This Week's Newsletter
Wed Jan 11: Swingin' At The Savoy! Get excited: Kevin & Jo! DJ Shane! @ wednesdaynighthop.com
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1. THIS WEEK: Swingin' At The Savoy! Get excited: Kevin & Jo! DJ Shane!
2. Swingin' at the Savoy! Workshop with Norma Miller & Chazz Young!
3. Jan Classes: Audrey & Brian, Peter, Richard & Margot, Gilles & Julie/Pinar!
4. Just For You: DISCOUNTS! Punch Cards & 2-for-1 Coupons!
5. Resources: yelp, facebook, calendar, photos & videos
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What a great time we had last week ringing in the new year with Le Jazz Hot! Thanks to Alex Fernandez for not allowing a moments rest! An auspicious start to a wonderful 2012!
wednesdaynighthop.com
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1. THIS WEEK: Swingin' At The Savoy! Get excited: Kevin & Jo! DJ Shane!
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The Go Getters at Wednesday Night Hop are busy putting together SWINGIN' AT THE SAVOY! We are hard at work putting the final touches on this three day event happening here in the Silicon Valley on Feb 24-26. We are super excited to have Norma Miller and Chazz Young and some fantastic teachers coming to our beloved Silicon Valley! As the details firm up, we will be updating the website vigilantly so keep your eyes on:
swinginatthesavoy.com
We are attracting some out of town interest in our event! As Silicon Valley Lindy Hoppers we need to open our hearts and our hospitality to people who need a place to stay over this fun filled weekend! This is a great way to meet dancers and make new friends from other cities who will perhaps, in turn, offer you a place to rest your head! If you have friends in SF or Sac, they too may want a place nearby to stay, ask them and find out. This is incredibly fun.
*** GET EXCITED! *** Kevin & Jo will be back teaching at WNH for an entire 9 weeks during February and March! Get excited about the 2 month long performance class that they will be teaching in Level 3. How, do you ask? did people like Trevor, Julie, Pinar, Audrey and Brian get to be such great dancers? They were all in performance groups and trained under some great people like Kevin himself, Rob and Diane van Haaren and more. These two months we hope to really train in this same way and create something to be really proud of! Audrey and Brian will be joining in and taking the class the whole time, so, even after Kevin & Jo are off on their international adventures, there will be some guidance and leadership available for further training and performances for those who are interested.
We love DJ Shane! Just having him come through our doors again brings a song to our hearts! Don't miss WNH this week - it's gonna be awesome!
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2. Swingin' at the Savoy! Workshop with Norma Miller & Chazz Young!
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Swingin' at the Savoy returns this year on February 24th-26th!
The Silicon Valley is hosting swing legend, Norma Miller, and Frankie Manning's son and Tap dancer, Chazz Young, and offering three fantastic days of dances, workshop classes & lectures still focusing on the dancing and jazz music at the Savoy Ballroom in it's heyday!
full passes are sold out! You can still get the whole thing for 0 before we update the website! A la carte registration will be available and up on the website soon. Please visit our website frequently to catch the latest information. We are updating as fast as we can!
This is a great bit of text to use to start spreading the word! Please help us out and tell people you think might be excited about this!
swinginatthesavoy.com
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3. Jan Classes: Audrey & Brian, Peter, Richard & Margot, Gilles & Julie/Pinar!
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Resolve to dance more in 2012!
wednesdaynighthop.com/register
*** SOLO CHARLESTON - ALL LEVELS ***
7:15 - 8:15pm
Come join Audrey to learn the solo jazz routine that she recently choreographed for Santa Swing in Santa Barbara. Solo jazz movement is a great way to improve your own personal body awareness, musicality, knowledge of musical structure, facility with weight, balance, and improvisation within your social dancing.
*** LEVEL 1 - SWING-OUT! ***
8:15 - 9:15pm
So many people ask when are we going to learn how to swing out! That is because the swing out is the basic step in 8-count Lindy Hop. This month concentrates on this basic step and other things you can do to get you on the floor, dancing to some great music with some great new friends. Absolute beginners welcome and no partner is required.
*** LEVEL 2 - 6 & 8 COUNT COCKTAIL ***
7:15 - 8:15pm
6-count Lindy Hop and 8-count Lindy Hop should be mixed up, stirred and shaken! Join Gilles and Julie to learn some great 6 & 8 count moves and how to combine them on the social floor!
*** LEVEL 3 - DECONSTRUCT - RECONSTRUCT ***
8:15 - 9:15pm
Are you stuck with a set vocabulary of moves and bored of doing them over and over again? The more we think of moves as a collection of shorter movements, the easier it gets to recreate our own. A true collaboration happens when leaders and followers work together to find creative ideas and make them feel good. In this class, Gilles and Pinar will give you tools to create your own moves and guide you through the process. We will examine how the new creations affect our bodies, leading and following the pieces and how we can make alterations. A super interactive class to get your creative juices flowing in the new year.
*** PRICING & SCHEDULE ***
7:15-8:15pm - Level 2 Lindy OR Solo Jazz ( series, drop-in)
8:15-9:15pm - Level 1 Lindy OR Level 3 Lindy ( series, drop-in)
9:30-12:00am - Dance Party ( band night, DJ night)
( for two series classes)
( for two drop-in classes)
More Details:
wednesdaynighthop.com/classes/overview/
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4. Just For You: DISCOUNTS! Punch Cards & 2-for-1 Coupons!
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*** DISCOUNTS! ***
WNH welcomes individuals of 24 years and younger! Show proof of age 24 and younger at the front desk for half off the price of series classes. If you are over 24 years old, but still carry enough credits to qualify as a full-time student, you are still eligible for the discount. Bring in your full-time class schedule for that semester or quarter to get the discount. Dances are also discounted to a admission cost. Drop-in classes are not discounted.
Discount policy for 24 and younger or full-time students:
for series classes (regularly )
for drop-in classes (same as regular price)
for the dance only (regularly or on band night)
*** PUNCH CARDS & 2-FOR-1 COUPONS! ***
Wednesday Night offers value pre-paid punch cards for entrance to the dance only. Each card gets you 10 admissions to the dance party be it a band night or a special party or performance. No more messing around with cash at the door. Just present your card and sign in!
If you signed up for the class series and you would like to introduce Lindy Hop to someone who has never been to Wednesday Night Hop before, ask your instructor for a 2-for-1 coupon. You can sign up for your next series class for only for the continuing student and for the brand new dancer! Spread the gospel of swing!
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5. Resources: yelp, facebook, calendar, photos & videos
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Check the website regularly for updates!
wednesdaynighthop.com/
Give us a review on Yelp!
www.yelp.com/biz/wednesday-night-hop-mountain-view
Join us on FaceBook!
www.facebook.com/pages/Mountain-View-CA/Wednesday-Night-Hop/12642388926
Add our google calendar (click on link at bottom right):
www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=d76prbodh2epn91n8gc659bni8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles
Visit us on YouTube to see videos (performances, contests)!
www.youtube.com/user/wednesdaynighthop/
Visit us on Flickr to see pictures of recent events!
www.flickr.com/photos/wednesdaynighthop/sets/
Keep it Swingin'! See you out on the dance floor!
Audrey & Gilles
Brian, Cheryl, Lilly, Lori, Pinar
Andrea, Jeff, Karen, Margaret, Peter, Megan & Trevor!
Cheryl Burke Dance
1400 N Shoreline Blvd #A
Mountain View, CA 94043
