Msg# 51

 Zoot News 21st July - Caberet and Summer Dancing - Zoot News

      Hi Zoot Swingers,Next week will be our last classes before the summer break for the whole of August.  It will be our very last Monday class on 21st July and last Tuesday class on 22nd July.  We will recommence classes at the Bongo Club on Tuesdays on the 2nd of September.  Keep reading below for updates on what Zoot Swing has been up to and what is coming up swing-wise over the summer break. Index1.  Edinbop Caberet -  23rd July2.  Edinburgh Lindy Exchange 3.  Summer Dance Events4.  Streets of Dance festival5.  Dancing in the Street competition6.  Winter Swing Weekend 1. Edinbop Caberet - 23rd JulyAnd speaking of performances you really should come to the Edinbop Caberet Night this coming Wednesday 23rd of July to see Zoot Swing students performing their wonderful 20s Charleston number.  These guys have worked so hard over the last six weeks to look gorgeous, so come and give them your support.  The night will start at 9pm and costs only £2, and there's always lots of dancing in between performances.  The Edinbop Caberet will be at The Counting House, 32 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DD.As well as this, from 7pm there will also be a 'History of Swing Dance talk' including watching of old video clips.  You can even grab a drink from Pear Tree downstairs and and bring it along. All for the bargain price of £2.50!This will also be the last social dance night for Edinbop before the August break, so get your fill while you can.2.  Edinburgh Lindy Exchange - September 26, 27, 28Still not registered for the ELX? It's going to be a wild event with loads of out-of-town dancers (UK and international) and tickets are still at early-bird prices at just £30 for the weekend.  Have a look at the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange website for details.We also are in need of floor or couch space to host out of town dancers for the ELX, so if you have some to spare let us know A.S.A.P.  If you can host people on the nights of the ELX 26-28th September, and a day either side of that, please register your availability under 'hosting' at www.edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk   It's a great way to meet people from around the globe.  There are no expectations on you other than supplying a place to crash - bed, matress, couch or floor space.  3.  Summer Dance Eventsa.  Jazz On A Summer's Day - Sunday 27th JulyAs part of the jazz and blues festival there will be free jazz in the Princess Gardens at the Ross band stand. There will be a crowd of dancers there, come and find us at the front of the stage dancing.  More details about the festival are here. b.  Jive Aces in Edinburgh 11, 12, 13th AugustThe Jive Aces really are an ace swing band.  Not just great music, but a real show as well.  The Jive Aces plus special guest will be performing llive at the Edinburgh Fringe on:Monday 11th, Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13th August8:45pm @ 1a Market Street, EH1 1DETickets £10 from 0131 226 0000 or www.edfringe.comWe will definitely be there on at least one occasion, so drop us an e-mail and let us know what day you'll be going - the more the merrier.c. Edinburgh Jazz 'n' Jive Club - Fridays in AugustThe Edinburgh Jazz Club will still be going throughout the festival period featuring two dancing bands every Friday as usual.  They can be found at Heriot's Rugby Club, Bangholm Terrace (off Inverleith Row), EH3 5QN.  Usually about £5, 8pm.4.  Streets of Dance festivalThe inagural Streets of Dance festival in Durham gets a special mention here as it promoted not only dance, but especially Lindy Hop to the City of Durham and as a special feature Helen was asked to come down to work with New College Durham performing arts students for a week to learn a Lindy Hop display dance.  Six students took part in this project which was aimed to get young people swing dancing.  They performed three pieces at the festival in Durham after only five mornings learning the dance, which was a phenommenal effort by all involved.Also featured at the festival were the Jiving Lindy Hoppers who put on a fantastic display of dance from 20s Charleston to 30s Lindy Hop.  They were such an inspiration of coreography and dance, and they also broke the world record for number of flips (aerials) in one minute.  27 by the way!Click here to see photos from the festival.5.  Dancing in the Street competitionWe have been busy beavers, because we've just come back from this competing in the finals of this competition in Manchester.  After getting through the heats back in June, Helen and Ben went back to compete in the final last Saturday.  The competition had all sorts of dancers including Hip Hop, Disco, Rhumba and Swing styles.  We didn't win the £1000 but had a great time competing.  Footage of the performance will be on the website soon.6.  Edinburgh Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of NovemberHenric and Joanna, two lovely people and wonderful dancers will be in Edinburgh this winter.  They are world champions in Lindy Hop (2007) as well as Boogie Woogie and will be in Edinburgh for two days of workshops and a Saturday Night Dance.  Book through ESDS  Check out some of their dancing here. ----====----====----The Zoot Swing Team If you no longer wish to receive emails from Zoot Swing, you can unsubscribe from the Zoot Swing mailing list.If the link doesn't work, cut and paste the following into your Internet browser: http://www.zootswing.co.uk/modules/evennews/index.php?action=unsubscribe

