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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.
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.
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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.
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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