Lindyfest is March 13-16th, 2008
Greetings from the Houston Swing Dance Society and Lindyfest 2008 Planning Committee. We're sending you this email newsletter because you registered for a past Lindyfest workshop, and we want to give you a first hand look at the great weekend we've planned for you in 2008. In this newsletter you'll find our inspiring instructor line-up, a brief schedule of the weekend's events, information about our fabulous new venues, hotel, and registration. We hope you take minute to visit our website and register for Lindyfest 2008.
Instructor Line-Up
HSDS is pleased to announce our 2008 instructors are: Frankie Manning, Chazz Young, Dawn Hampton, Sylvia Sykes, Jason Christodoulou, Steven Mitchell, Virginie Jensen, Peter Strom, Ramona Staffeld, Max Pitruzzella, Annie Trudeau, Nina Gilkenson, Andy Reid, Manu Smith, Ria Debiasi and Naomi Uyama.
2007 Video Highlights
Click here or the movie clip to the right to view highlight clips from Lindyfest 2007. Clips include our Friday night Instructor Jams, Frankie and Chazz leading the Shim Sham, Silver Shadows present a five act show and more!
Weekend Schedule
Below is a brief layout of our weekend schedule. Details about specific classes will be posted in late January 2008.
- Thursday
- Welcome dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 8pm-2am
- Advanced try-outs for the first 30 people at 10pm
- Friday
- Workshop begins at the UH campus
- Advanced try-outs before class starts
- Dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 9pm-5am
- Saturday
- Workshop continues at the UH campus
- Advanced try-outs before class starts
- Dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 9pm-5am
- Sunday
- Workshop continues at the UH campus
- Dance at Sheraton Brookhollow 8:30pm-5am
Venues
The Lindyfest workshop will be held on the beautiful University of Houston campus utilizing newly rennovated dance studios with classes just a short walk from one another. All the evening dances and afterhours Thursday through Sunday will take place at the Sheraton Hotel Brookhollow. You will find two rooms for dancing, beautiful wood floor built by dancers, early morning breakfast buffets at the afterhours, a shuttle bus to and from UH campus, and the convenience of staying at the main event location for a really great deal of only $79 per night!
Workshop Friday - Sunday
University of Houston
Campus Map
All evening and afterhours dances Thursday - Sunday
Sheraton Brookhollow
3000 North Loop West Frwy
Hotel Information
HSDS has secured a great hotel rate of $79/night at the Sheraton Brookhollow. This is the same location as all the evening and afterhours 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
Be where the party's at all weekend long and reserve your room before they fill up!
Getting to Houston
Houston has two ariport that carry all the major airlines, the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and the William P. Hobby Airport (Hou). IAH is the hub for Continental Airlines and offer services to many major cities. Southwest Airlines predominantly serves the Hobby Airport. Both airports are a short drive into town with Hobby being the closer, yet smaller airport. IAH is located ~20 miles North of town on US-59, and Hobby is East of town on I-45S. Hobby Airport is located just a few miles from the UH campus and would be ideal if you are coming into town and headed directly to UH campus.
Public transportation is not the most efficient in Houston. Although you can take the Metro Bus from both airports for just a few dollars, we suggest you may want to coordinate a taxi among other participants (~$45-60 depending on the airport and final destination). Check out Houston's local discussion forum is a great place to coordinate these rides.
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In this issue
Register
$135 early registration until January 15th, 2008
$159 after January 15th, 2008
$99 International rate/Junior rate 18 and under (ID required)
Look for discount codes on our promotional DVDs for a chance to receive 5-15% off your registration!
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 may range from free T-shirts, refund on your Lindyfest registration, or even a paid private from an Instructor of your choice.
Dance Pass
Dance passes will be sold online and at the door. The dance pass price is $75 for the entire weekend Thursday-Sunday. Below are the individual dance prices.
$10-Thursday 8pm-2am
$30-Friday 9pm-5am
$35-Saturday 9pm-5am
$10-Sunday 8:30pm-5am
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