Msg# 50

 Date ammendment to newsletter for ELX hosts - Zoot News

      Hello Swing Dancers, Two important pieces of information this week are that, one: we are in need of hosts for the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange, so if you have some floor or couch space to spare from 25th to 29th September to accomodate an out of town dancer here for the exchange then we need to hear from you ASAP. Two: Zoot Swing classes will be taking a break while the festival is on.  Our last classes at The GRV will be on 21st July, and the last date for the Bongo Club will be 22nd July.  We will recommence classes at the Bongo Club only on 2nd September. Index 1.  Review of Midsummer Madness 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange Hosts 3.  Upcoming Workshops Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November (Henrik & Johana of Sweden) 4.  Edinbop Caberet - 23rd July 5.  Dancing Around Town (new venue on Fridays) Swing Junction Weekly Wednesday Dance with DJ Weekly Friday dance with Two Live Bands 6.  We Love Stuff... Helen and Ben on Manchester TV Private Lessons Suggested Music and What We Play 1.  Review of Midsummer Madness Manchester was a lindy hoppers delight this weekend with really successful classes and charity battle.  The Saturday night battle totally shook Sunshine Studios and raised £320 for the Osteopathic Centre for Children in Manchester.  The show was very creative and even saw some students trying out their newly learned aerials already! 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange Hosts- Please register ASAP We need floor or couch space to host out of town dancers for the ELX, so if you have some to spare let us know A.S.A.P.  If you can host people on the nights of the ELX 24-26th September, and a day either side of that, please register your availability under 'hosting' at www.edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk It's a great way to meet people from around the globe.  There are no expectations on you other than supplying a place to crash - bed, matress, couch or floor space.  Have a look at the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange website for details. 3.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange City Tour Guides Do you know some interesting facts about Edinburgh?  If you do, then Edinburgh Lindy Exchange would love for you to voluteer to take groups of visiting dancers on a city tour.  The city tour is part of the daytime Saturday (28th September) activities being offered by the Exchange to give out-of-towners a walking experience of this fine city.  The tour can be as informative or creative as you like - the emphasis is on fun and showing our guests a good time.  If this is something you would like to do please drop Helen an e-mail at info@edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk. 4. Edinbop Caberet - 23rd July The Edinbop Social Dance and Caberet Night will be on the 23rd of July.  Zoot Swing's solo Charleston students have been working hard on their routine, so come along and support them.  Ben and Helen will also preform their routine from the Dancing in the Street competition two weekends ago.  From 9pm @ The Counting House, 32 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DD, £2. 5.  Upcoming Workshops Edinburgh Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November Henric & Joanna (World 2007 Lindy Hop Champions) will be back in Edinburgh this autumn. As with previous Winter Swing Weekends there will be two days of workshops and a Saturday Night Dance.  Book through ESDS 5.  Dancing Around Town a)  .Where to go and who's doing what? - Swing Junction A great website called Swing Junction - www.swingjunction.co.uk - has a massive calendar of Swing event for theUK and Eire.  Member can post to the chat forum, calendar, post news articles, add comments, links, photos and more.  I love it but am a little bit biased... ;- b)  Wednesday nights at 9 'till 11pm with DJ Lenny Love and guests.  Two hours of dancing for only £2.  At The Counting House, 32 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DD c)  Friday Nights - Edinburgh Jazz 'n' Jive Club hosts two live Jazz bands!  Great floor, friendly atmosphere and dirt-cheap drinks plus a weekly raffle! Heriot's Rugby Club, Inverleith Row (near Inverleith place). 8pm - 11:30pm.  Prices vary between £5 and £8 depending on the bands. 6.  We Love Stuff a) Helen and Ben on Manchester TV Helen and Ben's competition routine featured on Manchester TV's CityLife programme last weekend.  The feature starts about 15mins into the program. http://www.channelm.co.uk/programmes/index/0/1/city_life.html b)  Private Lessons You might like to keep up with your dancing over August while there are no classes. Ben and Helen are both available for private teaching of individuals and small groups. If you're interested or just want to have a chat about how we can improve your dancing call Ben 07812 241 253, or Helen 07747 591 731. Prices: Single Person Private: £20 per person, per hour 2 Person Private: £15 per person, per hour Small Group Private (3 or 4 people, 4 people max.): £10 per person, per hour c)  Music Played in Class A number of people have asked what we play.  We tend to play an eclectic mix of old time Big Band, "Revivalist" (old tunes played with modern instruments) and Neo-swing.  In the beginner classes, we look for music with a steady and easily-heard beat.  Bands to look out for are: Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Moira's Modern Rhythmists, Campus Five, Steve Purcell and the Pearly Shells, Cherry Popping Dadies and Royal Crown Revue ----====----====---- The Zoot Swing Team If you no longer wish to receive emails from Zoot Swing, you can unsubscribe from the Zoot Swing mailing list. If the link doesn't work, cut and paste the following into your Internet browser: http://www.zootswing.co.uk/modules/evennews/index.php?action=unsubscribe

