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Get out your dancing shoes and your air mattresses - the Connecticut Lindy Exchange is coming up quickly, July 25-27th!
Have YOU registered yet?

We're excited to welcome dancers from all over to the Connecticut Lindy Exchange! We have dancers coming from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virgina, Washington, Australia, Canada and Korea to New Haven, CT for a weekend of great music and dancing, July 25-27th.

Live music will be with the Fried Bananas and Solomon Douglas Quintet, with national and local DJs including Devona Cartier, Loreto Agdinaoay, Rayned Wiles, Solomon Douglas, Camille Fontanella, Meghan Fitzpatrick, Dhruv Bhargava and Chris Oksanen.

Local CT dancers are encouraged to sign up to host our out-of-town guests.

More info on schedule, registration, music and hosting is up on www.ctlx.org.
See you there!!  

With summer just around the corner, so is Beantown Camp! There are just over three weeks until opening day! Spaces are still available to join campers from 27 states and 5 countries. If you have not yet signed up and would like to come share the fun, please register ASAP. There are 6 tracks of Lindy Hop classes and all levels are very welcome.     Read More...

You've seen their flying feet on the dance floor and now it is your turn find out just HOW they do it! Javier Johnson (All Bal Amateur Jack & Jill Champion)and Chandra Smith (Finalist, Adv. Lindy Jack & Jill, Boston Tea Party) have been wowing the East Coast with their smooth styling and fast footwork. Come and learn the basics of Balboa over two weekends, June 1 and 8. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Register early and save! For prices, directions, and more information head to Shoreline Swing's website at www.shorelineswingct.org     Read More...

ONLY THREE MORE DAYS FOR $80 ONLINE REGISTRATION! Closing 15 May 2008.

MIIB is this weekend and we want to make sure that everyone gets an opportunity to come out and dance! For our fabulous weekend bands, we have Joshua Fialkoff and the J-Street Band and the Little Big Band. At our workshops, our amazing instructors are Greg Avakian, Laurie Zimmerman, Ogden Sawyer, Amanda Gruhl and Melanie Grimes (belly dancing). When the late nights start groovin' you'll need look no further than DJs James Bradley (CA), Jeff Miller (VA), Bryan Spellman (TX),and representing CT, Javier Johnson, Rob Szarka and Wil Reed.

For all information head to www.gargleblaterblues.com/mysticblues2  

The Beantown Camp early registration due date is coming up this week on Wednesday, May 14! Now is the time to register if you have not already done so. If you have registered and paid a deposit, May 14 is also the due date for full payments. Avoid late fees and sign up now! Payments may be made on-line using PayPal or by mail postmarked by May 14.

Beantown runs from June 26 to July 3, back at the beautiful Endicott College campus in Beverly, MA. There are multiple packages and time periods to choose from for attending. You can find all of the details and latest information on the Beantown web site:
www.beantowncamp.com     Read More...