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SWING DANCING! VINTAGE CULTURE! JAZZ MUSIC!
Weekly Calendar Vintage Shopping Swing Music Guide
Teacher Round Up Online Resources Local Bands Listing
Dance Ettiquite Different Dance Styles Upcoming Events
Specialty Workshops Perfor mance Troupes Record Buying Tips
Dance you life. Discover your
Roots
A Solo Movement Workshop
February 26–27, 2011 | Seattle Washington
for info: www.careeningcat.com/roots
Watch hundreds of FREE videos INCLUDING:
Instructional Videos • Class Reviews • Vintage Clips and Historical Footage
Performance Videos • Lindy Hop Moves • Lifts and Aerials • Solo Jazz Videos
Blues Moves • Dance Technique Exercises • Follower Styling • Tranky Doo
www. FreeSwingDanceLessons .com
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Weekly calendar 4 Lookin’ & Feelin’ Good on the Dance Floor:
SSC membership Benefits 5 Improving Your Own Movement
Dance styles 6 with CASEY SCHNEIDER & MIKE FALTESEK
Teacher Round up 7
Special Events 8
Perfor mance Troupes 9
Local Bands 10
Recommended Music 11
Frequently Asked Questions 12 Four hours of classes with Mike Faltesek (Falty) and Casey
Lindy Ettiquite 13 Schneider (Casey) to help you look good and feel even better
with your dancing! The workshop will cover everything from
Vintage Shopping 14 Lindy Hop to solo movement as you learn tools to improve your
Online Resources 15 movement and push your dancing to the next level. Classes
are progressive through the day.
(Suited for intermediate and advanced dancers.)
Savoy Swing Club is a non-profit corporation [501(c)3] located in Seattle, WA. Community members
have volunteered and contributed their time and energy since the organization was formed in 1993.
The mission of the Savoy Swing Club is to preserve and promote the enjoyment and cultural heritage
SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2011
of Lindy Hop and related dances. To this end, the club offers instruction, gives performances, and
sponsors a variety of activities such as workshops, dances and social events to people of all ages.
LAYO U T A N D D E S I G N: Gabriella Cook | C O N TE N T : Daniel Newsome
E D ITO R IA L P H OTO G R AP H Y: Marc Dodobara | C OVE R: Bobby Bonsey $50 GENERAL ADMISSION / $38 FOR SSC MEMBERS
S P E C IA L T H AN KS TO: Savoy Swing Club and Marc Dodobara REGISTER ONLINE: WWW.SAVOYSWING.ORG
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
SAVOY MONDAYS BURN BLUE CENTURY HEPCAT SWING EAST SIDE STOMP
9:30pm-Midnight 9pm–1am BALLROOM 9pm–Midnight 9pm–Midnight
9:30pm-12:30am
EAST SIDE STOMP BACK ALLEY BLUES BLUES
9pm–Midnight 9:45pm-12:15am UNDERGROUND
9:45pm–1am
OLYMPIA SWINGS
7:30–10:30pm LITTLE RED BLUES
7pm–3am
Swingin’ Sonny’s East Side Stomp Century Swings
Mondays, 9:30pm-Midnight Tuesdays: 9pm–Midnight Wednesdays: 9:30pm-12:30am, +21
Description: Come dance with us every Fridays: 8pm–Midnight Sundays: 9:30pm-12:30am, ALL AGES
Monday at Sonny Newman’s Dance hall! The Description: East Side Stomp is a great place Description: Every Wednesday and Sunday,
dance is open to people of all ages. Free for to come and work out your swing — loads dance to DJ’d music at the Century Ball-
current students in SSC classes. Five-week of great dancers and fun music with a beau- room in Capitol Hill. Wednesday is 21+ and
class sessions at 7:30 & 8:30 – register in tiful floating hardwood floor and mirrors all Sundays are all ages.Full bar & restaurant
advance online! over the place! This is an ALL ages event! available (The Tin Table). Drop-in lesson at
$5 for the general public, $3 for SSC
PR ICE: Free beginners lesson 9-9:30 on Tuesdays, 9pm.
members. Live music quarterly $10 general, and 8:15–8-45 on Fridays. Lesson & dance $Lesson & dance $7.