Msg# 49

 Zoot News 1st July ELX Hosts and Summer Break dates - Zoot News

      Hello Swing Dancers, Two important pieces of information this week are that, one: we are in need of hosts for the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange, so if you have some floor or couch space to spare from 27th to 29th September to accomodate an out of town dancer here for the exchange then we need to hear from you ASAP. Two: Zoot Swing classes will be taking a break while the festival is on.  Our last classes at The GRV will be on 21st July, and the last date for the Bongo Club will be 22nd July.  We will recommence classes at the Bongo Club only on 2nd September. Index 1.  Review of Midsummer Madness 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange Hosts 3.  Upcoming Workshops Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November (Henrik & Johana of Sweden) 4.  Edinbop Caberet - 23rd July 5.  Dancing Around Town (new venue on Fridays) Swing Junction Weekly Wednesday Dance with DJ Weekly Friday dance with Two Live Bands 6.  We Love Stuff... Helen and Ben on Manchester TV Private Lessons Suggested Music and What We Play 1.  Review of Midsummer Madness Manchester was a lindy hoppers delight this weekend with really successful classes and charity battle.  The Saturday night battle totally shook Sunshine Studios and raised £320 for the Osteopathic Centre for Children in Manchester.  The show was very creative and even saw some students trying out their newly learned aerials already! 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange Hosts- Please register ASAP We need floor or couch space to host out of town dancers for the ELX, so if you have some to spare let us know A.S.A.P.  If you can host people on the nights of the ELX 24-26th September, and a day either side of that, please register your availability under 'hosting' at www.edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk It's a great way to meet people from around the globe.  There are no expectations on you other than supplying a place to crash - bed, matress, couch or floor space.  Have a look at the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange website for details. 3.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange City Tour Guides Do you know some interesting facts about Edinburgh?  If you do, then Edinburgh Lindy Exchange would love for you to voluteer to take groups of visiting dancers on a city tour.  The city tour is part of the daytime Saturday (28th September) activities being offered by the Exchange to give out-of-towners a walking experience of this fine city.  The tour can be as informative or creative as you like - the emphasis is on fun and showing our guests a good time.  If this is something you would like to do please drop Helen an e-mail at info@edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk. 4. Edinbop Caberet - 23rd July The Edinbop Social Dance and Caberet Night will be on the 23rd of July.  Zoot Swing's solo Charleston students have been working hard on their routine, so come along and support them.  Ben and Helen will also preform their routine from the Dancing in the Street competition two weekends ago.  From 9pm @ The Counting House, 32 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DD, £2. 5.  Upcoming Workshops Edinburgh Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November Henric & Joanna (World 2007 Lindy Hop Champions) will be back in Edinburgh this autumn. As with previous Winter Swing Weekends there will be two days of workshops and a Saturday Night Dance.  Book through ESDS 5.  Dancing Around Town a)  .Where to go and who's doing what? - Swing Junction A great website called Swing Junction - www.swingjunction.co.uk - has a massive calendar of Swing event for theUK and Eire.  Member can post to the chat forum, calendar, post news articles, add comments, links, photos and more.  I love it but am a little bit biased... ;- b)  Wednesday nights at 9 'till 11pm with DJ Lenny Love and guests.  Two hours of dancing for only £2.  At The Counting House, 32 West Nicholson Street, EH8 9DD c)  Friday Nights - Edinburgh Jazz 'n' Jive Club hosts two live Jazz bands!  Great floor, friendly atmosphere and dirt-cheap drinks plus a weekly raffle! Heriot's Rugby Club, Inverleith Row (near Inverleith place). 8pm - 11:30pm.  Prices vary between £5 and £8 depending on the bands. 6.  We Love Stuff a) Helen and Ben on Manchester TV Helen and Ben's competition routine featured on Manchester TV's CityLife programme last weekend.  The feature starts about 15mins into the program. http://www.channelm.co.uk/programmes/index/0/1/city_life.html b)  Private Lessons You might like to keep up with your dancing over August while there are no classes. Ben and Helen are both available for private teaching of individuals and small groups. If you're interested or just want to have a chat about how we can improve your dancing call Ben 07812 241 253, or Helen 07747 591 731. Prices: Single Person Private: £20 per person, per hour 2 Person Private: £15 per person, per hour Small Group Private (3 or 4 people, 4 people max.): £10 per person, per hour c)  Music Played in Class A number of people have asked what we play.  We tend to play an eclectic mix of old time Big Band, "Revivalist" (old tunes played with modern instruments) and Neo-swing.  In the beginner classes, we look for music with a steady and easily-heard beat.  Bands to look out for are: Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Moira's Modern Rhythmists, Campus Five, Steve Purcell and the Pearly Shells, Cherry Popping Dadies and Royal Crown Revue ----====----====---- The Zoot Swing Team If you no longer wish to receive emails from Zoot Swing, you can unsubscribe from the Zoot Swing mailing list. If the link doesn't work, cut and paste the following into your Internet browser: http://www.zootswing.co.uk/modules/evennews/index.php?action=unsubscribe

