Swing Dancing, HARVARD Richards Hall, Lesson 7:30

[Ken T Takusagawa]

The lesson and dance are at Harvard this week.  Andrew K. 
Stein will teach a beginner swing lesson at 7:30 p.m.

* MIT Lindy Hop Society and Harvard Swing Kids Wednesday night dance
* Wednesday, March 5, Lesson 7:30, Dancing 8:30-11:30 p.m.
* Richards Hall Basement (Harvard University)
* http://mit.edu/swing/harvard/swingkids_flyer_3_2008.pdf
* Free

Adam Siegel <siegel at deas.harvard.edu> from the Harvard Swing
Kids writes:

    Hey Swing Dancers!

    Just a reminder that the Harvard Swing Kids, Harvard's
    swing/lindy society, is hosting its March dance this
    Wednesday, March 5.  This week's dance will be held in
    Richards Hall.  Directions to Richards are at

    http://mit.edu/swing/harvard/swingkids_flyer_3_2008.pdf

    As with last semester, the dance is co-hosted by the MIT
    Lindy Hop Society and the Dudley Arts Council, and there
    will be a *FREE* (yes, free) beginners' swing/lindy lesson
    by the famous Andrew Stein from 7:30-8:30 pm.  There will be
    open dancing for all levels afterwards until 11:30 pm. The
    dance is an inter-university event (Harvard, MIT, Tufts, UNH
    and more) so everyone is welcome - feel free to invite
    friends.

    Time: Wednesday, March 5 (and subsequent "first
    Wednesdays" of the month).  7:30-8:30 pm: lesson; 8:30-11:30
    pm: open swing dancing.

    Location: Richards Hall on Harvard's Cambridge campus
    (behind Maxwell Dworkin Hall at 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge
    MA, and adjacent to Harvard Law School and Harkness
    Commons).  See this flyer for detailed directions:

    http://mit.edu/swing/harvard/swingkids_flyer_3_2008.pdf

    Hope to see you there!

    Adam and Di Yin
    Organizers, Harvard Swing Kids


Here is a description of Andrew K. Stein's
<Andrew.K.Stein at gmail.com> swing dance lesson series:

    Andrew K. Stein is teaching March 5th and 6th at Harvard and
    March 12th and 19th at MIT.

    Wednesday, March 5, 7:30-8:30 PM, Harvard
    Where: The Basement of Richards Hall, on Everett Street.
    This is Richards Hall on Google Maps:
    http://tinyurl.com/2248vo 
    What: 1 hour beginner lesson (and review of some basic
    theory).

    Thursday, March 6, 8:00-9:00 PM, Harvard
    Where: The Common Room of Dudley House (on the 2nd floor).  Here is
    Dudley House on Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/23zml5
    What: 1 hour beginner-level lesson - with some cool new and
    different moves covered.

    Wednesday, March 12th and 19th, MIT:
    7:00-7:30 PM: Beginner lesson.  We'll try to help you learn
    how to dance to a full 3-minute song in 30 minutes, so that
    you can participate in the main lesson even if you're new to
    swing.
    7:30-9:00 PM: Intermediate lesson.  During these 2 Wednesday
    lessons, we'll explore a some of the more interesting moves
    and some techniques of swing improvisation.  It's kind of
    like improvisational comedy, but without all those pesky
    proctologist jokes.

    Of course, the whole idea of these lessons is to have as
    much fun dancing as humanly possible.  So wear your Fun
    Caps, your Exciting Pants, and your Enjoyment Suspenders,
    and come learn to swing in some Krazy new ways.


Other upcoming MIT Lindy Hop Society news:

Next week (March 12), the dance will return to MIT.

We have no lessons scheduled yet for March 26 and onwards.
Would anyone like to teach?

Saturday, March 22: A blues dance workshop with Mihai and 
Campbell from San Francisco, also featuring local 
instructors Ogden and Amanda.  Lobdell Dining Hall, MIT 
Student Center
11-12:30 Fundamentals/December Review (Mihai) 
1:30-3 Intermediate Class: What I Learned About Blues From Tango (Mihai) 
3:30-5 Intermediate Class: Interactive Blues (Ogden and Amanda) 
5:30-7 Intermediate/Advanced Class: Transitions and Pauses (Mihai)
  http://mit.edu/swing/easter_blues/

Register here:
  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/94330144 
MIT students may "Enter Discount Code" of "MIT" for a 50% 
discount (and register with your @mit.edu e-mail address).  

And May 23-26: The Boston IndepenDANCE eXchange (BIX).  The 
MIT Lindy Hop Society will host the closing dance on 
Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2008.
 http://freedomofdance.com/

--ken

P.S.:

Friday March 7: Grand, Grand, Union Black & White party 
(Scooby after dark2).  9pm-midnight.  Third Life Studio, 33 
Union Square (Somerville Ave) Somerville, MA 
  http://mit.facebook.com/event.php?eid=12533446022