Houston Swing Dance Society

HSDS is offering a special weekend crash course in swing and Lindy Hop March 13-14th ,2010 in conjunction with our national workshop, Lindyfest. We will start from the very beginning and teach you how to put the triple in your step! You'll also be treated to special visits from inspirational legends of the dance. Registration is only $55 and includes 8 hours of instruction with Jason Esparza and Chansin Bird at the Sheraton Brookhollow Hotel. Your registration will also include the Saturday evening dance with live music from Jonathan Stout and His Campus Five plus an amazing collection of performances! This is a perfect chance to get acquainted with Lindy Hop and have a lot of fun in the process! Absolutely no dance experience or partner required! 

The HSDS produced documentary, Frankie Manning: Never Stop Swinging, will be screened at Lindyfest on 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.”

Frankie made his mark at Harlem’s legendary Savoy Ballroom, which was the vision of Moe Gale, a Jewish man, and Charles Buchanan, a black man. One of the first racially integrated public places in the country, the Savoy was known as “the world’s finest ballroom.”

It was there that Frankie became a member of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, the energetic, immensely talented group that made the Lindy Hop a national phenomenon. Frankie’s dance sequence in Hellzapoppin, which today lives on via YouTube, is still considered the greatest swing dance number of all time.

This delightful film features footage of Frankie’s dancing from the 1930s to 2009, along with his last major interview before his death in 2009. Also featured is a reunion between Frankie and 92-year-old Ruthie Rheingold. With her partner Harry Rosenberg, they were the only white members of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers

HSDS is taking nominations for our Board of Directors. This group of seven elected members is responsible for bringing you great events like our annual workshop Lindyfest, weekend workshops, Harvest Moon Ball, as well as shaping our regular classes and dances.

The Houston Swing Dance Society is an organization of dedicated individuals who have a common appreciation and love of swing dancing and the Swing Dance Era. We are proud to be a part of the local arts community that makes Houston a richer place to live and visi

Since its inception HSDS has been governed by a board of directors whose members are actively involved in all aspects of the organization. All day-to-day operations of HSDS are under the supervision of a seven member Board of Directors who have been elected in the past two years.

If you are a current HSDS member who would like to contribute to the future of HSDS please contact us to be added to the ballot. There are four open Board Member seats that we are looking to fill this year! Once  enough nominations are received elections will be held late February/early March!