PR ICE:
$7 SSC members. PR ICE: Cost: $5, includes drop-in lesson. Every 3rd Wednesday and 1st Sunday of the
LO CAT I O N :
201 N. 85th St., Seattle, WA LO CATI O N :Location:
Kirkland Dance month: Live music with Glenn Crytzer and
(Greenwood area). The studio is on the 2nd Center-835 7th Ave. Kirkland, WA. His Syncopators - lesson & dance: $11.
floor above a thrift shop, enter in the back. W E B S ITE : www.eastsidestomp.com LO CAT I O N : 915 E Pine, Seattle.
W E B S IT E : www.savoyswing.org W E B S ITE : www.centuryballroom.com
Olympia Swings
Bur n Blue at Waids Tuesdays: 7:30–10:30pm HepCat Swing Dance
Tuesdays, 9pm–1am Description: Dance to DJ’ d music! No Part- Thursdays: 9pm–Midnight
Description: Blues dancing every Tuesday ner Necessary. All Ages Welcome. Beginning Description: The longest running ALL ages
night since 2007! Ages 18+. Drop-in lesson swing dance lesson at 7pm. dance in Seattle! Dance is FREE while en-
8-9pm. Full bar available PR ICE: Cost: $5 (except for special events rolled in Intermediate or beginning swing -
PR ICE:
Cost: $5 before 9pm, $7 after 9pm. $2 Lindy Hop classes with HepCat Productions
LO CATI O N : 805 E 4th Ave, downtown Olympia
student discount. PR ICE: $5, or $13 on nights with live music.
W E B S ITE : www.olyswing.com
LO CAT I O N : 1212 E Jefferson St, LO CAT I O N : 704 19th Ave East, on Captiol Hill
W E B S IT E : www.burnblue.org W E B S ITE : www.seattleswing.com
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SATURDAY SUNDAY
ARE YOU A MEMBER?
Members of Savoy Swing Club enjoy a number of benefits including
$2 off Savoy Mondays at Sonnys
$2 off of Blues Underground
SAVE
$15 off any Savoy Class Series N
BIG O G
$20 off of Camp Jitterbug S WIN
HALO CENTURY
$20 off of Killer Diller Weekend
9:30pm-12:30am BALLROOM
9:30pm-12:30am
Those are just a few of the benefits. A year-long membership is only $60 for
an individual, or $40 for students and seniors. As an added bonus, you are
supporting the programs of Savoy Swing Club, like this publication!
info: www.savoyswing.org | membership@savoyswing.org
Back Alley Blues Little Red Blues
Thursdays: 9:45pm-12:15am Second and forth Friday: 7pm–3am
Description: A blues venue dedicated to the Description: Come enjoy blues at the Little
exploration and study of blues dance. Free to Red Bistro, with live music and dancing in
BluesProgressions students. the front (Free!), and lessons, dancing and
PR ICE: $5 late night blues in the back.
PR ICE: $12
the U-Studios near 45th and
LO CAT I O N : At
University Way. Head N in Alley behind Little Red Bistro, 400 Dexter
LO CATI O N : The
University bookstore. Ave N (on the corner of Dexter and Har-
W E B S IT E : www.backalleyblues.org rison, South Lake Union)
Blues Underg round HaLo
First and third Fridays: 9:45pm–1am Saturdays: 9:30pm-12:30am
Description: Like most Savoy Swing Club Description: Every Saturday night, dance to
events, this event is ALL ages! Free introduc- DJ’d music at HaLo, the Century Ballroom’s
tory blues lesson at 9:00pm. sister space in Capitol Hill. This event is ALL
ages. Drop-in lesson at 9:00pm.
PR ICE:$5 for the general public, $3 for SSC
members. Free for current students in Savoy Price: Lesson & dance: $7.
classes. 500 E Pike Street, Seattle WA.
LO CATI O N :
LO CAT I O N : Address:
340 15th Ave. E, Seattle, (above Brocklind’s Costume Shop)
WA. Dance Underground is downstairs be- W E B S ITE : www.centuryballroom.com
low the Bagel Deli
W E B S IT E : www.savoyswing.org
Are you a teacher, promoter band
leader or business owner looking to
reach out to the dance community?
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Until the 1990’s when swing began to gain in popular ity once again, there was no distinc-
tion between the different styles of swing dancing, and ever yone simply called it the “Lindy
Hop” or “Jitterbug”. Today, however, the lindy has evolved into many different styles.
Jitterbug no exact science, it just depends on who you individual expression and improvisation.
