Wichita Swing Dance Society

Hello dancers!  A lot of important things to draw your attention to:

 

1) WE NEED YOU TO VOTE FOR OUR WICHITA REPRESENTATIVES IN THE MISS HEARTLAND PINUP CONTEST!  FOLLOW THE LINK AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CHELSEA ROTHSCHILD, ELLEN BORST, AND CORINA TILLMAN

http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/MissHeartlandVoting4.html

 

2) THIS WEEK IS SOUL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

3) THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS THIS WEEK AT 7 PM.  WE HAVE A LOT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOU, PLEASE MAKE THE EFFORT TO BE THERE IF YOU'RE A MEMBER.  WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK ON A FEW ITEMS....

 

4) THERE WILL BE NO SWINGIN' SUNDAYS ON FEBRUARY 6TH.  I'LL REPEAT THAT.  THERE WILL BE NO SWINGIN' SUNDAYS ON FEBRUARY 6TH

 

Hopefully you took the time to read those important notes.  Now on with the rest of the regularly scheduled email.

 

BIG EVENTS

July 15-17, 2011 is Sunflower Swing!  It's going to be a great party, bigger and better than last year.  Check out www.sunflowerswing.com to keep up with details!

 

WORKSHOPS
February 12th is your chance to learn the Big Apple!  The Lindy Bombers have performed it for you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orMylVNOOgs) and now they want you to join in!  This is a fun routine and great for your dancing.  Class will go from 1 PM - 4 PM at Harry's and cost $15.  All levels welcome!

 

SUNDAY CLASSES
Remember this week the membership meeting is occuring at 7 PM and there will be no taster class.

 

February we want you to join in the fun each week when we do the Shim Sham!

Upstairs
6:30 - 7:15 Beginning Single Time East Coast Swing
7:15 - 8:00 Int/Adv Single Time East Coast Swing
Downstairs
7:00 - 8:00 Shim Sham

 

OTHER CLASSES
Monday nights - Lindy Bombers classes run every week at Morningstar Community Church!  Dedicated to improving your Lindy Hop, we have beginner and intermediate classes at 7:30 PM, and a rotating taster class at 8:30 PM.  This month is Elaine's Contraption!  Cost is $5 per night or $10 per month.  Check out www.lindybombers.com for more details! 
 
In addition to that, we're having auditions for our competitive team Monday, March 7th.  Open to all who are interested, check out www.lindybombers.com
 
TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES

February 4-6 in Kansas City is Everything is Jumpin'!
http://www.therhythmisjumpin.com/
 
March 3-6 in Des Moines, IA is Heartland Swing Festival!
http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/
 
March 10-13 in Houston, TX is Lindyfest!
http://www.lindyfest.hsds.org/
 
VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSRlhz0mWWA

 

That's it for now everybody, but I'll take a quick moment to repeat the 4 very important announcements from earlier:

 

1) WE NEED YOU TO VOTE FOR OUR WICHITA REPRESENTATIVES IN THE MISS HEARTLAND PINUP CONTEST!  FOLLOW THE LINK AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR CHELSEA ROTHSCHILD, ELLEN BORST, AND CORINA TILLMAN

http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/MissHeartlandVoting4.html

 

2) THIS WEEK IS SOUL NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

3) THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING IS THIS WEEK AT 7 PM.  WE HAVE A LOT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOU, PLEASE MAKE THE EFFORT TO BE THERE IF YOU'RE A MEMBER.  WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK ON A FEW ITEMS....

 

4) THERE WILL BE NO SWINGIN' SUNDAYS ON FEBRUARY 6TH.  I'LL REPEAT THAT.  THERE WILL BE NO SWINGIN' SUNDAYS ON FEBRUARY 6TH

 

See you Sunday!

 

Evan Borst

WSDS President

Wichita Swing Dance Society

Hello dancers!  It's a special message Monday because I have a favor to ask you.

 

I mentioned last night that the Lindy Bombers are competing in March at the Heartland Swing Festival.  We'll compete as a team and as individuals and couples in multiple contests while we are there.  In addtion to that though, a few of the team members are competing for the chance to be Miss Heartland.  It's a pin-up contest they're hosting, and they do online voting.

 

What do we need from you?  Vote for our representatives!  Ellen Borst, Chelsea Rothschild, and Corina Tillman would all love your vote.  Follow the link below, you can vote for 6 to 12 people, so have some fun while you help support our local dancers!

 

http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/MissHeartlandVoting4.html

 

Thanks everyone, we're looking forward to letting the midwest know that we can dance here in Wichita!

 

Evan Borst

WSDS President

Lindy Bombers Founder

Wichita Swing Dance Society

Hello dancers!  Thanks to everyone who braved the weather last week and came out to dance.  If you aren't certain if we're having a swingin' sunday or not, go to the blog on our website here:  http://www.wichitaswingdance.com/weekly.html

 

We'll be sure to put up a cancellation notice there if it should happen.  I must warn you though, we have a rivalry with the postal service over who takes more days off, and it's neck and neck.....

