http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCx6Joi4ewY

Watch for website launching revealing info on early bird registration, bands, djs and class description! Official web address: http://www.bluesblaze.com.

Featuring:
- beautiful ballrooms
- marvelous music including the return of Barbara Morrison!
- friendly folks to provide housing
- the Ann Arbor art fair

Registration is open at:

http://www.kissmeinannarbor.com/

See you there!

Saturday The 24th, the Downtown Stomp will be having a free Raffle.

Great prizes all night long, including an iPod.

Print the above image and participate in the evenings activities for extra chances to win!

Hope to see you there.

Visit campjitterbug.com to register now.

Camp Jitterbug will be held the weekend AFTER Memorial Day weekend this year (the LAST weekend in May), so mark your calendars, reserve your spot and get ready for the party of the decade! As usual we will have an incredible line up of world renowned instructors, bands, djs, performers and and more in Seattle to celebrate 10 years of CJ spreading the love of Lindy Hop and Jazz dance.

Camp Jitterbug 10 Year Anniversary & the Jump Session Show
May 28-31st 2009 (Thursday night-Sunday night)
Seattle, WA

CAMP JITTERBUG FULL WEEKEND PASS
Includes ALL workshops, lectures and dances - Jump Session Show sold separately
$169 if you register and pay by April 10th
$184 if you register and pay by May 1st
$199 if you register and pay after May 1st

Beginning Lindy Hop - View Trailer
This DVD will make learning Lindy Hop easier than ever. Whether you are a new dancer or an experienced teacher looking for new strategies of teaching, Beginning Lindy Hop with Joe and Nelle effectively breaks down the Lindy Hop basics. In one hour, you will learn 9 moves and stylizations building up to and including the Lindy Hop swing out! http://www.joeandnelle.com/instructional_dvd.html

Drag Blues - View Trailer
DVD 1: Drag Blues
This introductory video will provide an excellent foundation in Drag Blues while furthering your skills and appreciation of its vibrant possibilities. You will learn fundamental movements and techniques along with dynamic combinations that focus on partner connection.

DVD 2: Moves for Drag Blues
Moves for Drag Blues centers on difficult moves and combinations with a focus on partnered connection and momentum flow. Take your blues dancing to the next level with these dynamic movements!

http://www.joeandnelle.com/instructional_dvd.html

About Joe DeMers and Nelle Hatley
Two of Denver's best instructors, Joe and Nelle are known for being very versatile dancers ranging from modern jazz to vintage blues to performance lindy hop. They possess an aesthetic quality that flourishes as a dance couple. They continually train, travel and teach worldwide, study swing dance history and clips, choreograph, perform, and innovate new dance movements and techniques. They pride themselves with basing their dancing on original styles while continually striving for new ideas. Their dancing is a perfect combination of beauty and style.

In addition to their powerful presence, movement and technique, Joe and Nelle are masters at making the simplest of moves stand out. Not only are they great dancers, they are great teachers that effectively break down unique and advanced concepts. Joe and Nelle are passionate about sharing their understanding of all the details that create a good connection between partners and give the most energy to the dance.

They have been competing since 2003, and have taken home several National Championship titles while also dancing on the 4-time International Championship team, 23 Skidoo. Also, they have taught all over the United States, Europe and Asia. Check them out at http://www.joeandnelle.com.

Registration will open January 26th

The Midwest LindyFest is back and better than ever! MWLF is a Minneapolis tradition and we are excited to bring it back for 2009! With exciting classes and renowned instructors, MWLF is sure to inspire dancers of all ability levels. Instructors include Stefan and Bethany, Mike and Casey , Adam Boehmer and Twin Cities’ very own Niki Amundson. Musical guests include Davina and The Vagabonds and the SouthSide Aces.

The Amateur Lindy Hop Showdown has proven to be the best opportunity for Amateur dancers to compete on a national level, and it returns to Minneapolis with great enthusiasm. This year we will have contests in Strictly Lindy, Slow Lindy and Jack N’ Jill. We are giving away over $600 and passes to next year’s ULHS, MWLF and the Hawkeye Swing Festival!

