Sneinton classes followed by Live Jive – another top night of dancing in store!

Posted on 13/10/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

If your feet are still itching after our fabulous workshop and tea dance last week, then you’re in luck!

Our regular classes are on today (Sun 13 Oct) with Fundamentals at 5.30 and Improvers at 6.45/7. Then we’re finishing early at 8pm (sorry folks, no intermediate class tonight) so that we can all go and swing out to the toe tapping music of Benny Lee and his Whistle Stop 5 at Live Jive (http://www.livejive.eu/LiveJiveDates.aspx) in Radcliffe on Trent.

Tickets for Live Jive will be available on the door so if you want to come along and join us then please do (follow the link above for details), this may be the last ever so don’t miss out!

See you later!

Lisa

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Sneinton Lindy Classes – Today Sunday 29 Sept

Posted on 29/09/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

Hi guys. Just a note that, because I will be a very tired lady after dancing at The Balboa Gathering this weekend (and also without the lovely Emily), I’m not planning to run the Intermediate class today. If folks want to stay, practice and go over things I’ve taught recently, then we can discuss that at the session but ideally I’m hoping to finish earlier tonight. Fundamentals will be on as usual as will Improver. Plus anyone still owing money for the workshops next weekend can pay me today 🙂 See you all later!!

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Solo Jazz Class does The Big Apple!

Posted on 02/09/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

Our Solo Jazz class for the next few weeks will be focusing on THE BIG APPLE!

Tonight (Mon 2 Sept) we’ll be starting with looking at the Big Apple as the Social dance craze of 1937.

It’s essentially a fun, party dance where (after we’ve learned them) steps are called out for the dancers in a random order rather than being part of a routine.

In later weeks we’ll be moving on to The Keep Punchin’ choreography.

For those of you completely unfamiliar with the Big Apple Dance here’s a quick Wikipedia link to get you started.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Apple_(dance)

More info will follow over the next few weeks.

This is a great time to start coming along to Jazz classes.

  • Monday evening
  • 8pm to 9.30pm with the class running between 8.15-9.15 allowing time for practice, breaks, chat and tea!
  • £4.
  • Old School Hall, Sneinton

    • See you later 🙂

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    SAVE THE DATE: Sun 6 Oct 2013 – Aerials + Dips & Tricks Workshop with Hullzapoppin’s Bruce & Jane + Tea Dance

    Posted on 15/08/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    Fabulous news folks. I’ve just confirmed Sunday 6 October with the fabulous Bruce & Jane from Kingston Swing (you know – the Hullzapoppin guys!!) to come teach a Dips, Tricks and Aerials Workshop for us all 😀

    More details to follow but for now …
    SAVE THE DATE!!

    After the workshop we’ll also have another of our great Sneinton Tea Dances to ensure we keep swinging through until the late evening.

    Oh, I’m very happy!!

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    Exciting Weekend Alert! ‘Lindy Bomb’ @ Sneinton Market, Riverside Festival, Classes Start Back!!

    Posted on 02/08/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    Lunchtime Lindy Bomb!
    Saturday 12 August 11:30 to 1pm
    Sneinton Market Place
    Http://www.sneintonmarket.co.uk/

    We’ve been invited to Lindy Bomb Sneinton Market tomorrow so come along and Swing Out in the Sunshine in Sneinton!

    I’ll be playing danceable swing music from 11.30 to 1pm (possibly with breaks) and we can dance as much or as little as we like. It’ll be like Bakewell and Green’s Windmill; very casual, lots of social dancing, a bit of a Shim Sham and a lot of fun.

    Riverside Festival
    Friday 2 Aug – Sunday 4 August
    Victoria Embankment
    Http://nottinghamcity.gov.uk/riverside

    It’s the Riverside Festival this weekend. There are loads of great bands playing this year and several look great to swing out to. Check out the website and event listing for details.

    We’ll be heading down after the Sneinton Market Lindy Bomb, grabbing some food and hopefully doing some more dancing.

    Lindy Hop Classes
    Sunday 4 Aug 2013 5.30pm to 9pm
    Old School Hall, Green’s Windmill, Sneinton.

    Classes are back! Looking forward to seeing you all again after our brief July rest period. Also a great time to start if you’re new.

    Solo Jazz class
    Monday 5 August 8pm – 9.30pm
    Old School Hall, Green’s Windmill, Sneinton.

    I’d like to start a new routine with you all that I’ve just learnt from Trisha Sewell called The Gatsby Stomp. So all you Charleston lovers, now’s the time to join us!

    Please come out and join in

    So all in all a fab dancing weekend. Really hope to see lots of you out and about, and please do join us at Sneinton Market. We’d love your support and I know you’ll have fun. How could you not? It’s Swing Dancing !! 🙂

    Lisa xx

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    Extended break – No classes this Sunday 28 July

    Posted on 26/07/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    Hi guys.