Msg# 48

 Do You Have a Couch or Floor Space? ELX Needs You! - Zoot News

      Hi Zoot Swingers, Do you have a spare couch or floor space?  Hotsing visiting dancers is a great way to meet new people and to learn about other cities or countries.  With the ELX fast approaching and visitors from around the UK, Europe and the US, we need to find lots of Edinburgh hosts!  Please email us or go to the ELX Website to register your ability to host a visitor. We've just started going through the feedback from last weekend's aerials course and so far the response has been very positive.  One cautionary tale - a participant badly injured her foot on landing.  As teachers we're always wonder what we could have done differently or what we will change for next time.  The participant and spotters (people responsible for catching the lady) seemed to do everything right but still the lady's landing was off.  Please remember when practicing aerials that accidents can and will occasionally happen.  Always use spotters for new aerials.  Always practice the set-ups over and over again and always approach aerials with somber but confident attitude and never try them out on the social dance floor.   When done right, they are loads of fun and add great flash to routines and jam circles. Index 1.  The Edinburgh Lindy Exchange 08 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange City Tour Guides 3.  Upcoming Workshops Mid-summer Madness and Dance Battle - 27th to 29th of June (Keith & Christie of USA, Ben & Helen) Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November (Henrik & Johana of Sweden) 4.  Dancing Around Town Swing Junction Weekly Monday Dance at The GRV - Cancelled!! - Classes as normal. Weekly Wednesday Dance with DJ Weekly Friday dance with Two Live Bands Sizzling Summer Freestyle 5.  We Love Stuff... Private Lessons Suggested Music and What We Play 1.  Edinburgh Lindy Exchange '08 Many of you are aware that a number of Edinburgh Swing Dancers are organising a Lindy Exchange to take place here in Edinburgh on the 26 -28th of September 08. Edinburgh has a great social dance scene and therefore we thought it would be a great idea to invite dancers from all over the world to come to Edinburgh and dance with us. Obviously an Exchange does not work without lots of local (Scottish) dancers to meet, greet and dance with those who have come from dance floors further afield. So if you fancy a great weekend of social dancing don't miss out. The Edinburgh Lindy Exchange 08 promises to be one long dance party.  For more information, visit the the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange website or talk to Ben or Helen. As you can imagine such a weekend takes a lot of organising, hence it would really help with the administration if we could ask all our local dancers to sign up and pay as early as possible ideally by the end of June. This will allow the ELX team to concentrate on ensuring a successful event. To book go to the ELX web site click on bookings and follow the instructions. Alternatively print off a copy of the booking form, complete and hand in with a cheque (payable to The Edinburgh Lindy Exchange to either) Nick/Rhona at ESDS, Shell at Edinbop or Ben/Helen at Zoot Swing. 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange City Tour Guides Do you know some interesting facts about Edinburgh?  If you do, then Edinburgh Lindy Exchange would love for you to voluteer to take groups of visiting dancers on a city tour.  The city tour is part of the daytime Saturday (28th September) activities being offered by the Exchange to give out-of-towners a walking experience of this fine city.  The tour can be as informative or creative as you like - the emphasis is on fun and showing our guests a good time.  