Back in the 30’s and 40’s, Jitterbug was are asking. What you really need to know is Originating in house parties and smoke-
simply another term for Lindy Hop. Today it that its a fun starter dance to get you out on filled bars, the dance is more about musical
has different meanings depending on where the floor right away. interpretation and partner interaction than it
you are. Some people tend to call East Coast is about memorizing choreography or showy
Swing or “6 count swing” the Jitterbug. In Savoy Style Lindy Hop performance steps.
many other cities it is still used as another Lindy Hop originated in the Savoy ballroom
word for Lindy Hop. Technically, the term in Harlem, thus being called Savoy Style. It Balboa
Jitterbug simply means fast swing dancing. is a dance of African and jazz roots, heavily Balboa originated in the crowded ballrooms
relying on a grounded, relaxed posture and of California in the 1930s. It is composed
East Coast Swing crazy movements. This is the dance that mainly of fast and flashy footwork, which
East Coast Swing is a term for the 6 count Frankie Manning danced, and it was the gives the dance a very smooth look. Compli-
part of Lindy Hop (Triple Step, Triple Step, style in which air steps were first developed. cated footwork is stressed because the dance
Rock Step). Often people start by learning Traditional Savoy Style dancers, inspired by floors were too crowded for large move-
“East Coast Swing” to get the feel of partner Frankie Manning and the many movies and ments. This dance is usually done to very
connection, triple steps, etc. When you’ve clips of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, try to keep fast music.
mastered a few East Coast Swing steps, it this way. Lindy Hop styles emphasize im-
you’ve actually learned the 6 count patterns provisation and playing with the music and Collegiate Shag
of Lindy Hop. The term East Coast Swing your partner. Shag is much like Balboa, and it is also done
is often used interchangeably with the term to fairly fast music. Shag is unique because
“Jitterbug”... Nowadays Jitterbug can mean Blues Dance “trucking”, or breaking away from your
“fast dancing of any style”, “East Coast Blues dance is a versatile partner dance form partner and traveling all over the floor, is
Swing” or “East Coast Swing with the triple quickly gaining popularity across the nation. part of the dance along with crazy-legged
steps taken out (Step Step Rock Step)”. Its Free of a basic step, the dance emphasizes footwork and other silly variations.
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The Seattle scene has many classes and talented teachers.
Here are a few dancers you might meet at a weekly dance.
NAME: Anna Blair NAME: Ben White NAME: Casey Schneider NAME: Chris Chapman
DANCING AT: HepCat Swing DANCING AT: East Side Stomp DANCING AT: Savoy Mondays DANCING AT: HepCat Swing
NAME: Daniel Newsome NAME: Darla Weideman NAME: Gaby Cook NAME: Jo Ann Coker
DANCING AT: Savoy Mondays DANCING AT: Century Swings DANCING AT: Savoy Mondays DANCING AT: Belltown Speakeasy
NAME: Jodie Fleischman NAME: Joshua Welter NAME: Justin Hill NAME: Kevin Buster
DANCING AT: Left Foot Boogie DANCING AT: Century Swings DANCING AT: Savoy Mondays DANCING AT: Century Swings
NAME: Lizzy Boyer NAME: Lorraine O’Neal NAME: Mark Kihara NAME: Melanie Huot-Lavoie
DANCING AT: Burn Blue DANCING AT: Savoy Mondays DANCING AT: Century Swings DANCING AT: Century Swings
NAME: Michael “Dargoff ” Darigol NAME: Michael “Falty” Falesek NAME: Peter Flahiff NAME: Robin Nunnally
DANCING AT: Century Swings DANCING AT Savoy Mondays DANCING AT: East Side Stomp DANCING AT Belltown Speakeasy
Emerald City Blues Festival Portland Lindy Exchange dancers in the world, and then a weekend
November 12–14, 2010 March 4–6, 2011 full of classes and dances. If you live in Se-
attle, its not to be missed.
With competitions, dances and the fantastic Portland hosts a weekend-long dance party.