    As you’ve probably already seen on Facebook earlier this week, as there are a number of folk away and it’s my birthday 🙂 I’ve decided to extend the break and cancel classes for this coming Sunday 28 July.

    Jazz class will run as usual this Monday 29 July *note to self – must bring cake!* and Lindy Hop classes will be back in full swing 😉 on Sunday 4 August.

    Hope to see you all then. Have a lovely weekend!

    Lisa xx

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    CLASS CANCELLED TODAY (Sun 21 July)

    Posted on 21/07/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    CLASS CANCELLED!!!

    Hi all please spread the word. There will be NO CLASSES TODAY in Sneinton.

    A number of factors affect this decision and I apologise for the short notice.

    Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday and I’ll see you all soon.

    Jazz class will be on tomorrow.

    Lisa xx

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    Swing Out @ Sneinton Festival – Sun 14 July 2pm

    Posted on 13/07/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    Sneinton Festival is rounding up this weekend by holding a picnic party at Green’s Windmill on Sunday 14 July from 12pm. There’ll be stalls, food, acoustic sets from local musicians and the Salvation Army Band will be playing from 2.45 to 3.30pm.

    We’ve been invited along to join in the fun and play a few of our tunes and do a spot of dancing before and after the Salvation Army do their thing (i.e. 2pm ish and 3.30ish)Sneinton Festival 2013So all local dancers, we’d love to see you at Green’s Windmill (just behind our usual classes venue) in Sneinton at 2pm. We’ll play it by ear, and dance, whatever, whenever, wherever we can, but with the sun shining it should be a lovely afternoon regardless. We’ll dance some freestyle, maybe a shim sham… whatever we can in the time allowed.

    Then, if you fancy sticking around, from 5pm (possibly sooner) until 9pm we’ll be able to go into our lovely Old School Hall (Windmill Lane, Sneinton, NG2 4QB have a cuppa, a chat and get our usual classes under way. Depending on who’s there, new dancers and/or familiar faces, I will stretch our usual format to fit, ensuring it’s fun for all who are there, regular attenders or new faces, fun classes, more social dancing time and maybe playing around with sharing some fun steals moves etc…

    Greens Widmill

    Anyway, really looking forward to seeing you lots of you out tomorrow afternoon regardless.

    Oh and here’s our Frankie dance at the Windmill to get you all inspired…. http://frankiesbirthday.com/2013/05/30/frankie-99-from-nottingham-uk/

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    Change to Sunday class schedule (Sun 6 July)

    Posted on 06/07/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    Hello all!

    Hope you’re having a wonderful time in the sunshine 🙂

    Just to let you know that classes will be running tomorrow but only the Beginner and Improver classes, so for this week only there will be no Intermediate class.

    Many thanks in advance to the lovely Brian and Linda who will be taking you through your paces while I’m away teaching and performing at the UK Boogie Woogie Festival.

    See you all soon and have fun tomorrow! Lisa

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    Shim Sham Day @ Sneinton – Today Sun 30 June

    Posted on 30/06/2013 by nottinghamlindyhop

    Hello!!!!  Well after a fabulous time at Bakewell Day of Dance yesterday I’ve decided today is Shim Sham Day at Sneinton 🙂

    As this is short notice I’ll keep the class structure in place so if you’ve only time to come along to your usual class there’ll still be something to learn but if you can make the whole session from 5:30 you’ll get the chance to learn so much more.

    This will be a great introduction for anyone who has never tried it before, a wonderful refresher for those who almost have it down, but keep forgetting those crucial bits, and a chance to learn some variations and styling for those of you who now just want to make their Shim Sham fabulous.

    Now if you’ve never seen the Shim Sham before here are a couple of great clips to get you inspired.  We will be doing Frankie Manning’s version.  There are several others but this is the main one Lindy Hoppers all over the world learn and dance together at events.

    These clips are from Frankie’s 95th Birthday Celebration. The first is a huge Shim Sham event in Central Park, New York City that for me really captures how much fun this is to do with fellow Lindy Hoppers (I’m in there somewhere if you can spot me!)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OKcA1bLkQE

    The second is a compilation of Shim Sham’s from all over the world, put together after a YouTube frenzy much like the one we recently joined in with for Frankie99 which perhaps gives you a glimpse of the big world wide family we Lindy Hoppers belong to and how much enjoyment this dance of ours brings.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_k_BIA_unI

    Ok, so I’m biased and you know I love to go on about how great Lindy hop is 🙂 but it’d be great to see lots of you at class today learning to enjoy the Shim Sham as much as I do.  Even though much of it is without a partner, it’s something we all dance together and many of these dance steps can be slotted into your Lindy hop later on too – here’s how Thomas and Alice did it in style …

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYno_v0KkUs&list=PL342BEBA91DF9D222&index=1

    Old School Hall, by Green’s Windmill, Windmill Lane, Sneinton, NG2 4QB  from 5:30 to 9pm  £5 (or £4 if you only have time for an hour today)

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