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Harvest Moon Ball is scheduled for September 26th, 2009!
Our annual Harvest Moon Ball dance is scheduled for September 26th, 2009. Tickets will be $15 pre-sale and $20 at the door and will be available for online purchase soon. Dance to a live band, enter fun contests and watch our Hepcats perform for you. More details to follow!
Save the Date:
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Rice University @ Rice Memorial Center
Free lesson followed by the dance ~8pm-12am
Live band to be announced
Free Parking!
June Elective
Join us for June's elective of 20's Charleston with Ryan and Julie. Sunday's at 7:30pm.
Frankie Manning Tribute
To honor the love and spirit of Frankie Manning, HSDS is posting this tribute. His initial faith in coming to Houston over 13 years ago with nothing more than a plea to share his love and knowledge of Lindy Hop to a gathering of locals with no history of the dance was the genesis of not just our organization but the celebration of his annual return at Lindyfest.
It is our hope and mission to carry on the love and celebration of Lindy Hop and his amazing spirit to others, so that his contributions to us and the world will live on in each of us.
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Frankie Manning Birthday Greeting Group Photo, Saturday, March 28th!
Thanks to everyone for coming out! We had a great turn out at the top of the Sabine Lofts!
The Frankie 95 event is looking for people to send in birthday greetings for a photo birthday card to be presented to Frankie. Here's what the site is asking for: "Individuals and groups are encouraged during Frankie Week from March 12-22 to create a photo "birthday card" for Frankie. Take a photo of you or your group wishing Frankie Happy Birthday. Be as creative as you can about the location, costumes, signage, etc. For example, you can take a picture of your whole scene holding a sign that says "Happy Birthday Frankie from Your Fans in ______"; you can have a bunch of dancers spell out "95" and take an overhead shot of that; you can have a bunch of people shave their heads in tribute to Frankie; or wear Hellzapoppin-style baker's hats. The possibilities are endless!"
We've set up a group photo shoot for this project and we'd like to see as many of you there as possible!!
Here are the details:
What: Frankie's 95th Birthday Greeting from Houston, TX
Who: Any Houston dancer!!
Where: Sabine and Allen Parkway
When: 12 noon, Saturday March 28th
Photographer: David Holmes
Thanks to everyone who came out to Lindyfest!!
Thanks to all the wonderful people for coming out to Lindyfest and making this a great weekend! We've put this event together for the last five years and all the hard work pays off when we see everyone smiling and having a good time. Of course we couldn't do this without all of our wonderful volunteers who make this event a joy to run!! Not to mention our crew of instructors and DJs are not just fantastic at what the do, but amazing people to share the weekend with.
About Us
The Houston Swing Dance Society exists because of its member's love of swing dance. Our club could not have survived the last decade without it. We host dances, performances, classes and workshops because want to get people swing dancing across Houston.
HSDS would like to invite everyone to come and dance with us. Our members range in age from 11 to 70. They are students and business professionals. It is an ideal environment for all ages because our events are smoke and alcohol free.
Every Sunday our members are here whether they have been dancing for 5 weeks or 5 years. Classes start over every month, so even if you have absolutely no dance experience, you can walk in on the first Sunday of any month and join us. No partner is required.
The Melody Club is located at 3027 Crossview near the intersection of Westheimer and Fondren. For detailed directions, click here for an interactive map.
Houston Swing Dance Society is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through The Houston Arts Alliance.
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