If this is something you would like to do please drop Helen an e-mail at info@edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk. 3.  Upcoming Workshops a)  Manchester Mid-summer Madness - 27th to 29th of June Workshop, Dances and a Charity Dance Battle!! Workshops will be held in Balboa, Lindy Hop, Aerials and 20s Charleston and they'll be taught by Keith McGee, Christi Guest, Ben & Helen.  More information and booking details available now...  Entries for the dance batle have closed...  b)  Edinburgh Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November Henric & Joanna (World 2007 Lindy Hop Champions) will be back in Edinburgh this autumn. As with previous Winter Swing Weekends there will be two days of workshops and a Saturday Night Dance.  Book through ESDS 4.  Dancing Around Town a)  .Where to go and who's doing what? - Swing Junction A great website called Swing Junction - www.swingjunction.co.uk - has a massive calendar of Swing event for theUK and Eire.  Member can post to the chat forum, calendar, post news articles, add comments, links, photos and more.  I love it but am a little bit biased... b)  Monday nights haven't had as many people attending as we would have liked, so we've decided to scrap the social dancing.  Classes from 7pm and 8pm will continue as normal until the Festival. c)  Wednesday nights at 9 'till 11pm with DJ Lenny Love and guests.  Two hours of dancing for only £2 or £1 if you take any of the Wednesday classes. d)  Friday Nights - Two live Jazz bands!  Great floor, friendly atmosphere and dirt-cheap drinks plus a weekly raffle! e)  Sizzling Summer Freestyle - Party Night this Friday, Hosted by Boogie Nights:  Myreside Club, George Watson's College, Morningside 8pm - 1am The evening includes a WCS dance class at 8.30pm, various cabaret acts, and 5 hours of fabulous freestyle for West Coast & Modern Jive! Pay at the door (£10) 5.  We Love Stuff a)  Private Lessons Guaranteed to work you hard but still be fun and rewarding! Something you specifically want to work on? Moves, musicality, air-steps (aerials/acrobatics) or style. Maybe you want to progress faster, or simply give your dancing a kick-start after a lull. Whatever the reason, private lessons are a great way to help you on your dancing journey. You may even prefer to have a private lesson with a small group of friends. Ben and Helen are both available for private teaching of individuals and small groups. If you're interested or just want to have a chat about how we can improve your dancing call Ben 07812 241 253, or Helen 07747 591 731. Prices: Single Person Private: £20 per person, per hour 2 Person Private: £15 per person, per hour Small Group Private (3 or 4 people, 4 people max.): £10 per person, per hour b)  Music Played in Class A number of people have asked what we play.  We tend to play an eclectic mix of old time Big Band, "Revivalist" (old tunes played with modern instruments) and Neo-swing.  In the beginner classes, we look for music with a steady and easily-heard beat.  Bands to look out for are: Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Moira's Modern Rhythmists, Patty Levay and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Campus Five, Steve Purcell and the Pearly Shells, Cherry Popping Dadies and Royal Crown Revue ----====----====---- The Zoot Swing Team If you no longer wish to receive emails from Zoot Swing, you can unsubscribe from the Zoot Swing mailing list. If the link doesn't work, cut and paste the following into your Internet browser: http://www.zootswing.co.uk/modules/evennews/index.php?action=unsubscribe

Msg# 45

 Aerials & Dance Workshops, No Monday night Dance, Helen and Ben on TV! - Zoot News