Kim Massie playing with Solomon Douglas, Enjoy daytime activities, DJed dances and www.campjitterbug.com
this is the premier weekend to dance and fun late nights.
compete in blues in Seattle. www.portlandlx.com Seattle Lindy Exchange
www.emeraldcityblues.com August, 2011
Savoy Swing Jam A weekend festival of swingin’ jazz and
Killer Diller Weekend March, 2011 dancing. 3 days of live music and social
December 3–5, 2010 dancing in Seattle, with Large dance floors,
Savoy Swing Jam is a Seattle tradition. Its
outdoor jams, special performances and local
Savoy Swing Club is proud to announce the unique vibe includes free contests, fun prizes
and national musicians and dancers.
4th annual Killer Diller Weekend 2010. De- and plenty of free dancing for all!
cember 3rd-5th, 2010 Seattle, WA With na- www.seattlelindyexchange.org
www.savoyswingjam.com
tionally renowned instructors Andy Reid &
Nina Gilkensen! Featuring 2 days of classes
Camp Jitterbug Camp Balboa Seattle
with national instructors, the 6th annual September 2–5,2011
Killer Diller Ball, 3 nights of dancing to live May 27–30, 2011
Camp Balboa takes place over Labor Day and
music, competitions including the Harvest Camp Jitterbug and the Jump Session show
is devoted only to the art of Balboa. They
Moon Lindy Hop Competition, late night takes place over Memorial day weekend, and
have boot camps throughout the year to help
dancing, and more. is one of the biggest events in the country.
you get up to speed.
www.killerdillerweekend.com There is a show featuring all of the best
www.campbalboaseattle.com
Bobby Bonsey photography
I produce videos for variety of clients and purposes. Strength in
promotional work, feature length, and short films. I have recently
REJUVENATE
won a few film festivals and edited a film which won the Interna- MASSAGE
tional Family Film Festival in Hollywood. Lauren Kayda, LMP
(206) 819-3162
online:www.bobbybonsey.com
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PERFORMANCE TROUPES
Savoy Swing Club
Perfor mance Troupe
The Savoy Swing Club Performance Troupe
started off it 18th season with a bang,
providing six performances in the first two
months (Aug/Sept). Their main objective is
to help spread the joy of Lindy Hop and jazz
movement, and to promote the Savoy Swing
Club wherever they perform.
Every September the troupe holds auditions
to maintain or increase its membership. They
selected five new dancers to join this year
since losing one Follow to a busy schedule
and one Lead who became pregnant (yes,
that’s actually true!).
SSCPT is one of the longest running swing
dance troupes in the world today. The other
known groups include Rhythm/Harlem Hot
Shots from Sweden, the Jiving Lindy Hop-
pers from London, and The Big Apple Lindy
Hoppers from New York. As of September
Front row: Prim Santoro, Tahlia Holt, Margot Richardson, Pat Prentice. Second row: Jandy Cao, Gwen Rivera, 30, SSCPT has made 308 appearances from
Diane Kirkwood. Third row: Stephen Johnson, Scott Reding, Mark Willson, Leeds Main, Chris Rideout. Fourth British Columbia to southern California.
row: Nathan Gibbs, Eric Herzog, Winfield Hobbs, Mike Grady, Keith Reynolds, Mike Wendt, Guy Caridi. Top
row: Susanna Chung, Trish Root, Shelley Herzog, Cheryl Smothers, Kate Arnold. Missing: Mark Hill, Tatiana Learn more at: www.pnwlindyhop.com
Kaminsky, Gina Nakamura
Rainier Rhythm Sister Kate Swing-amajig UW Swing Kids
Swing-amajig is a professional The UW Swing Kids are a
Rainier Rhythm is a team run Sister Kate is an all-female
Lindy Hop performance team. student group that runs regular
by Daniel Newsome and Gabri- performance troupe, specializing
Like the original lindy teams of lessons and dances at the cam-
ella Cook. This team is a tryout in vintage dances of the jazz
the 30's, we get our inspiration pus ballrooms and in the “Red
level team for advanced dancers era. Drawing inspiration from
from the ever changing impro- Square”. They have bigger events
that wish to compete in national dances from the 1890s-1950s,
visational dynamic of the social about four times a year, often
competitions. Last year they Sister Kate’s repetoire includes
dance floor. We enjoy working featuring live music and special
were the winners at the Ultimate the Charleston, vintage blues
together to create collaborative performances. All dances (which
Lindy Hop Showdown for the and burlesque, Cotton Club and
performance pieces that high- take place on the UW campus)
team division. They are often Busby Berkeley tributes, and
light the feeling and vitality of free to students and open to the
seen performing at location and movie recreations.
this classic American dance. general public.
national Lindy Hop events.
