I hope you all enjoyed our November class and Christmas class and Tea Dance despite the bumps along the road! It was wonderful to see so many of you turn up for both and with such enthusiasm. New faces and old, it filled my heart and I hope you all got as much out of it as I did. The first class back after two and half years was pretty emotional for me.
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So, Sunday 27 November actually happened! It was our first class in two and a half years and it was amazing, a little emotional, and so much fun! Thank you to everyone who came. It’s your energy and enthusiasm that make it all so special. I went home with a very full heart 💛 and very tired legs 🤣
Today, Sunday 11 December, we have our second Introduction to Lindy Hop Class and we’re following it with a beginner friendly, relaxed Tea Dance and Fuddle. I hope lots of you are able to join us again.
👉 You don’t need any experience or a partner for either the class or tea dance.
The class will add to the skills you learned last time but you don’t need to have been at that class to join us this time as we’ll start at the basics and build from there.
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Hello everyone!
Well it’s a bit of an understatement to say that it’s taken me a little longer than I hoped to get to this stage but I think the most important message to say today is that Nottingham Lindy Hop is coming back baby!
I hope that makes you as happy to hear as it makes me to say :-).
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Dear all
How are you keeping? I hope happy and well despite this difficult time. It’s been so very long!
Thank you for all for the messages enquiring about classes starting up again. It’s great to know there’s still a passion and enthusiasm for this wonderful dance form out there and that you’re all raring to go.
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Dear all
I know how important our classes are to the mental and physical health of so many of us (me definitely included) so I’m taking this step with a heavy heart; but with the need to protect our vulnerable people and try to delay spread to help our health service (which I work for) cope, I have taken the decision to suspend all classes for the time being. That means no Sunday Lindy Hop and no Monday Solo Jazz Roots.
I know that local guidance hasn’t asked for this yet and I was hoping it wouldn’t be necessary just yet but the advice around social distancing is pretty convincing plus today I have a mild sore throat and itchy eyes, more likely due to hay fever than COVID-19, but it wouldn’t be right to chance it.
I will keep you all up to date as things progress and I’ll do my best to post interesting videos and information to keep you connected to all things swing in the meantime.
For now please feel free to use our Facebook page and group (search for Nottingham Lindy Hop on FB), our Twitter handle (@nottmlindyhop), and/or our Instagram feed (@nottinghamlindyhop) to keep in touch with NLH and each other to avoid loneliness during what may become an increased period of suspended activities. You can also message me directly whenever you need to 🙂
For now, take care of yourselves and I’ll look forward to seeing you at the earliest opportunity.
Love to you all
Lisa xx
Please spread the word.!!
I’ve just discovered that the dates I’d be given for the night shelter starting were wrong and it will be there from Mon 9/3 (not Thurs 12/3) therefore tonight.
I will advise as soon as I have an alternate plan in place.
Sadly this means I am unable to run classes this evening.
I’m so sorry for the short notice.
Please tell all.
Lisa
Dear all
Here’s a well written article about Coronavirus and social dancing, like ours (worth reading to the end).
https://www.danceplace.com/grapevine/dance-in-the-time-of-corona/
I will still run Lindy hop classes today (Sun 8 Mar) and Solo Jazz class tomorrow (Mon 9 Mar) but will be taking each week as it comes, following local advice.
Today, I will be focussing on open hold and no hold steps/moves in your classes (which was in your course plans anyway) and will still be lots of fun 🙂
I will be encouraging regular hand washing (20secs folks) and as always the hand gel will be out.
Official guidance
NHS guidance: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
Nottingham City Council: https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/coronavirus
Please recognise your biases (whether you tend to under/over react) and your responsibilities to yourself and others and make sensible, adult decisions as best you can about whether to attend or not.
Kindest wishes to everyone.
Lisa
Hi everyone
I’ve been waiting to see how Storm Dennis panned out this weekend after the awfulness of last weekend’s Storm Ciara and while I know some have been badly affected by the wind and rain last night, all seems to have calmed down now and so I will be running our Lindy Hop classes today.
Only travel if it’s safe for you to do so.
Looking forward to seeing you all later.
Best wishes
Lisa x
Dear all
While things are calming down the snow and ice today have caused some problems on the roads again so I am going to make the decision to call off classes again tonight. Therefore there will be no Solo Jazz class this evening.
I’m as disappointed as you not to be out dancing tonight but sometimes it’s more important to make the sensible call.
I look forward to seeing you all soon.
Stay warm and safe and please spread the word so that no one heads out unnecessarily this evening.
Lisa xx
Dear all
With Storm Ciara currently raging, and amber weather alerts in place across the region, it doesn’t seem safe to encourage anyone to be out on the roads today.
Therefore I’m going to make the call (however reluctantly) to cancel classes today.
Please can you spread the word to as many of your class friends as possible so that no one makes the trip unnecessarily.
I’ll make the call about Monday’s Jazz class tomorrow.
Stay safe everyone.
Lisa x
