Well It Has been confirmed.. The 2nd Annual Harvest Moon Dance and Lindy Hop Showdown will Feature 2 Great Instructors... for the first time in Utah We are proud to bring out Andy Reid and Nina Gilkenson for a weekend workshop.. I will have more information about these amazing instructors in my next post.

We will also have some awesome out of town guest dancers from Denver and Seattle joining us for this event... Looks like the competitions in Utah just got interesting.. this will be an event not to miss..

More details on the workshop schedule, and pricing for the weekend will be available in the weeks to come.

The date for this event has been set in stone for Oct. 27th- and 28th, with Workshops during the day and dancing and competitions at night.

You guys excited yet??!!!

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/me prays I can save up enough money for a private lesson w/ Andy or Nina or both [Emoticon not found]

Take a look at what's coming:

Andy's at the left at the beginning and is the one that gets flying-kicked in the chest --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-OYC2aVM4Q

3rd couple --

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

Andy & Janice Wilson --

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqauDSYM0I

Andy & Nina at the Boston Tea Party --

http://www.teapartyswings.com/movies/an_btp.wmv

Well... I'm glad to see people are excited for this... It should be a really fun event full of energy and hot dancing.. If anyone is interested in private lessons with any of these instructors please let me know about 2 months in advance so I can try and set something up for you... I hope you guys are getting ready for the competitions as well.. Lots of goos prizes and cash to be given away..

Cool... Anyone else just PM me... I will post a reminder in August

ah finally an event i'll be back in provo for. It's hard listening to all the fun things going on and missing out.

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This is good. Very good.

Alright! so as promised last week I now have the full outline of the workshops as well as updated pricing and info on the master's class

Friday October 27th
Warm up dancing 4:30
Workshop 5-7 PM
Honing and Refining your Basics
This 2 hr set of class will focus on refining your basic steps. Learn
Andy & Nina's take on the Lindy Hop Basics. We will assume that you've
learned and we will work from there
Cost $24
Location: Salt Lake City Masonic Temple 650 East S. Temple

Friday Night Dance- Guest DJ's will be spinning some hot swing music and keeping the place jumpin all night long. Other events to include Competition Prelims, and door prizes.
Time- 8-Midnight
Cost- $6
Location: Salt Lake City Masonic Temple 650 East S. Temple

Friday Night Pass $25. This includes workshop and Dance

Saturday October 28th
Workshop 11 A.M.-5 P.M.
Cost- $60 All 5 Classes or $12 per class

Classes:

11-12 Rhythm in Motion **

Lindy Hop is a dance of rhythms. Use this class to learn to create
rhythms and show them in your body. You will learn both individual
rhythms as well as ones you can communicate to your partner

12:15-1:15 Musicality **

This class will focus on dancing to the feeling and intensity of a
song. You will learn practical ways to respond to the music and be
influenced by it. Leaders and Followers both will learn to communicate
their interpretation with their partner

1:15- 2 (Lunch Break)

2-3 Fast Lindy **

Dance fast with ease and style.

3:15- 4:15 Lindy Hop Charleston Stuff

In this class, leaders will learn some Charleston steps to lead.
Followers will learn not only to follow these steps, but will learn
techniques that let them follow a myriad of other charleston steps with
ease.

4:15-5:15 Dynamics... Making The Simple Shine

There so much you can do with a simple step to make it really stand
out. Learn some ideas here.

Master's Class (By Invitation) Class outline will be a Teacher's choice
5:30-6:30 cost $10

Dance- 7 pm-1 am.. and beyond
Cost $8
Location TBA

The Saturday NIght Masquerade Ball will be the place to be on Saturday night. We will not only have some hot swing music all night long, but we will also have, a floor show featuring local' Hip Hop, Tap and Lindy Hop dancers ahowing off their skillz for us. As well as the previously mentioned Hip Hop DJ mixing and scratching up some funk and soul throughout the night

This will also be the night of the Competition Finals for all 3 categories, as well as other contests anyone can enter to win some cool prizes.

Full Saturday Pass $65, This includes the full workshop and dance
Better yet get the full weekend pass for only $90!! this gets you in to all workshops and dances

Competitions are as follows
Open Jack and Jill $3 per person $5 per couple
Open Lindy Hop $3 per person $5 per couple
Open Solo Charleston (free)
Note [Emoticon not found]If you have bought either a Friday Night Saturday or Full weekend pass, you will have the option of entering the competitions for free!!)
The competitions are open to dancers of all skill levels. Only 5 couples from each category will be moving on to the final round on Saturday night

Charleston will have only 2 finalists

Cash Prizes as well as other interesting gifts will be awarded to the winners in each category

We will begin Pre-Registration Next week!! Ginny and Myself will be at most of the Venues around and can give you a registration ticket upon receipt of payment. With your ticket you may retrieve your bracelet for either of the 2 days or weeknd pass. If you are only attending individual classes on Saturday you don't need to pre-register. you will just pay at the door. However in order to keep the classses to a comfortable level so everyone get's the most out of them we will put a limit of 80 students per class. I don't think we will have a problem, but I am advertising in Denver this weekend and San Diego next week so there may be more people coming from out of state then it's anticipated. I will cap off the classes at 80, So Pre-Register if you can, it would be highly reccomended to do so especially for Saturday as we have a great line up of classes

I will be sending a PM to those invited to the Masters calss so watch your messages guys

The discount being offered to out of town dancers isis $20 Off the whole weeknd pass or $10 off the Saturday pass

I have been asked about Volunteers, I will be posting a list of what will be needed by Monday and will take volunteers on a first come basis.