This year the MWLF will offer A Special Performance featuring MWLF instructors as well as local and regional talent. It will kick off the weekend before the Friday night dance and it will most certainly excite and entice. We look forward to seeing you all this May as the Midwest Lindyfest and The Amateur Lindy Hop Showdown return to Minneapolis. Be there or be square!

For more information and to register, visit:
http://www.midwestlindyfest.com
www.myspace.com/midwestlindyfest

If you have any questions or concerns send us an email at info@midwestlindyfest.com

So, I did download quite a few dissertation examples but was not sure about the authenticity of the source. Then one day I found this service giving away FREE dissertations. Initially I thought they must have a hidden cost or something but when I read the whole page, I was quite relaxed since they clearly mentioned why they are giving the dissertation sample. Furthermore, they clearly stated that the sample dissertation will not necessary be relevant to your subject. The objective behind giving the example dissertation is to help students understand the intricacies of writing a dissertation rather than making students copy and paste the material.

The page also talks about the disadvantages dissertation example can bring as well as how to make a good use of the downloaded dissertation sample. All and all I did learn a few good things about dissertation writing especially, how to make my dissertation writing better using a dissertation sample even if it is not related to my topic or subject.

I would recommend them to students who are in search of good dissertation samples and also appreciate members sharing their dissertation writing experiences.

Terry's swing dancing speaks for it's self: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZighHlVjA&feature=related or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZRwVc5UGRw&feature=email).

He's very light hearted and improvisational and it shows in his teaching too. They'll be putting together three WCS classes, one Night-club and one Salsa class on Sat. the 28th. Friday night they'll be out social dancing with us at the MAC and they're sure to draw a crowd larger than usual....I believe they'll be doing a show-case at some point in the night.

If you're a Lindy Hopper that secretly, or openly dabbles in the "other" side of the dance; you won't want to miss out... especially Friday night. PM if you're interested in Saturdays schedule and pricing. They also have 2 or 3 private slots left.

thanks, dan

ps, here's the link for information, sorry couldn't figure out how to show the flyer

http://smoothswingonline.com/images/New%20Terry%20and%20Kara.jpg

Lindyfest is an amazing lindy hop weekend workshop jammed packed with classes for all dance levels, soul sessions with living legends, hot performances and four endless nights of dancing. Lindyfest brings in hundreds of dancers from all across the globe to learn lindy hop from the masters and experience the excitement of Lindy Hop, all here in Houston.

HSDS is proud to present our 2009 Lindyfest Instructors:
Frankie Manning
Dawn Hampton
Chazz Young
Sylvia Sykes
Nick Williams
Virginie Jensen
Steven Mitchell
Skye Humphries
Frida Segerdahl
Max Pitruzzella
Annie Trudeau
Peter Strom
Ramona Staffeld
Naomi Uyama
Nina Gilkenson
Andy Reid
Mikey Pedroza
Laura Keat

Workshop Pricing:

$139 early registration until January 6th, 2009
$149 January 7th-February 6th, 2009
$159 February 7th-March 11th, 2009
$170 at the door March 12th-15th, 2009
$109 International rate / Junior rate-18 and under (ID required)

Featured Instructors:
Mike Faltesek and Casey Schneider from Seattle, WA

Register and come ready to compete in the Hellzapoppin’ Strictly-Lindy Competition. For the first time this year, we’re featuring 3 levels of competition with Huge cash prizes as follows:

Adv/Masters - $1000
Intermediate - $300
First Timers - $200

Runners up prizes will also be awarded, and you will not be disappointed.

