing: 8:30 - 9:45pm
~ building our swing from the source ~
Now that we're dancing our swing with connection, energy, frame & counterbalance — there is so much more Jitterbug & Lindy that we can do as we explore, add, embellish and create!!

See fuller descriptions on Lessons page.

$35 - Students and Ecclesia Members
$50 - The rest of us
The first class is just $10 and that will be applied to your session's tuition when you come back the second week to register.
All you need to do is just show up!
See Lessons page for repeat and other discounts.
Interested Swing Teachers - please contact us for special rate

This dance which we call Swing is the most versatile and useful partner dance you can learn!

at Taft Street Coffee (like the monthly dance)
2115 Taft St. - Houston 77006 map
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If you have any music requests or anything else on your mind then please let us know.
You can email secondcupswing@mac.com directly (especially if you want a reply) or use the form below. - Thanks!

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The Octanes are at The Continental Club (map) on Monday nights for some high-octane Rockabilly swing!
Glover Gill plays some great Tango from 8:00 till 10:00 then The Octanes play until late.

You'll also want to check out The Big Easy (map) on Thursday Nights for Luther and The Healers. There are often dancers there for some great dancing and no more smoke! :)
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The Texas Aggie Swing Cats will be having their monthy dance again in the Fall (Date TBD); 9:00pm - midnight (with an 8:00pm lesson).
If you feel like a road trip this is a great dance and worth the gas!
http://tasc.tamu.edu/dances.htmlfor the details.


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See Houston Swing Out (HSO), and their calendar for great Houston swing event info.
They also have a very nice rundown of swing lesson options in Houston.
PotatoChips (PC), a Yahoo Group, is another great source of info to help put your swing dance skills to use.
Visit Houston Swing dance Society (HSDS) and the
Rice Social Dance Society (RSDS) for more good lessons and dances!
Not swing but... Click-to-give at http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/clickToGive
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Frankie Manning ~ Rest In Peace ~ April 27, 2009

Of course the day had to come but I guess i never allowed myself to believe that Frankie wouldn't outlive us all.
Frankie epitomized the energy and spirit of the dance. He was the greatest yet I never saw him act too good to talk, laugh or dance with anyone.
Houston is lucky to have gotten a chance to know him and Swing is very fortunate to have had, and still have, a mentor that loved the dancers as much as the dance.
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See the NY Times obiturary and Frankie's Website.
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Our beloved Frankie Manning and the wonderful Dawn Hampton :)


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