Like th is new
sl ette r?
SISTER KATE COCKTAIL PARTY AND CABARET SHOW Gabriell a Co
Gra ph ic D es
ok
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t ign So lutio ns
Saturday January 29 | 8:30pm to 12:30am | Odd Fellows Building: West Hall
206.949.2364
www.g ab riel
la cook .com
MORE DETAILS AT WWW.SISTERKATEGIRLS.COM OR FAN US ON FACEBOOK
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Glenn Crytzer The Careless Lovers ence as a swing dancer and dance instructor
gives him an understanding unique among
and his Syncopators The Careless Lovers are a new Seattle band
musicians of the music that swing dancers
The Syncopators are a jazz band dedicated made up of musicians, many of whom are
and blues dancers like to dance to! His influ-
to the popular music of the 1920’s, 1930’s also dancers. They feature New Orleans
ences as a pianist include Erroll Garner, Os-
and early 1940’s. Founded in 2007 by band style small group Jazz, with an emphasis on
car Peterson, Gene Harris, Count Basie, and
leader Glenn Crytzer, the group has become dancable tunes. They are often seen busking
Thelonious Monk. His small groups (such as
a favorite among dancers and jazz fans in in Pike Place market or on Broadway. They
the Solomon Douglas Trio) play a mixture
the Seattle area. Their musical influences are quickly becoming the favorite band for
of musical styles including blues, old-school
include Benny Goodman, Fats Waller, Louis house parties and small events.
swing, and groovy mainstream swinging jazz
Armstrong, John Kirby, Jelly Roll Morton, theCarelessLovers@gmail.com with tinges of bop and soul-jazz.
and more. The group has been featured at
www.SolomonDouglas.com
Camp Jitterbug, the Seattle Lindy Exchange,
the Emerald City Blues Festival, the Savoy
Solomon Douglas
Swing Jam, the Century Masters’ Weekend, Solomon’s bands (including the Solomon The Blue 4 Tr io
Harlem Nights, and the Killer Diller Ball, Douglas Swingtet, Back Pocket, Corner
The Blue 4 Trio plays Wednesday nights at
and is the house band at Seattle’s Historic Pocket, and the Solomon Douglas Trio) have
the Pink Door in Post Alley. They perform
Century Ballroom. played at countless exchanges, camps, work-
music that swings. Nat “King” Cole Trio
shops, and other events in North America,
www.Syncopators.net meets the Mills Brothers. Fats Waller meets
Asia, and Australia since 2000. His experi-
Fats Domino. Slim Galliard meets Fred
Astaire. It is music of many decades and no
decade in particular, all happening at the
same time, woven into a seamless, beautiful
whole. At the core of this group’s sound
are the band’s sometimes sweet, sometimes
rough-hewn three-part harmony vocals and
a piano-ukulele-bass-and-drums rhythm sec-
tion that swings in a variety of textures. For
booking call 206-832-5372 .
www.Blue4Trio.com
www.BackAlleyBlues.org
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Recommended Artists
Lionel Hampton • Count Basie • Jimmy Lunceford • Duke
Ellington • Ray Charles • Louis Armstrong • Carmen McRae
Miles Davis • Ella Fitzgerald • Nina Simone • Benny Goodman
Artie Shaw • Brenda Lee • Chick Webb • Ella Fitzgerald • Louis
Prima • Wynonie Harris • Andrews Sisters • Bill Haley • Chuck
Berry • Ernestine Anderson • Fats Waller • Slim Gaillard 4 Dinah
Washington • Lester Young • Nat King Cole • Pee Wee King
Ray Bryant • Harry James • Will Bradley • Bob Wills • Janis
Martin • Joe Liggins • Hank Balland • Camille Howard • Little
Richard • There are hundreds more! It takes a lifetime to
discover them all!
Recommended CD’s
Oscillatin’ Rhythm (compilation) • Count Basie, the Deca Col-
lection • Jivin’ Jamboree I and II (compilation) • Honkers and
Bar Walkers I and II (compilation) • Mary Stalling Manhattan
Moods • Louis Prima Capitol Collectors Series • Mighty Blue
Kings Meet me At Uptown • The Best of Louis Jordan (compila-
tion) • Benny Goodman Best of Benny Goodman • The Best of
Cab Calloway (compilation)
Record Shopping Tips
• If it has dancers on the cover, it probably sucks. The excep-
tion is Jump Blues collections. If the title has the word
zoots, hipsters, or daddy-o, be sure to give it a listen before
buying as it may not be in the Swing Jazz vibe.