 

I'll take a quick second to point out to you that the Lindy Bomber's dance team is holding open tryouts on March 7th.  We perform, teach, and compete, and we're looking for you!  Tryouts will be held after the weekly Lindy Bomber's classes at 8:30, check out www.lindybombers.com for details.

 

THIS WEEK

Swingin' Sunday will feature another great night of Partner Charleston and East Coast Swing lessons, so show up early and add a little bit to your dancing.  I promise something new and exciting for the advanced east coast class....

 

BIG EVENTS
January 30th is the return of SOUL NIGHT!!!!  Get your boogie shoes ready, it's going to be great!
 
July 15-17, 2011 - It's the return of Sunflower Swing!  We have venues and instructors lined up, it's going to be a great, great time.  Two days of classes with some of the best the midwest has to offer and three great nights of dancing!  Mark your calendars now, it's going to be a party of epic proportions.  Check out www.sunflowerswing.com to keep up with the event details!
 
WORKSHOPS

February 12th is your chance to learn the Big Apple!  The Lindy Bombers have performed it for you (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orMylVNOOgs) and now they want you to join in!  This is a fun routine and great for your dancing.  Class will go from 1 PM - 4 PM and cost $15.  All levels welcome!

 

SUNDAY CLASSES
Remember we've adjusted the format but still have an awesome lineup of dance learning for you to take part in:

January we're going to kick things up a notch with Partner Charleston!
Upstairs
6:30 - 7:15 Beginning Single Time East Coast Swing
7:15 - 8:00 Int/Adv Single Time East Coast Swing
Downstairs
7:00 - 8:00 Partner Charleston
 
OTHER CLASSES
Monday nights - Lindy Bombers classes run every week at Morningstar Community Church!  Dedicated to improving your Lindy Hop, we have beginner and intermediate classes at 7:30 PM, and a rotating taster class at 8:30 PM.  This month is Elaine's Contraption!  Cost is $5 per night or $10 per month.  Check out www.lindybombers.com for more details! 
 
In addition to that, we're having auditions for our competitive team Monday, March 7th.  Open to all who are interested, check out www.lindybombers.com

 

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES
 
January 14-16 in Austin, TX is Lone Star Championships!
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/index.php
 
February 4-6 in Kansas City is Everything is Jumpin'!
http://www.therhythmisjumpin.com/
 
March 3-6 in Des Moines, IA is Heartland Swing Festival!
http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/
 
March 10-13 in Houston, TX is Lindyfest!
http://www.lindyfest.hsds.org/
 
VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsISplb3P9M

 

OTHER EVENTS
January 30th is our quarterly membership meeting.  All WSDS members are encouraged to come to the basement of the studio at 7 PM not only to hear what we've been up to and what we're planning, but to let us know what's on your mind.
 

 

That's it for now, a lot of big things coming up in the next 30 days.  Will you be there dancing?

 

See you Sunday!

 

Evan Borst

WSDS President

Wichita Swing Dance Society

Hello dancers!  We had an awesome Swingin' Sunday to start 2011!  If you weren't there you missed out on some awesome dancing and of course some great classes.  Want to know what you missed in class?  Well now you can see for  yourself!  Check out the blog on our website, http://www.wichitaswingdance.com/weekly.html and you'll find video recaps of last week's material.  There's a lot of stuff for us to cover, so here we go:

 

THIS WEEK

Friday and Saturday is Ridin' and Jivin' with ALHC Champions Davis and Claudia!  That means dancing Friday and Saturday night, as well as classes at the studio from 11 AM - 4 PM!  The whole thing is $65, check out http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130531227005451 for more details!

 

BIG EVENTS

January 30th is the return of SOUL NIGHT!!!!  Get your boogie shoes ready, it's going to be great!
 
July 15-17, 2011 - It's the return of Sunflower Swing!  We have venues and instructors lined up, it's going to be a great, great time.  Two days of classes with some of the best the midwest has to offer and three great nights of dancing!  Mark your calendars now, it's going to be a party of epic proportions.  Check out www.sunflowerswing.com to keep up with the event details!

 

WORKSHOPS

The Lindy Bombers are planning a Big Apple workshop coming up soon.  What's the Big Apple?  Check us out performing it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orMylVNOOgs Keep your ears open for details soon....

 

SUNDAY CLASSES
Remember we've adjusted the format but still have an awesome lineup of dance learning for you to take part in:

January we're going to kick things up a notch with Partner Charleston!
Upstairs
6:30 - 7:15 Beginning Single Time East Coast Swing
7:15 - 8:00 Int/Adv Single Time East Coast Swing
Downstairs
7:00 - 8:00 Partner Charleston
 
OTHER CLASSES
Monday nights - Lindy Bombers classes run every week at Morningstar Community Church!  Dedicated to improving your Lindy Hop, we have beginner and intermediate classes at 7:30 PM, and a rotating taster class at 8:30 PM.  This month is Elaine's Contraption!  Cost is $5 per night or $10 per month.  Check out www.lindybombers.com for more details! 
 
