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Description: Make it Pop

Dean Collins and Jewel McGowen were often called the Fred and Ginger of Lindy Hop.  The reason they were ... Read More →]]> Thursday February 2, 2012 – Thursday February 23, 2012

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Make it Pop

Dean Collins and Jewel McGowen were often called the Fred and Ginger of Lindy Hop.  The reason they were so sought-after for films, and by Lindy Hoppers past and present is because they, like no other couple, made it pop.  This 4-week lesson will teach you how to make it pop by giving reviewing fundamental technique, working on movements quality, and learning new moves all with a focus on how these masters made it happen.

Dean and Jewel dancing to the Andrews Sisters in the iconic movie “Buck Privates.”

Another Great Video of Dean and Jewel

Your Instrucors

Abigail Browning

With swivels and and grace that rival Jewel herself, we are luck to have Abigail so close by to teach.  She is a nationally renowned instructor, DJ, and just all-around great person.  we’ve been lucky to have her teach with us a couple of times already and we are really looking forward to having her teach us to dance like Jewel.

When Abigail isn’t teaching, or DJing, she can be found on the dance floor at Hot Club almost every Thursday.  She is well known for being friendly, approachable, and dancing with anyone and everyone.

Adam Speen

Adam is an avid Lindy Hop and Balboa dancer, and international instructor.  Adam has taught for us, with Abigail, several times and also teaches with his regular partner Nelle Cherry.  Adam is an amazing instructor, but will also be seen on the dance floor, rarely sitting out a song.   We are looking forward to having him teach us how to move like Dean.

Prerequisites

A solid foundation in 8-count Lindy Hop patterns.  If you’ve been through both Lindy 1 and 2 at Hot Club you’ll be fine.  If you’re familiar and comfortable with swing-outs, circles, inside outside turn and have a basic understanding of Lindy technique this class is for you.

If you are more advanced and want to learn a new way to move and connect in Lindy Hop, then this Class is for you.

Payment

You can preregister at a discount ($40 for four classes/$32 students) or you can drop in on any of the classes ($12 per class/$10 students).

You’re payment includes admission to the Hot Club dance that night.*

*on February 23 we will be hosting Rent Party and the premier of the Mint Julep Jazz Band.  Admission to this is not included in your class price

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Jazz dance is the vital underpinning of swing dance.  Without jazz movement,  and tap rhythms and syncopations we wouldn’t have Charleston, Balboa, Lindy Hop or ... Read More →]]> Thursday May 19, 2011 – Thursday May 26, 2011

410 W Geer St.

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All That Jazz – With Mike Herring

Jazz dance is the vital underpinning of swing dance.  Without jazz movement,  and tap rhythms and syncopations we wouldn’t have Charleston, Balboa, Lindy Hop or any other swing-era dance.  To that end Hot Club would like to offer the opportunity to learn authentic Jazz steps and routines as often as possible.

That’s why we’re having Mike Herring from Charlottesville, Virginia come to Hot Club for two weeks and teach his amazing routine to “Back Bay Shuffle” by Artie Shaw.  You won’t want to miss it.

What: Jazz Routine with Mike Herring
When: May 19th and May 26th at 7pm – 8pm (Before Hot Club)
Where: Hot Club of Durham
Cost:

$15 per class (Includes admission to Hot Club that night)/$12 Student pricing
$24 for both classes (Pre-registered/Includes admission to both Hot Club dances)/$18 Student pricing

About Mike Herring

Mike Herring is a DJ, Dancer, Teacher, and Organizer Extrodinaire!  He is one of the founders of Swing C’ville and runs the monthly dances and classes in Charlottesville.

Mike has been tap dancing since he was six and continues to perform at regional events, including Southside Stomp in Norfolk.

Mike’s skills as a choreographer are unmatched, and his routines are up-beat, challenging and incredibly fun.

More info:
info@hotlcubofdurham.com

http://hotclubofdurham.com

919-627-8678

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Description: Step Right Up Folks

We’ve got the cure for what ails you!  Do you poop out at parties, are you unpopular?  Do you suffer aches, pains, the wiggles, ... Read More →]]> Wednesday May 25, 2011 – Wednesday June 29, 2011

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Step Right Up Folks

We’ve got the cure for what ails you!  Do you poop out at parties, are you unpopular?  Do you suffer aches, pains, the wiggles, the heebie-jeebies, or any other of more than 30 common maladies?

Well step right up and get yourself a dose of the medicine that sweeping the nation, and that has the folks two towns over all a-buzz.  Let me tell you their men are more virile, their women more beautiful, and their children never act-out since they got their hands on the miracle cure-all.

Act now and all of this can be yours for the low-low one-of-a-kind price of $55.   With results like these, you can’t afford not to be a part of this.

What is this amazing product?

The Cure: Slow Dance Class

Learn to move with your partner through this one-of-a-kind, insanely-effective, patent-pending learning technique perfected by a genuine Doctor (pending) of Swing.  He’ll teach you how to connect, move, shimmy, shake, and more. This class is designed to give you the skills to dance to swing, blues, club, or anything else and have a good time. Make your friends jealous, and make members of the opposite sex swoon with you new-found skills.