• Know the store’s return policy.
• Start with “Best of ” and Compilations, and choose classics
like Duke Ellington and Count Basie over newer “Swing”
like Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. Trust us, you’ll enjoy them
more in the long run, and they are easier to sell back if you
don’t like them.
• Try www.amoeba.com and www.worldsrecords.com on the
internet. They’re great resources.
• When you like a song, don’t be shy to ask the DJ what he
just played. Most DJ’s really don’t mind.
• Try shopping e-bay or Amazon Zshops for cheaper prices.
• Read liner notes to find out interesting history about the
era. You’ll have automatic conversational tidbits when hang-
ing out with dancers.
HOCHIWICHI
Acoustic Swing, Gypsy Waltzes
Greatest hits of the 20s & 30s
www.hochiwichi.com info@hochiwichi.com
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What’s the best way to learn? chance to try dancing with lots of people. We call like to do, there are dancers that do dress vintage
We recommend taking a few beginning classes to this social learning theory, and its one of the best often, even out to weekly events, and there are
get the basics down first. You can pick up a few ways to learn to dance. If you don’t want to rotate, some great stores in Seattle and online that will
steps from the drop in classes before the dance, or you don’t have to. Of course when going out for a sell you some great threads. Check out our section
sign up for a series class from any one of the plac- night of dancing, nobody needs a partner so long dedicated to this topic.
es around town offering instruction, such as Savoy as they have the courage to ask others to dance
Swing Club Mondays, Russian Center Thursdays (Please don’t be shy!). Where can I interact with dancers, teachers,
or the Century Ballroom on Wednesdays. bands etc?
What should I wear? Besides on the dance floor, whiteheat.org, and
I took a couple of classes and I don’t get it! You will find a variety of styles on swing much discussion nowadays is done on Facebook.
Am I hopeless? dancers, but a good rule of thumb is to dress Its nice to use becuase you will get invited to
Not at all. Learning to dance is a process, one that nice and semi-casual, with clothes in which lots of small fun events and parties that might not
can take a lifetime to master, and at least a few you can move comfortably and look good as necessarily get advertised any other way.
weeks to get started with. We recommend trying well. Look your best and you will have an
at least four classes to get the basics of any one easier time getting to know the swing dance Who is Frankie Manning?
dance down, especially if you are new to dancing. community. For classes, remember you will Frankie Manning is one of the original Whitey’s
As you progress, learning moves and other dances be moving so wear something comfortable Lindy Hoppers, a famous dance troupe of the
gets a lot easier. But it is something anyone can and wear well-padded shoes that don’t fall 1940’s, who starred in many different movies from
do, and benefit from both physically and mentally. off to protect your feet. that period, including Hellzapoppin’ and Day at
Most of the best dancers in the world are not the Races. He has been accredited with inventing
“naturals”; they progressed through hard work and Do I need to dress vintage? the first air steps ever done in Lindy. Frankie trav-
good attitude. Although vintage is and always will be in fashion, eled the world teaching Lindy Hop until he was
if you don’t find it to your taste you have no need 95. He was a major contributor to the interna-
Do I need a partner? to worry, since a lot of dancers don’t. Most swing tional appreciation and knowledge of Lindy Hop.
No! As for classes, almost all classes we teach allow dancers today tend to dress up vintage for special
you to drop in as a single. Singles, and most of the dances, rather than weekly night club dances.
class will rotate every few minutes, so you’ll get a However, if you decide it is something you’d
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Wondering if it’s okay to tell that those crazy kids in the corner to • Do not do aerials when it is crowded, or if there is any chance
stop doing aerials before they land on you? Or the new guy that you may hit someone.
he’s hurting your shoulder socket? Or maybe you’re just not quite • Girls, its OK to ask the boys to dance! Don’t be shy! Either way
sure how to suggest your friend start wearing more deodorant since guys should walk her back to her seat! (And guys, please ask the
she’s taken up dancing? Well, we may not have all the answers, but girls to dance too!
here are a few of the dancing scene’s fundamental concepts to help
you refine your dancing social graces: • Do not spit gum on the floor. It ruins shoes, and can really be
annoying for people who have to clean it up.