As for privates, Andy and Nina will let me know when they arrive here in Uath they want to see how much time they have left after this event, so I will let all those who are interested know. If you are interested in a private lesson please let me know ASAP

Hope to see everyone there.. If theer are any other questions please feel free to email me at rondezvous@tmail.com

Thanks everyone!!

sweet. I will be there.

Yup.. You sure do

what if we're not technically residents of utah? [Emoticon not found]

oh, come on. you know you want a discount! [Emoticon not found]

I'm SOOooo in the Jack 'n' Jill! [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found] Step up folks! Let's party on the floor.

What are some ways to get people stoked about Harvest Moon Ball??

For starters, we can have people watch our fave vids of Andy and Nina:

T_Roach:

Take a look at what's coming:

Andy's at the left at the beginning and is the one that gets flying-kicked in the chest --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-OYC2aVM4Q

3rd couple --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmUZOqSdMZo

Andy & Janice Wilson --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqauDSYM0I

Andy & Nina at the Boston Tea Party --
http://www.teapartyswings.com/movies/an_btp.wmv

Andy & ??? (is it Nina?) -- the first couple in this swing jam at Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0JT1ygiw6Y

Actual video footage of Harvest Moon Ball in NYC's Madison Square Gardens ft. many members of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers --
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhFaFti9H9I

Watch more here. And learn more about Sugar here.

1 Week left people.. It would make it easier for us if we could get some people to pre-register for Saturday's event.. I have a feeling that we will fill that class fairly fast. So I need those who are interested in attending the saturday class to PM me please so I can get a head count.. also if you are planning on doing any of the competitions please let me know in advance.. I have already received confirmation from 6 couples doing the Lindy Open, and 8 people doing the JandJ.. I want to make sure all those interested in competing get a chance to do it.. Thanks again

i will be at the whole weekend event.

ashes:

i will be at the whole weekend event.

Me too.

grant, some of your pictures are way too big.

sqemily:

grant, some of your pictures are way too big.

I know! Aren't they rockin'?! [Emoticon not found] [Emoticon not found]

holy crap dude, those are huge pictures.

yeah, what happened to the resize thing? it's still on swingutah...

yes, yes it is. w00t

So did these guys:

i'm sure some people can crash at our place too, though i haven't asked yet. shouldn't be a problem, plus we have a bazillion couches so no one has to crash on the floor. [Emoticon not found]

It sounds like tonight's dance is here:

SLCRS building: 870 E, 7145 S.

(Right behind Hopper's and Lonestar Restaurants. Click on the picture below for driving directions)

Here's a picture of the building, to help you find your way:

Click on it, it'll take you to a map.

[Emoticon not found] When in doubt call me, Shane, Ron, Clay, Allen, Jessa, ... they'll probably know.

Thanks to all for making this weekend a success. Thanks to all the Utah and Idaho dancers who made this event a succcess thru their patience and participation. My apologies to everyone for the snags and all the confusion.
I could not have done any of this without the help and support of everyone in the community. Especially Michelle and Clay who kept the Crowd jamming on Saturday night, and Trager who kept it going at the after hours dance. Big thanks to Shane and Julie who hosted the after hours dancing at the skillet, I am forever in your debt.

Thanks again to all the peeps that attended the workshop and made Andy and Nina feel welcome.

Putting on an event like this is extremely difficult with two people.. something for me to remember in the future

Now for the results of the competitions.

Costume Contest Winner- Shane Shurtliff (Quail Man)
(although Shizzle was a close second in my book)

Open Jack and Jill Winners-
1st Place-Grant Sunada and Katie Williams

2nd Place-Joe from Denver (as a follow) and Justin From Logan (as a lead)
Open Lindy- 1st Place- Katie and Alan

Pro-Am Jack and Jill

Pro Lead Amateur Follow Division- Andy Reid and Ginny Peterson
Pro Follow Amateur Lead Division- Nina Gilkenson and Isaac Ashby

The Pro-Am competition Rocked!! It was one of the best compstitions I have seen in Utah.. there was so much energy in the room and everyone was putting on such a show.

My final thanks to all my Denver friends, Kenny, Nelle and Joe who came out for this event and joined us for this awesome weekend. Hope to see you guys at ULX 07!!

Special thanks to Ryan Borkenhagen who flew out from San Francisco to hang with us this weekend as well. You da man.

And last but not least Andy and Nina who really were some of the greatest Teachers I have ever worked with, I can't thank you guys enough for all the time and effort you put into this weekend and working with such a tight schedule.. you guys are the best!!.

They really loved our scene and their only regret was not having enough time to dance with everyone.

Well with this I close off another great year for the Harvest Moon. See you all on the dance floor