      Hi Zoot Swingers, The big news this week is Sunday's Aerials workshop and we made it through to the finals of a dance competition in Manchester today (Saturday afternoon)!  We're chuffed, of course!!  The competition, held in Manchester, saw us compete against 7 other Swing and Rock'n'Roll acts at the Printworks entertainment complex.  We haven't competed in a long time so it felt great to hear the compare anounce "...and all the way from Edinburgh..." .  Two couples (including us) were selected from today's heat to compete in the finals on the 19th of July.  This comming  Monday morning we'll be performing our act on a Manchester breakfast program, at approximately 8:15.  We're told the chanell is available on Sky, in case you're interested and not living in Manchester. Index 1.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange Hosts 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange City Tour Guides 3.  Upcoming Workshops Aerials Workshop - June 22nd (Ben & Helen) - Workshop Full! Mid-summer Madness and Dance Battle - 27th to 29th of June (Keith & Christie of USA, Ben & Helen) Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November (Henrik & Johana of Sweden) 4.  Dancing Around Town Swing Junction Weekly Monday Dance at The GRV - Cancelled!! Weekly Wednesday Dance with DJ Weekly Friday dance with Two Live Bands 5.  We Love Stuff... Private Lessons Suggested Music and What We Play 1.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange Hosts The Edinburgh Lindy Exhange couldn't happen without a strong contingent of those who live here.  Many people from England and abroad have signed up to visit our town and to experience our hospitality and dancing.  Please register for the great event as a participant and as an accomodation host.  It's a great way to meet people from around the globe.  There are no expectations on you other than supplying a place to crash - bed, matress, couch or floor space.  Have a look at the Edinburgh Lindy Exchange website for details. 2.  Call for Edinburgh Lindy Exchange City Tour Guides Do you know some interesting facts about Edinburgh?  If you do, then Edinburgh Lindy Exchange would love for you to voluteer to take groups of visiting dancers on a city tour.  The city tour is part of the daytime Saturday (28th September) activities being offered by the Exchange to give out-of-towners a walking experience of this fine city.  The tour can be as informative or creative as you like - the emphasis is on fun and showing our guests a good time.  If this is something you would like to do please drop Helen an e-mail at info@edinburghlindyexchange.co.uk. 3.  Upcoming Workshops a)  Aerials Workshop - June 22nd - Workshops full! Although the workshops are full, there has been a great response and we'd like to run them again in October.  Send us an email if you''re interested so we can plan for the next one. b)  Manchester Mid-summer Madness - 27th to 29th of June Workshop, Dances and a Charity Dance Battle!! Workshops will be held in Balboa, Lindy Hop, Aerials and 20s Charleston and they'll be taught by Keith McGee, Christi Guest, Ben & Helen.  More information and booking details available now...  Entries for the dance batle have closed...  c)  Edinburgh Winter Swing Weekend - 15th and 16th of November Henric & Joanna (World 2007 Lindy Hop Champions) will be back in Edinburgh this autumn. As with previous Winter Swing Weekends there will be two days of workshops and a Saturday Night Dance.  Book through ESDS 4.  Dancing Around Town a)  .Where to go and who's doing what? - Swing Junction A great website called Swing Junction - www.swingjunction.co.uk - has a massive calendar of Swing event for theUK and Eire.  Member can post to the chat forum, calendar, post news articles, add comments, links, photos and more.  I love it but am a little bit biased... b)  Monday nights haven't had as many people attending as we would have liked, so we've decided to scrap the social dancing.  Classes from 7pm and 8pm will continue as normal until the Festival. c)  Wednesday nights at 9 'till 11pm with DJ Lenny Love and guests.  Two hours of dancing for only £2 or £1 if you take any of the Wednesday classes. d)  Friday Nights - Two live Jazz bands!  Great floor, friendly atmosphere and dirt-cheap drinks plus a weekly raffle! 5.  We Love Stuff a)  Private Lessons Guaranteed to work you hard but still be fun and rewarding! Something you specifically want to work on? Moves, musicality, air-steps (aerials/acrobatics) or style. Maybe you want to progress faster, or simply give your dancing a kick-start after a lull. Whatever the reason, private lessons are a great way to help you on your dancing journey. You may even prefer to have a private lesson with a small group of friends. Ben and Helen are both available for private teaching of individuals and small groups. If you're interested or just want to have a chat about how we can improve your dancing call Ben 07812 241 253, or Helen 07747 591 731. Prices: Single Person Private: £20 per person, per hour 2 Person Private: £15 per person, per hour Small Group Private (3 or 4 people, 4 people max.): £10 per person, per hour b)  Music Played in Class A number of people have asked what we play.  We tend to play an eclectic mix of old time Big Band, "Revivalist" (old tunes played with modern instruments) and Neo-swing.  In the beginner classes, we look for music with a steady and easily-heard beat.  Bands to look out for are: Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Moira's Modern Rhythmists, Patty Levay and the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Campus Five, Steve Purcell and the Pearly Shells, Cherry Popping Dadies and Royal Crown Revue ----====----====---- The Zoot Swing Team If you no longer wish to receive emails from Zoot Swing, you can unsubscribe from the Zoot Swing mailing list. If the link doesn't work, cut and paste the following into your Internet browser: http://www.zootswing.co.uk/modules/evennews/index.php?action=unsubscribe