Swing Dancing, Lobdell, Lesson 7:30

[Ken T Takusagawa]

* MIT Lindy Hop Society Wednesday Swing Dance
* Wednesday, March 16, Lesson 7:30 Dancing 9-11:30 p.m.
* Lobdell Dining Room, Student Center 2nd floor
* Free, Beginners welcome, No partner necessary
* DJs Dustin Spicuzza and Eric Reesman

At 7:30 before the dance, Vinay and Eveleen will be teaching a 6 count
lindy hop class this week (as well as the following two weeks).
Beginners are welcome to attend any or all of these lessons, as they
will be taught from the ground up.  No partner is needed to attend, as
we rotate partners in the lesson.

We're posting links this month to things that can help you learn
faster if you want to practice outside of class.  You can look up the
previous videos on the mit swing blog here:
http://mit.edu/swing/blog

For those of you who have taken classes before, we normally practice
triple steps going side to side or forwards and back.  In order to
move around a little more freely with triple steps, here is a video
you can practice along with moving steps in different directions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg_acehxAW0

For those of you just starting, here's some general information about
swing dancing:
https://swungover.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/swing-101-so-youve-just-started-swing-dancing/
(note that that site has a lot of information about swing dancing
beyond that one page)


All dances will be in Lobdell this month.
DJ schedule for March:
3/16 Dustin Spicuzza and Eric Reesman
3/23 Ted Simpson
3/30 Dustin Spicuzza and Eric Reesman

If you are an MIT student and would like to help out with
the club, let me know.  I am particularly looking for
occasional help setting up the sound system at the start of
the lesson.

--ken

P.S.:

Thursday, March 17: ASA General Body Meeting 6:30pm, 26-100.  
The ASA is the branch of student government that oversees 
student groups like ours.  If you are interested in running 
for a position on the ASA Executive Board, or are otherwise 
interested, please consider attending the meeting. 
http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/asa-official/2016/000246.html

March 17-21: Boston Tea Party, Newton, MA
 http://www.teapartyswings.com/

Monday, March 21: Swing Dancing Fundraiser at Simmons College.  Ken
will teach a 30-minute swing lesson, followed by 90 minutes of open
dancing.
 https://www.facebook.com/events/954518637950740/


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Boston-area swing dance calendar
 http://www.havetodance.com/boston.html