CONTACT AND REGISTRATION INFO:
Call - Heidi Eiman at 435-213-7152
Email - harlemnights.utah@gmail.com
See Web Site - www.usu.edu/swing/HNmain

REGISTRATION PRICES:

Full Pass [Dances, Workshops, and Competition Entry]
Adv/Masters - $160/Couple
Intermediate - $140/Couple
First Timers - $130/Couple

Social Pass [Dances and Workshops]
Single - $55
Couple - $100

Social Pass [Dances Only]
Single - $30
Couple - $50

Competitors Pass [Dances and Competition Entry]
Adv/Masters - $100/Couple
Intermediate - $80/Couple
First Timers - $70/Couple

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Reasons to come to ULX09:
"Meet and Greet" Pre-Exchange dance at the University of Utah

Friday Afternoon dance at the Salt Lake Coffee Shop!!
Friday Night dancing to Solomon Douglas with local Utah jazz musicians!

Classic Big Band Dancing at the Utah State Fair Park Grand Ballroom to New Deal swing band.

Polygamy lindy!

Skiing/boarding on the greatest snow on earth!!

Visit: ulx.swingutah.com for registration and more information. And save me a dance when you get here!

For this event, we are looking for some skilled dancers who would be willing to donate their time to perform some sort of swing dance (or any type of ballroom dance, really). I apologize for not knowing the correct terms and lingo . . . I'm not a dancer myself, so. We would love to have at least one couple, but would definitely appreciate any number of performers who want to participate. You will recieve free admission to the ball, of course, should you decide to dance for us!

This event is being heavily advertised (billboards, TV, newspapers, etc), and there will media attending so this is a great opportunity for your group to get some attention.

The website for the ball is www.fallfantasy.org . You can contact me here, or email if you are interested. Thanks so much for reading!

Kristie
Fall Fantasy Masquerade
www.fallfantasy.org
info@fallfantasy.org

FRIDAY Oct 10th Doors open at 8 - $10 admission
Competitor registration from 8-9 $5 per entry.
Categories:
Strictly West Coast (Novice, Intermediate and Masters)
Strictly Lindy (Novice, Intermediate and Masters)
Strictly EAST COAST SWING (Youth only 14-1[Emoticon not found]
OPEN J & J West Coast
OPEN J & J Lindy

SATURDAY WORKSHOPS FROM 2-6 pm will include
Balboa, Lindy, West Coast Swing, Argentine Tango, Salsa, NightClub Two Step, Cha Cha and East Coast Swing (aka Triple Swing)

COST is $10 per workshop or 3 for $25

SATURDAY EVENING - Doors open at 8 Admission $15
Includes Exhibition Dancing
Invitational West Coast Swing
Invitational Lindy Swing
and SWING KIDS TROPHY CHALLENGE

SAVE $$$ by purchasing a weekend dance pass for $20 paid on Friday for both nights.
SAVE $$$ by purchasing a GOLD PASS for $50 paid on Friday, includes both nights and 4 workshops on Saturday.

BYU - Who are you sending for the Swing Kids Trophy Challenge.

I'd like to have the names of the competitors before we walk in the door Friday night.

ALL OTHER COLLEGES - names of Presidents of your Swing Kids Clubs, please??

We add a little every time to make this a more meaningful weekend. This year we're adding open Jack and Jill on Friday as well as the Youth Division for East Coast Swing only. A neat way to intro High School Kids to the Convention world.

Hope you'll all join us this year and bring your enthusiasm ! ! !! !

PS - I need all the help I can get.

xoxoxoxoxo
Pam

View Trailer

Joe and Nelle possess an aesthetic quality that flourishes as a dance couple. They continually train, travel and teach worldwide, study Blues history and dance clips, choreograph, perform, and innovate new dance movements and techniques. They pride themselves with basing their dance on original blues styles while continually striving for new ideas. Specializing in Drag Blues, their dancing is a perfect combination of beauty and style.

http://www.joeandnelle.com/instructional_dvd.html

DVD 1: Drag Blues
This introductory video will provide an excellent foundation in Drag Blues while furthering your skills and appreciation of its vibrant possibilities. You will learn fundamental movements and techniques along with dynamic combinations that focus on partner connection.

DVD 2: Moves for Drag Blues
Moves for Drag Blues centers on difficult moves and combinations with a focus on partnered connection and momentum flow. Take your blues dancing to the next level with these dynamic movements!

Hello fellow dancers!

