Dear Count Basie,

An open letter to the band leader that in my eyes, and ears, defined what it means to swing and still makes people all over the world swing out to!

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Quote Of The Week:

"I am absorbed in the magic of movement and light. Movement never lies. It is the magic of what I call the outer space of the imagination. There is a great deal of outer space, distant from our daily lives, where I feel our imagination wanders sometimes. It will find a planet or it will not find a planet, and that is what a dancer does." ~Martha Graham

one of those days... getting used to it... but still...

Events

2010

January

15th-17th – Lone Star Championships – Austin, Texas
22nd-24th – Camp Swing It! – Seoul, South Korea

February

11th-14th – Goodnight Sweetheart – Hertfordshire, England

March

5th - Atomic Class: Beg. 6 & 8 Count Lindy Hop
13th-14th - 24-Hour Cancer Dance-A-Thon – Irvine, California
12th - Atomic Class: Beg. 8 Count Lindy Hop
19th - Atomic Class: Beg. Charleston
26th - Atomic Class: Beg. 6 Count Lindy Hop

April

23rd - Atomic Class: Beg./Int. 8 Count Lindy Hop @ 7:45 PM
30th - Atomic Class: Beg./Int. 6 & 8 Count Lindy Hop @ 7:45 PM

May

1st - 1st Saturday Swing w/ LIVE Music!
27th -31st - Camp Jitterbug & The Jump Session Show – Seattle, WA

June

5th - Mikey & Nikki: Lindy Hop Flavor Workshop @ 12:00 to 4:00 PM

(Teaching)

5th -The Santa Monica Bay Side Ball 3! with Jonathan Stout’s CAMPUS FIVE meets The Bonebrake Syncopators
11th - Friday Night Classes – Beg./Int. Charleston

(Teaching)

16th -One Night Gig in Phoenix, AZ

(Performing)

18th - Friday Night Classes – Beg./Int. 8 Count Lindy Hop

(Teaching)

25th – 28th Beantown Dance Camp 2010 – Boston, MA

(For Fun)

July

30th – 1st - Camp Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA

(Competing/Performing)

August

8th -9th - Lindy On The Rocks – Denver, CO

(Teaching & Performing)

19th -22th - International Lindy Hop Championships – Washington, D.C.

(Competing/Performing)

September

10th -12th - Lindy And Party Weekend – Phoenix, AZ

(Teaching & Competing)

October

8th – 10th - Boogie By The Bay – West Coast & Lindy Hop Weekend – San Francisco, CA

(Teaching & Competing )

November

12th – 14th Catalina Jazz Dance Festival

(Teaching & Performing)

December

27th -31st - Lindy Focus – Ashville, NC

(Teaching & Performing)