In addition to that, we're having auditions for our competitive team Monday, March 7th.  Open to all who are interested, check out www.lindybombers.com
 
TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES

 

January 14-16 in Austin, TX is Lone Star Championships!
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/index.php 

 

February 4-6 in Kansas City is Everything is Jumpin'!

http://www.therhythmisjumpin.com/
 
March 3-6 in Des Moines, IA is Heartland Swing Festival!
http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/
 
March 10-13 in Houston, TX is Lindyfest!
http://www.lindyfest.hsds.org/

 

VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK

Check out your workshop instructors for this weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSl_g01uIUQ

 

OTHER EVENTS
January 30th is our quarterly membership meeting.  All WSDS members are encouraged to come to the basement of the studio at 7 PM not only to hear what we've been up to and what we're planning, but to let us know what's on your mind.

 

 

That's all for now, check out www.wichitaswingdance.com to find video recaps of last week's classes, and check out www.sunflowerswing.com to keep up with what is going to be the biggest party of the summer!

 

See you Sunday!

 

Evan Borst

WSDS President

January 2nd Lesson Recaps

Hello dancers! With a new year comes new technology! In case you missed it, below are videos of what was taught during Advanced East Coast and Partner Charleston classes last Sunday.





Hope to see you next week for more dancing goodness!

Evan Borst
WSDS President

Wichita Swing Dance Society

Hello dancers!  We had a great turnout again last week, you are all maximizing your chances to dance while the calendar still reads 2010.  But I want to remind you that there is one more chance to dance in 2010, as well as a great chance to dance in 2011 in style.

 

We are having our New Year's Eve party tomorrow!  There'll be dancing from 9 PM - 1 AM and a delicious New Year's Eve breakfast.  We are at the studio, so come on down and don't miss out on the fun.  Cost at the door is $15.  Get dressed up however you feel, bring a snack to share if you're inclined, and definitely bring your dancing shoes, you're going to need them before the year is over.

 

That's it for this week, hope to see you all tomorrow night!

 

Evan Borst

WSDS President

Wichita Swing Dance Society

Hello dancers!  We had a great turnout last week, thanks to everybody who came out.  A few quick things to point out for all of you:

 

WE ARE DANCING THIS SUNDAY, NORMAL SCHEDULE

 

THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET YOUR NYE TICKETS FOR ONLY $10

 

That's right, we have a New Year's Eve party at the studio on Dec 31st from 9 PM to 1 AM!  We'll swing in the new year in style and hope you'll join us!  New Year's breakfast will be catered, but feel free to bring snacks to spread some holiday cheer.  If you can't buy your ticket this Sunday don't worry, you can get in at the door for only $15 and enjoy all the same perks.

 

BIG EVENTS

January 30th is the return of SOUL NIGHT!!!!  Get your boogie shoes ready, it's going to be great!
 
July 15-17, 2011 - It's the return of Sunflower Swing!  We have venues and instructors lined up, it's going to be a great, great time.  Two days of classes with some of the best the midwest has to offer and three great nights of dancing!  Mark your calendars now, it's going to be a party of epic proportions.
 
SUNDAY CLASSES
Remember we've adjusted the format but still have an awesome lineup of dance learning for you to take part in:
 
December we have a special holiday treat:  West Coast Swing with Harry Reese!
Upstairs
6:30 - 7:15 Beginning Single Time East Coast Swing
7:15 - 8:00 Int/Adv Single Time East Coast Swing
Downstairs
7:00 - 8:00 West Coast Swing
 
January we're going to kick things up a notch with Partner Charleston!
Upstairs
6:30 - 7:15 Beginning Single Time East Coast Swing
7:15 - 8:00 Int/Adv Single Time East Coast Swing
Downstairs
7:00 - 8:00 Partner Charleston
 
OTHER CLASSES
Monday nights - Lindy Bombers classes run every week at Morningstar Community Church!  Dedicated to improving your Lindy Hop, we have beginner and intermediate classes at 7:30 PM, and a rotating taster class at 8:30 PM.  This month is FUNdamentals!  Cost is $5 per night or $10 per month.  Check out www.lindybombers.com for more details! 

 

In addition to that, we're having auditions for our competitive team Monday, March 7th.  Open to all who are interested, check out www.lindybombers.com

 

TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES
Don't miss the chance to get a taste of swing dancing across the country
 
January 14-16 in Austin, TX is Lone Star Championships!
http://www.lonestarchampionships.com/index.php
 
March 3-6 in Des Moines, IA is Heartland Swing Festival!
http://www.heartlandswingfestival.com/
 
March 10-13 in Houston, TX is Lindyfest!
http://www.lindyfest.hsds.org/
 
VIDEO CLIP OF THE WEEK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orMylVNOOgs&feature=player_embedded

 

OTHER EVENTS
January 30th is our quarterly membership meeting.  All WSDS members are encouraged to come to the basement of the studio at 7 PM not only to hear what we've been up to and what we're planning, but to let us know what's on your mind.

 

That's it for now, help us close out the year with a bang on NYE!  From the entire board, to you and yours, Merry Christmas!

 

See you Sunday!

 

Evan Borst

WSDS President