Thank you to the HSDS core members who came out for the intermediate skill share this week with our special guest Megan Adair. For those who don't know Megan, she has been teaching swing for longer than many of the huntsville dancers have been dancing. She's an excellent blues dancer, particularly in her Jukin and Ballroom/Struttin blues. And she can move her hips like no-one's business!
A Great American Festival Comes to America’s “Music City”
One of the most prestigious and longest-running celebrations of the arts, the National Folk Festival, is coming to Nashville for a three-year tenure beginning in September of 2011. The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA), the organization that created and has produced the National Folk Festival since 1934, recognized Nashville’s unique cultural assets and strong community spirit in choosing Nashville as the National Folk Festival Host City for 2011, 2012 and 2013, the festival’s 75th anniversary year.
Event Date and Time:
September 2, 2011 - 6:40pm - September 4, 2011 - 5:45pm
Location:
Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Nashville, TN
Cross Cut Band plays 50-60s music. Friday, 9/2/11 7:30-11 $7.00 admission, nonsmoking venue with a large and new dance floor - very nice, beverages and food are available for purchase and are inexpensive. Cross Cut Band plays 50-60s music. Gees is located on the south side of Hwy 72 approximately 1 mile east of Shields Rd. The dance hall entrance is in the back of the Big A convenience store building, there is plenty of parking behind the building.
The Athens, Georgia swing dance community will be hosting our first workshop and dance weekend event, Classic City Swing: The Balboa Edition, on September 23 and 24, 2011. The weekend will feature 6 hours of workshops and 9 hours of dancing with 2 live bands (Blair Crimmins & the Hookers and The Shadow Executives) and 4 DJs - all for $20 if you register and pay by August 1! After August 1, the price is still only $30 - a steal for a weekend event!
Event Date and Time:
September 23, 2011 - 6:00pm - September 25, 2011 - 2:00am
Now that the school year is back in session, classes are moving to Tuesday and back to the University Fitness Center. This way we can do not just a beginner class, but an intermediate as well! Huy and Tabitha will be bringing new and beginner dancers in to the fold while also teaching new moves and advanced concepts. The beginner class starts at 6:30 and the intermediate at 7:30.
Event Date and Time:
Repeats every week until Thu Dec 01 2011 .
August 16, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
August 23, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
August 30, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
September 6, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
September 13, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
September 20, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
September 27, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
October 4, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
October 11, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
October 18, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
October 25, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
November 1, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
November 8, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
November 15, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
November 22, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
November 29, 2011 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
UAH Fitness Center, Corner of Holmes Ave. and Ben Graves Dr., Huntsville, AL
Cost:
Free for UAH, $10/day or $80 for 10 day punch card for others
Just an update on the Intermediate Skill Share the HSDS Core Members do every Wednesday. It's going very well. The group that performed the Tranky Doo at bridge street has been learning it at the skill share (along with another 4 or 5 people who weren't available to perform). We've also been working on a bunch of other things such as footwork, speed exercises, sharing moves, watching ourselves dance, etc. We're also getting in a lot of simple dance time.
And as always it's FREE!!! And as always it's AWESOME! Join us in the main market house for some awesome dancing to local DJs from 1-4. You'll be sure to get some great dances, great local food, and meet some great people. Really, why wouldn't you go??
Don't miss dancing with some of the hottest lindy, bal, and charleston dancers to be found in Nashville! For only $5 you get an awesome beginner swing lesson, 3 hours of authentic swing dance era dj'ing, and a really good time!
7:30 Doors open
7:45-8:30 Beginning swing lesson
8:30-11:30 Dancing
Feb 26th DJs:
Corey Manke, solid DJ specializing in authentic era recordings.
Trey Wright, get ready to dance your shoes off!
Marshall Myhan, DJ in training, bouncy and groovy with a hint of chug.
Event Date and Time:
Repeats every 0 months on the second Saturday and on the fourth Saturday until Tue Jul 26 2011 .
February 26, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
March 12, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
March 26, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
April 9, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
April 23, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
May 14, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
May 28, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
June 11, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
June 25, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
July 9, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
July 23, 2011 - 7:30pm - 11:30pm
Location:
Global Education Center
Back Studio Studio
4822 Charlotte Pike
Nashville, TN
Below is a table of the dances for 2011. Please note, this is our initial scheduling and does not include performers yet. As we add workshops, weekends, and special dances, this list will change.
2010 HSDS Dances
Dates
Time
Performer
Venue
* Part of a weekend of events with Swing workshop.
Thank you to the HSDS core members who came out for the intermediate skill share this week with our special guest Megan Adair. For those who don't know Megan, she has been teaching swing for longer than many of the huntsville dancers have been dancing. She's an excellent blues dancer, particularly in her Jukin and Ballroom/Struttin blues. And she can move her hips like no-one's business!
The Athens, Georgia swing dance community will be hosting our first workshop and dance weekend event, Classic City Swing: The Balboa Edition, on September 23 and 24, 2011. The weekend will feature 6 hours of workshops and 9 hours of dancing with 2 live bands (Blair Crimmins & the Hookers and The Shadow Executives) and 4 DJs - all for $20 if you register and pay by August 1! After August 1, the price is still only $30 - a steal for a weekend event!
Now that the school year is back in session, classes are moving to Tuesday and back to the 