Next HSDS Dance

Will You Dance with Me? HSDS presents Tuxedo Junction Featuring Rick Jobe, Chip Gulbro and lovely Leilani for a Sadie Hawkins Dance
February 4, 2012 - 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Flying Monkey Arts Center Theater at Lowe Mill · 2211 Seminole Drive · Huntsville, AL
$10 General, $7 Student

Rather than ending the month with the dance, we're starting February off dancing. This will be a Sadie Hawkins Dance where it's the follows' job to ask the guys to dance! Thats right, Now the gentlemen get to sit down and wait to be asked onto the dance floor! Follows, this'll be your one chance this year to make sure you get the dances YOU want so plan on coming out.

Email/Newsletter Errors

Submitted by gabe on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 13:29
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Unfortunately, the email on the website has been down for a few weeks. I caught it late last week and got it fixed today, however it means the February newsletter is just starting to send now. Also, it means any accounts created or changes made didn't receive their confirmation emails. Sorry for the mistake, but it should all be working now.

- February 2012 Newsletter Update: Dance Feb 4th, 2012

Submitted by gabe on Mon, 01/23/2012 - 16:30
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A quick update, the dance is on February 4th at the Flying Monkey. The original newsletter title read "February 12" which was a bit misleading. It should have read "February 2012". I apologize for the confusion and look forward to seeing you at the dance!

January Wrap Up

Submitted by gabe on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 13:37
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Man you guys are good! We figured we'd plan a nice, simple, quiet dance and you turned it into a thing. It didn't hurt that Marshal killed it laying down an awesome set. Big thanks to him for coming down, making the music happen, and not holding the service at the Steak and Shake against us.

But really, thanks to YOU. Normally we expect DJ dances to be a bit slower. This one wasn't! We had close to a hundred people there. We also had multiple other scenes represent including Nashville, Knoxville, Cookeville, Birmingham and that one guy from Austin who always comes. Overall, we couldn't have asked for a better dance.

And remember, our next dance is coming up FAST! (Feb 4th) It's a Sadie Hawkins Dance so it's the girl's job to ask the guys out onto the floor!

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And there's more that's happened in January other than the dance. For starters, we now have new bylaws. Big thanks to Amber, Briana, and the rest of the HSDS board for making them happen.

Swing Event Organizers

Submitted by gabe on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 10:43
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Recently, I've been seeing other swing groups become more active advertising their events in Huntsville and the south east. I try to get what I can onto our calendar, however it can be a bit time consuming.

HSDS Newsletter - February 2012 - Tuxedo Junction Featuring Rick Jobe, Chip Gulbro and lovely Leilani, Feb 4th

Submitted by gabe on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 15:47
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Just the Facts:

HSDS February Sadie Hawkins Dance with Tuxedo Junction - February 4th 8pm-11pm (beginner lesson @ 7) - Flying Monkey Arts Center - $10 general, $7 students

New Board Members: Briana McIntire - President, Huy Huynh - Vice President, Tabitha Bassett - Secretary

Call to action: Get involved in HSDS: http://www.huntsvilleswingdance.org/get_involved

Christabel @ Lauren's Basement Speakeasy - January 21st, 7pm-Midnight - $10 donation for band

Swing Dance w/ DJ Hal Beach - January 21st, 7:30pm-10:30pm - Gee's Place - $6

HSDS Newsletter - January 2012 - DJ Dance with Guest DJ Marshall Myhan of Nashville

Submitted by gabe on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 13:19
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Foreword:
I'm sorry I'm getting this out so late. With the Holidays, today was my first chance. The January dance is coming up very quick, (the 14th). Also, the February dance will sneak up on you. It's the 4th! (Only day we could get the flying monkey.)

Also, since it's a slow month, I've included a reminder of the regular events which go on here and in Nashville near the end of the Newsletter.

And Hey! The HSDS Facebook group is getting near 300 members! Help get us there. Invite your dance friends to join: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/groups/HSVSwingDance/.

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The Anti-Gossip Manifesto

Submitted by gabe on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 11:24
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(Copied from http://rebeccabrightly.com/antigossip-manifesto/)

Avoid gossip, embrace connection.

Gossip (noun):
1. casual or unconstrained reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true
2. a person who likes talking about other people’s private lives

Regional Meet-Up with Christabel and the Jons Wrapup

Submitted by gabe on Mon, 12/12/2011 - 09:13
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What a Dance! We PACKED the monkey! We had people that had danced for years and people who were just starting! We had High School students and college students. We had young professionals and retirees. We had the Huntsville crowd as well as people from Nashville, Birmingham, Memphis, Knoxville, Atlanta, and Auburn! The only problem the whole night was finding space on the dance floor!

HSDS Regional Swing Meet-Up with Christabel and the Jons this Friday

Submitted by gabe on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 09:28
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UPDATE 3: Since we have so many out-of-town people coming, we're going to answer calls at the phone number (256-369-9543) in case anyone has questions. (Normally we simply respond to voice mails.) For the weekend you'll also be able to send texts to that number and have them answered.

UPDATE 2: As of about 7 last night, the address is working.

HSDS Posts 1000'th Piece of Content

Submitted by gabe on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 16:28
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So, the website has finally reached 1000 pieces of content posted. We've been running on the same database since February 2009 (after the website experienced a hardware failure). The website went from running on direct hardware, to a virtual machine, to now running in the Amazon.com EC2 cloud.

The 1000'th piece of content is the Dance Placeholder for August 2012. The first piece of content is Me apologizing for the website crashing.

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