Swing Dance

SWING IN THE NEW YEAR DANCE w/the Swing Shift Orchestra and lesson!

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Swing in the New Year Dance with the SWING SHIFT ORCHESTRA!

It’s a party! Bring goodies to share and your dancing feet as we swing into the new year!

The Swing Shift Orchestra is a real big band at its best!! Join us as we dance to this authentic 16-piece big band playing classic swing tunes that will make you want to dance…even if you don’t know how! Beginner lesson included.

All are welcome! No partner or experience needed to attend.  Join the fun!

Beginner lesson 7:30-8pm

Band 8-10:30pm

$25 admission at the door includes lesson

REGISTER NOW AND PAY IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR (Cash, Check, Venmo)

Note: Before every big monthly dance is a Technique Clinic from 6-7:30pm. This is not the beginner lesson included in the dance but a seperate hour-and-a-half workshop on changing topics. 

THIS MONTH’S TECHNIQUE CLINIC IS….Let the Music Move You! A special workshop for everyone! No experience or partner needed. This astounding workshop will connect your body and soul back to its natural rhythms and movements to unleash your inner dancer. A great way to start the year dancing!!

TAKE THE NIGHT! Add this month’s Technique Clinic (6-7:30pm) to your registration for the dance and get the clinic at a discounted rate! Valid for those who register for both the technique clinic and the dance on the registration form.

Swing Dance w/the Swing Shift Orchestra and 20th Anniversary in Business Celebration with Special Guest!

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GOT2LINDY CELEBRATES 20 Years in Business!

Swing Dance w/the Swing Shift Orchestra and 20th Anniversary Celebration with Special Guest Judy Pritchett!

Got2Lindy has been fostering fun, footwork and friendships since 2004! Celebrate with us as we celebrate you and our students who have been with us one year or many, many more!! We couldn’t have done this without you!! We’ve even had a few marriages and babies grow out of our classes!!

We invited our big band fav the Swing Shift Orchestra, a great big band and long-time friend of Got2Lindy, and our friend, Judy Pritchett, Frankie Manning’s long-time partner, because we couldn’t have done this without him, either!

Frankie Manning was a leading dancer at Harlem’s legendary Savoy Ballroom where, in the mid-1930s, he revolutionized the course of the lindy hop with his innovations, including the lindy air step and synchronized ensemble lindy routine.

As a featured dancer and chief choreographer for the spectacular Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers, he performed in numerous films (including Hellzapoppin’), and entertained on stages around the world with jazz greats Ethel Waters, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Cab Calloway.

Frankie Manning was one of our teachers and we brought him to the Hudson Valley to teach a weekend workshop in 2006. He is known as “The Ambassador of Lindy Hop” and Linda edited his book of the same name (Temple University Press, 2007).

It’s a party! Please bring goodies to share.

Beginner lesson 7:30-8pm

Got2Lindy Student Celebration: 9pm

Band 8-10:30pm

$25 admission at the door includes lesson

REGISTER NOW AND PAY IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR (Cash, Check, Venmo)

This month we will have a SPECIAL EVENT BEFORE THE DANCE DEVOTED TO FRANKIE MANNING with an audio-visual presentation and Q & A with his long-time partner Judy Pritchett, and a lesson with a few of Frankie’s favorite moves taught by Linda & Chester to incorporate into  your own dance repitoire!

TAKE THE NIGHT! Add this month’s Special Event (6-7:30pm) to your registration for the dance and get the clinic at a discounted rate! Valid for those who register for both the technique clinic and the dance on the registration form.

Swing Dance w/the Swing Shift Orchestra and lesson!

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Swing Dance with the SWING SHIFT ORCHESTRA!

A real big band at its best!! Join us as we dance to this authentic 16-piece big band playing classic swing tunes that will make you want to dance…even if you don’t know how! Beginner lesson included.

All are welcome! No partner or experience needed to attend.  Join the fun!

Beginner lesson 7:30-8pm

Dancing till 10:30pm

$25 admission at the door includes lesson

REGISTER NOW AND PAY IN ADVANCE OR AT THE DOOR (Cash, Check, Venmo)

Note: Before every big monthly dance is a Technique Clinic from 6-7:30pm. This is not the beginner lesson included in the dance but a seperate hour-and-a-half workshop on changing topics. 

THIS MONTH’S TECHNIQUE CLINIC IS….Great Beginnings & Endings!! Begin and end your dance with flair!

TAKE THE NIGHT! Add this month’s Technique Clinic (6-7:30pm) to your registration for the dance and get the clinic at a discounted rate! Valid for those who register for both the technique clinic and the dance on the registration form.

Summertime Swing at the SPIEGELTENT with EIGHT TO THE BAR! The Biggest Dance Event of the Year!

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DON’T MISS SUMMERTIME SWING AT THE SPIGELTENT!

A lesson, a show, a night of swing dancing to the best live music in a magical setting…

If you have never been to the Spiegeltent,  you are in for a treat. If you have, then you know what we are talking about. This year we bring you the perennial favorite band EIGHT TO THE BAR!

Tickets are required and have always sold out, so buy your ticket early. Visit the link below for more information and tickets. This event is part of Bard Summerscape Spiegeltent Series.

The original Spiegeltents (“Tents of Mirrors”) were constructed in Flanders, Belgium in the late 19th century as mobile dance halls. They were transported around the country and assembled for town fairs in areas that did not have dance halls. Bard Summerscape has partnered with Got2Lindy for years to bring you Summertime Swing, the most exciting dance event of the year.

Event includes a swing dance lesson, performance by Chester’s Cool Cats & Kittens and an evening of dancing to the fabulous EIght to the Bar band in a magical setting.

Doors open at 6pm
6:30-7pm Beginner Lesson
7-10pm Eight to the Bar
Performance at the Band break

The Spiegeltent, Bard College Campus, Tivoli, NY

ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Yes, there is only one date this year, don’t miss it.
Yes, there is a bar and light dinner menu.
Yes, it is general seating, so get there early for the best table.
Yes, it is air-conditioned.
Yes, it is always a magical evening.
Yes, you can get tickets at the door if there are any tickets left.
Yes, it is a better idea to reserve your tickets if you don’t want to miss out. A few years ago an entire group of people were turned away.
Yes, you should dress like you are going to a summer dance event (no flip flops).
Yes, it is a wood floor, artfully constructed with no nails.
Yes, you should get tickets.

TICKETS 

(Free) Swing Dance in the Park with ClubSwing

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Swing into Summer with this free outdoor dance party at the Field of Dreams Pavilion in New Paltz with ClubSwing. No partner or experience needed. Beginner lesson with Got2Lindy kicks off the evening. This is a covered pavilion so the dance is rain or shine! Sponsored by the Town of New Paltz Recreation Department.

Lesson 5:30-6pm

Band plays 6-8:30pm