What You Get

• 6 x 50 minute classes with the Doctor (pending) himself
• 2 x admission to Thursday Swing Dances
• Increased Self – Esteem
• A cure for what ails you *
• much more…

The cost to you is only $75, $65, $55!  What a Deal

About the Doctor (pending):

Christopher Wells is well known as an expert in the fields of swingology, applied borkmatics, and musicology.  Dr (pending) Wells has traveled the world for a decade collecting ingredients from the the native people of Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and the mysterious island of Manhattan. Through years of trial and error he has created the perfect balance to cure all of your ills.

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Testimonals:

“Dr. Wells cured my fear of spiders!” – Anne Hawthorn, Middlebury IN

“I will never need any other medicine. Who knew my sad life as a one-handed cobbler with three sickly kids, and an infirmed life could be fixed overnight by this program?”  Saddy McPhee, Blacksburg VA

“Simply Miraculous!” Joe Jackson, Durham NC

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Prove it!

In a, what I believe to be, swing dance first we will be offering you the chance to sing along with a live band. This is the first ever Live Band Swing Karaoke! And that ... Read More →]]> Do you fancy yourself a crooner? Can you sing like Frank, scat like Ella, or bellow like Jolson?

Prove it!

In a, what I believe to be, swing dance first we will be offering you the chance to sing along with a live band. This is the first ever Live Band Swing Karaoke! And that live band will be none other than George Knott’s Square Trio. You really can’t miss this.

What: Live Band Swing Karaoke and Swing dance with beginner lesson.
When: 04/28/2011
Where: The Trotter Building, 410 W Geer St. Durham, NC 27701
Cost: $10

Lesson: 6-Count Lindy (Triple Step East Coast Swing)

Band: George Knott’s Square Trio — Featuring You!

The trio has played for us a number of times, their song book is extensive, and their talent is unmatched. Their small size (but not small sound) makes them the perfect band for this night

DJ: TBA

We will be getting someone awesome to DJ the band breaks.

If you want to get free admission to the dance, send Beccy Aldrich a facebook message or email Nicole Deinert at nicole@hotclubofdurham.com to ask about volunteering options!!

More info:
info@hotclubofdurham.com
http://hotclubofdurham.com/
919-627-8678

This is not exaggeration, this not an attempt to play on your fear for profit.  As far as I know, this hasn’t happened in the Triangle Area ever, at least since the 30′s or 40′s.  And it may never happen again.  Two of the best Swing band ... Read More →]]>

Fight!

This Might Never Happen Again

This is not exaggeration, this not an attempt to play on your fear for profit.  As far as I know, this hasn’t happened in the Triangle Area ever, at least since the 30′s or 40′s.  And it may never happen again.  Two of the best Swing band leaders in the region are squaring off in musical melee mayhem!  And you, my friend, are in a unique position to get ringside seats as they battle it out.

What: Triangle Tap Project Benefit Dance

Two bands enter, and one leaves. Then the other leaves a little later, but in shame.  There will be a beginner swing dance lesson, live music, silent auction, Charleston performances, After Party, and much, much more!

On top of all of this, all proceeds from the night go to help kids in the third world get clean drinking water!

Oh Snap!

When: Friday, March 25th 7pm -11:30pm (Late-night dancing across the street from 11:30pm – until)

Where: Motorco Music Hall

Located in the up-and-coming DIY District of Downtown Durham, Motorco is the happenin’ new music venue situated on Rigsby and Geer St.  Look for the amazing Neon sign!

Price:

Here’s the best part, it’s pay what you can (suggested $10)!  We want everyone to be involved, so pay what you can and if you can pay more.  You want kids to have clean drinking water, don’t you?

Just show up, that’s all there is to it.  There are no excuses to miss this one-of-a-kind event!

So here we ... Read More →]]> We had an adult and very polite conversation with Adam and Abigail recently about Hot Club. And they were like, “We can do it better!”
And we were like, “Nuh-uh!”
And they were like, “Fuh-huh!”
And we were like, “Prove it!”
And they were like, “Fine!”
And we were like, “Double Fine!”

So here we are, our good friends Adam “dooty-head” Speen and Abigail “pants-on-fire” Browning will be TRYING to do Hot Club better than us. They’ll be teaching the lessons (they’re all like, “We’re International Instructors, Bla, Bla, Bla”), and they’ll be DJing (ohh, we’re sooo scared of the often-hired-for-big-deal-events professional DJs).

What: Hot Club of Adam and Abigail (week 1)
Where: The Trotter Building. 410 W Geer St. Durham, NC 27701
When: Thursday 02/10 (7pm – 12am)
7pm – Intermediate/Advanced Workshop
8pm – Beginner Lesson (Lindy Hop)
9pm – 12pm – DJ Dance

Intermediate/Advanced Lesson (Mmm… Workshop week 1)
7pm – 8pm

This class is for those of you who might be wondering: “What’s next?” You can lead/follow a wide range of moves but you see people on the floor and are still wondering: “How do they do that?” This is your class. Adam and Abigail will focus on maintaining connection throughout your movements, and work on more effective partnering and expressing the music through your dancing. In other words, they will teach you how to make your dances end with an “mmm…”

Cost:
Advanced Registration (Both Classes and Admission to both Dances) ends 02/08/2011 – $21/$15 students

Drop-in (includes the class and admission to that night’s dance) – $13/$10 students per class or $26/$20 for both

Beginner Lesson (Lindy Hop/ Free with admission to dance)
8pm – 9pm

Lindy Hop is the original swing dance from the 1920′s in Harlem. It’s also fun, free and high-energy. Let Adam and Abigail teach you the basics so you can get your butt on the floor in style.