• Do not criticize others on the dance floor. The social floor is
not a place to exchange information • Tip your bartenders!
• Do not take being turned down to dance personally. Often • If you go to a bar to hear music, please buy a drink and tip.
people may be tired, nursing an injury, or just don't like the Nothing is more embarrassing than hearing the bartenders talk
song. Try asking later. If you get a second "no", wait for them negatively about the “cheap swing kids” who drink nothing but
to ask you. water all night and don’t even tip.
• Do not wear perfume or cologne. Without a doubt someone • If you want to dance with someone, ask them right away. Do
will dislike the scent (or may be allergic). not follow them around all night trying to get up the courage,
as this may appear creepy.
• Try to apologize if you accidentally bump into someone on the
dance floor. It is bound to happen, especially when the floor is • Try to keep an attitude of humility. Its easy to get a big head
crowded. when you have a ton of cool moves.
• Do not take it personally if someone bumps into you, even if • If you sweat a lot, bring two shirts!
they forget to apologize. By the way, don’t forget to apologize • Don’t be afraid to ask your teachers to dance! We love dancing
when you bump into people! with beginners, and we love to help make your night an enjoy-
• Always wash your hands after using the restroom, and through- able one. Don’t be intimidated!
out the night, it helps to keep us all healthy! Colds, flus and • Treat everyone as you would want to be treated. Kindness is
the like are no fun, and are spread quickly in this swing dancing always a good rule!
social environment!
Beginning Lindy Hop
7:30-8:30
Want to start swing? This class is
designed to get you swinging out
and having fun. No pervious experi-
ence or partner necessary!
Beginning Balboa
8:30-9:30
Tired out by fast tunes? Learn basic
balboa and footwork, turns and
techniques to take your dance to
the next level. No partner neces-
sary. Some dance or Balboa experi-
ence helpful but not necessary.
5 week series : $55 in advance
$60 at the door. $40/$45 at
the door for members. Regis-
ter early online and save
Nov 29 -Dec 27
P
SIGN U &
EARLY
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Lucky Vintage things, and they display them well. They of-
4742 University Way NE fer a lot of gently used contemporary brands,
without focusing too much on vintage or
Nestled just north of the major hustle and vintage looking clothing.
bustle of The Ave, the clothes and acces-
sories at Lucky Vintage seem to be chosen
not so much for their vintage-ness but for
Red Light Vintage
312 Broadway E
their stylishness; wonderful and well-edited
4560 University Way Northeast
goodies line racks arranged by style and size
(browsing is a cinch). Cheeky handwritten Red Light Vintage is always my first stop on
tags ("this dress screams 40s sexpot librar- Broadway. They have a huge selection (be
ian!") adorn every item. sure to check out downstairs) and they do a
great job with accessories, so if you’re look-
Fremont Vintage Mall ing for that perfect hat, glasses or vintage
3419 Fremont PL. N jacket to make the outfit, chances are they
have the item you are looking for.
Fremont Vintage Mall is the sister store to
Atlas clothing. Featuring a items from the
20's to present, they offer a wide selection of
Atlas Clothing
1419 10th Ave
dresses, shoes, skirts, demin and accessories.
Located between 34th and 35th in down- Just a few blocks up from Red Light, and
town fremont, this place is a find for vintage quite near the Century Ballroom is Atlas
outfits. clothing. Now in a new location this store
has some really well selected clothing, and
Buffalo Exchange doesn’t try to crowd too much clothing in
4530 University Way NE too small of a space like many other cloth-
2232 NW Market Street ing stores do. They also pull from a number
of suppliers which gives better selection.
Buffalo Exchange has become a standard If I had to pick out their strength, its most
for vintage shopping. They buy lots of good certainly shoes.
DanceStore.com SweetheartsofRhythm.org SavoyStyle.com
This is the place where most of us got those This website features a collection of articles, The Savoy Style Swing Dance Shop is a top
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recommended. swing dancers. You can waste many hours dances, bands, special workshops and clothes.
reading the various opinions of swing danc-
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This is a place on the web where you can This site shows some of the best finds for
get free short clips on how to do various RemixVintageShoes.com Swing Dancers on ebay.
swing dance moves! When you’re ready to take the plunge,
Remix Vintage Shoes has the very best. SwingFashionista.com
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