We have some great news about Camp Jitterbug & The Jump Session Show 2008...our 8th year of Camp Jitterbug!!!!

CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEB PAGE at campjitterbug.com!
We have redesigned the Camp Jitterbug & Jump Session Show web page. Not only is the design fabulous, it is easier to navigate and the registration process is seamless. It features a shopping cart where you can sign up & pay for the camp, Jump Session tickets, competitions and merchandise. Please check it out at http://www.campjitterbug.com and have fun exploring. All of the info is up to date for 2008's camp...more info is still to come, so be sure to check it out regularly. Our web designer and logo design was done by one of our fellow dancers from Honolulu, Brent Keane at Indevtech.com. He is also our photographer...a talented and reliable person that I highly recommend.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR 2008 at campjitterbug.com
Be one of the first to register...registration for Camp Jitterbug & the Jump Session Show 2008 is now officially open and available at http://www.campjitterbug.com so be sure to sign up early to take advantage of the lowest pricing and reserve your spot for our camp which sells out every year! We are so excited about the line-up of instructors, musicians, venues and events for the weekend...some of which are still being confirmed so be sure to check back. It should be the best Camp Jitterbug & Jump Session Show yet!

Here are some highlights for next year's camp that is planned so far:

-Spacious and well ventilated evening dance venues!!! No more crowded evening dances. We have booked some amazing venues for our evening events this year.

-Spacious and beautiful hardwood floor workshop & lecture venues for a great learning environment

-Social events...including a swing jam in Red Square at the University of Washington and the return of the popular Soulful Social on Lake Union in Seattle

-A beautiful state of the art theatre with over 700 seats for the Jump Session Show

-Incredible bands being lined up right now...stay tuned!

-Professional line-up of hired staff and managers that make Camp Jitterbug one of the most organized and well-run events in the swing scene

-As always, an incredible and diverse line-up of instructors from all over the world...here are some of the instructors confirmed so far, more to come:
Frida Segerdahl
Skye Humphries
Nina Gilkenson
Andy Reid
Ramona Staffeld
Peter Strom
Naomi Uyama
Peter Loggins
Mia Goldsmith
Todd Yannacone
Annie Trudeau
Max Pitruzzella
Mike Faltesek
Casey Schneider
Sean Morris
Mikey Pedroza
Laura Keat
Jeremy Otth
Ben Yau
Sheri Yau

The Camp Jitterbug Staff looks forward to seeing all of you next year. We are busily preparing and planning to make next year the best camp ever! Thanks for all of your support over the years.

Tonya & the Camp Jitterbug team

December 5th, 6th and 7th - SEATTLE

With your instructors for the weekend:
Todd Yannacone (Seattle, WA)
Giselle Anguizola (San Diego, CA)
Mike Faltesek (Seattle, WA)
Casey Schneider (Seattle, WA)

* With the famous HARVEST MOON LINDY HOP COMPETITION + a NEW Solo Dance Competition!!!
* Vintage Fashion Runway Show!
* Vintage Clips Lecture!
* Awesome Performances!
* Amazing Workshops
* LIVE MUSIC with the Dave Holo Quartet (Saturday) and Crytzer's Blue Rhythm Band (Sunday - 13 pc HOT Big Band!)

SAVE THE DATE!!!!!

Check the website for more details....

So what's going on? I know about the guy jam but doubt we will be able to make it since the _main_ reason for our visit is a marriage and that Saturday happens to be the day of the reception in Idaho. But we hope to make the Skillet this Friday, at least one BYU dance, and Virgil's reception. Anything else going on?

It's time to start planning Utah's super cool Exchange for 2009!

We will be meeting at Fuddruckers on Friday, May 16th from 6:00-8:00pm to organize the committee for ULX 2009!

Spread the word to all dancers and come have dinner with us! We need everyones talents and fresh ideas to make this the best exchange Utah has seen yet! [Emoticon not found]

LOCATION: FUDDRUCKERS
10050 S State St, Sandy, UT

TIME: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 16th, 2008

BRING: Your Ideas and Ambition (and money for dinner).