DJ Dance
9pm – 12am

Abigail and Adam (this is beginning to remind me of begin John Malkovich where he goes inside his own head)

If you want to get free admission to the dance, send Beccy Aldrich a facebook message or email Nicole Deinert at nicole@hotclubofdurham.com to ask about volunteering options!!

More info:
info@hotclubofdurham.com

http://hotclubofdurham.com/

919-627-8678

Fastest Feet? Yeah, it’s that time again! We have two tickets to the awesome Chifferobe Vintage Night with the Atomic Rhythm Allstars, performances, and more. The winner of our competition will get those tickets and the crown of “Fastest Feet in the Triangle.” Our current crown holders are Chris ... Read More →]]>

Fastest Feet? Yeah, it’s that time again! We have two tickets to the awesome Chifferobe Vintage Night with the Atomic Rhythm Allstars, performances, and more. The winner of our competition will get those tickets and the crown of “Fastest Feet in the Triangle.” Our current crown holders are Chris Wells and Laura Windley. the contest open to anyone and any style of dance. You can Balboa, East Coast, Lindy Hop, Turkey Trot, or Peabody, just do it fast and do it well!

What: Hot Club of Durham Swing Dance
Where: The Trotter Building. 410 W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701
When: Thursday 11/11
Beginner lesson at 8
DJ Dance starts at 9.

Admission is $7 and includes beginner lesson.

Beginner Lesson starts at 8pm

Six Count Lindy (Tripple-Step East Coast)

This dance is a great place to start dancing. This lesson will get you dancing and having fun in no-time and get you off to a great start. Bring your friends and dance it up.

DJ Dance 9pm – 12am

Feature DJ – Kristy Milikin. We are happy to have Kristy back again to spin for us. She will be kick-ass as usual.

House DJ – Joe Jacskon

If you want to get free admission to the dance, send Beccy Aldrich a facebook message or email Nicole Deinert at nicole@hotclubofdurham.com to ask about volunteering options!!

More info:
info@hotclubofdurham.com
http://hotclubofdurham.com/
919-627-8678

We are super excited to be a part of this month’s Chifferobe event at Cuban Revolution this week!  WE will be offering a beginner East Coast lesson, a performance with Joe Jackson and Laura Windley.  We will also be serenaded by swingingest band in the Triangle, ... Read More →]]>

We are super excited to be a part of this month’s Chifferobe event at Cuban Revolution this week!  WE will be offering a beginner East Coast lesson, a performance with Joe Jackson and Laura Windley.  We will also be serenaded by swingingest band in the Triangle, the indomitable Atomic Rhythm Allstars, wowed by the Magic Roman, and bowled over by the dance styling of Kristen Minsky.  All-in-all this is a night of Vintage debauchery that you don’t want to miss.

Details:

What: Chifferobe Vintage Night
When: Saturday, 11/13 at 7pm
Where: American Tobacco Campus (318 Blackwell St, Durham NC 27701)
Price: $15 ($10 in vintage outfit)

Links:

Facebook event
Cuban Revolution

Have you heard about this? No? Well here’s the deal:

Tonup NC is hosting a vintage bike and scooter rally to benefit Independent Animal Rescue. When you think bike rally, refrain from thinking of Myrtle Beach bike week. Instead think of our own Laura Windley and all her rocker and hipster scooter-friends.

Hot ... Read More →]]>

Have you heard about this? No? Well here’s the deal:

Tonup NC is hosting a vintage bike and scooter rally to benefit Independent Animal Rescue. When you think bike rally, refrain from thinking of Myrtle Beach bike week. Instead think of our own Laura Windley and all her rocker and hipster scooter-friends.

Hot Club is sponsoring the Record Hop this year. They are getting an awesome DJ out to spin some Early Rock, Rockabilly, Jump Blues, R&B etc. It’s a dance party, so the music will be selected accordingly.

The best part is that Hot Clubers get in free! Yes that’s right, mention that you’re with Hot Club of Durham, and admission to the record hop is absolutely free.

What: Record Hot
When: Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, 09/04 @ 12:00am – until
Where: The Tavern.  1900 W Markham Ave, Durham, NC 27705

So, here is our plan for dancing Saturday night:

8pm – The Armory Dance w/ Richard Tazwell and Southern Routes (Awesome!)
12am – Record Hop at the Tavern w/ DJ Junior (Free–Double Awesome!)

Join us!

More info:
Bull City Rumble Event:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=118476991496200&ref=ts

Bull City Rumble Web Page:
http://www.tonup-nc.com/raleighrumble.html