HSDS is pleased to announce another great year of Lindyfest, 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 in Houston, Texas.

Workshop Information
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The dates for this years Lindyfest are Thursday, March 13th to Sunday,
March 16th, 2008. The workshop classes will be held on the beautiful
University of Houston campus starting Friday.

This year all evening and after hour dances will be at the Sheraton Brookhollow starting Thursday evening. On Friday evening will we will have our Instructor Jam and host the ILHC Regionals. On Saturday, there will be special performances from the Silver Shadows, 23 Skidoo and more!

Check the website for complete details: http://lindyfest.hsds.org

2008 Line-up
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This year there are 16 great intructors from across the globe. They are:
* Frankie Manning * Chazz Young * Dawn Hampton * Naomi Uyama
* Steven Mitchell * Virginie Jensen * Sylvia Sykes * Jason Christodoulou
* Peter Strom * Ramona Staffeld * Max Pitruzzella * Annie Trudeau
* Nina Gilkenson * Andy Reid * Manu Smith * Ria Debiasi

In addition, here are our special guest DJs:
* Jesse Miner * Rayned Wiles * Ryan "Swifty" Swift
* Dave Frutos * Peter Strom * Naomi Uyama

Prices and Registration
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You have less than one week to take advantage of our early-bird
registration price of only $135 for the entire weekend. This is a
great opportunity you won't want to miss out on.

* $135 early registration until January 15th, 2008

* $159 after January 15th, 2008

* $99 International rate and Junior rate 18 and under (ID required)

Register online now: http://lindyfest.hsds.org/registration/

Hotel Information
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HSDS has secured a great hotel rate of $79/night at the Sheraton
Brookhollow. This is the same location as all the evening and
after hours dances Thursday through Sunday. Be sure to let them know
you want the Lindyfest room block when you make your reservations. As
an extra bonus for staying at the hotel, we'll be offering a shuttle
service between the hotel and workshop location at UH.

Sheraton Brookhollow
3000 North Loop West Frwy
Phone: (713) 688-0100
Email: ebaudains@sheratonbrookhollow.com

Be where the party's at all weekend long and reserve your room before
they fill up!

Referral Program
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This year we are giving you a chance to win great prizes just for
getting your friends to register. The referral program is a way for us
to reward people who help spread the word about Lindyfest and get
their friends to register. Once you've registered for Lindyfest you'll
receive a special link to send to your friends. When someone registers
with that link you'll receive an e-mail telling you how many referrals
you currently have. You'll have the opportunity to win prizes for:

*Most referals overall
*Most referrals from out of Texas
*Most referrals from out of the US

These prizes will range from free T-shirts, refund on your Lindyfest
registration, or even a paid private from an Instructor of your
choice. See here for complete details and list of prizes:
http://lindyfest.hsds.org/promo/