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BAL JAM September 5-7, Phillidelphia. www.baljam.com This is the last week to catch our early-bird registration price of $85. (Deadline ends Aug. 15) Our super-All-Bal deal was cheaper than a tank of gas. This is only cheaper than a tank of gas if you drive an SUV, but it's still cheaper. Also, we ...

IMPORTANT ILHC UPDATES! 1. Our hotel is close to capacity, so get a room soon. 2. Skye Humphries and Marie Nahnfeldt Mattsson have been added to our instructor line-up, adding to both the coolness and the blondeness of our staff. 3. There are only a few spots left for follows in the advanced Jack a...

The International Lindy Hop Championships A friendly reminder to bring "it" to the competition in August. * Lindy, Balboa, Solo Charleston, Cabaret, and plenty of other competitions will possibly require you to bring an extra carry-on of "it." * For those using specially-discoun...

ILHC 10 Reasons To Sign Up For ILHC Right Now. 7. Balboa competitions with ACTUAL balboa music and ACTUAL champion Balboa judges, captured in the wild forests of Southern California. What do you mean by "actual balboa music"? Do you have any requirements on what "balboa music" i...

VERY IMPORTANT UPDATES TO ILHC 1. The team competition will now take place 5 p.m. Sunday. 2. There will be a 30% increase in badassness for the weekend. 3. The pro-am is no longer a Jack and Jill. It is now a standard pro-am. Contestants choose their own music. 4. Marty Klempner will not be allowed...

There's still until FRIDAY to get the Special ABW rate for Bal Jam 2008! Only $55 for a weekend of social balboa dances, great bands, and a few incredible classes thrown in just to keep it interesting! Who will be there? So far, only Nick Williams, Sylvia Sykes, David Rehm, Valerie Salstrom, Marty ...

BAL JAM in Philadelphia Sept. 5-7 What makes Bal Jam so special: 3 days of dances, never-before seen classes, and incredible dancers. Perfect for the inter/advanced/master Balboa dancer. Wait, classes? Though it's a weekend full of dances, on Saturday afternoon we will hold a special afternoon of c...

Washington D.C.'s Big Big Event is only 4 weeks away. What makes The Big Big event so big big? A strictly-competition makes it big, a late-night peabody dance contest makes it big big. Peter Strom's shoulders make it big, Ramona's sass makes it big big. The Boilermakers and Russ Wilson make it big,...

ILHC 10 Reasons To Sign Up For ILHC Right Now. 10. Famous lindy hopper Steven Mitchell will move from judging people on the sidelines for free to being an official judge. 9. Lindy Showcase, Lindy non-aerial showcase, three strictly lindy comps, jacks-and-jills, Charleston, team, cabaret, Balboa, ju...

Street cred. Do well in an ILHC comp, you can claim, rightfully so, that you're an International Lindy Hop Champion. So what makes it international? Is it team USA vs team Sweden etc, or will it change countries each year, or is it just that anyone can enter? Anyone can enter. There are no restrict...

ILHC: I Love Hoppin' Competitions $13,000 in prize money. Perhaps the most surprising thing about this event is how a Lindy Hop competitor could actually win big money at this event. You might have enough left over to pay for a kippy belt. The Spirit of Lindy, not the spirit of anger and bitterness...

http://thebigbigevent.com/img/BigBigEventLogo-lrg.gif JUNE 6-8, 2008 WASHINGTON, DC we simply weren't happy with just a big event Announcing our Big Big Event 2008 schedule! BIG BIG TEACHERS Mike Faltesek Casey Schneider Ramona Staffeld Peter Strom And special classes from Chad Fasca and Midori Asa...

So, why the fancy new competition weekend? Tena Morales, Nina Gilkenson, and Sylvia Sykes have played a part in organizing, judging, competing, or sitting around talking all night at almost every major swing ever. So why start a new swing competition weekend? To combine all their talents to create ...

Save the date!! International Lindy Hop Championships August 22nd-24th, 2008 This will be a competition not to be missed! Few tidbits: Head Judge : Sylvia Sykes Instructors : Andy Reid, Nina Gilkenson, Heinrick Stillman, Joanna Ericsson, Naomi Uyama, Todd Yannacone, Peter Strom, Ramona Staffeld, Ma...

THE BIG BIG EVENT June 6-8, 2008 Washington, DC The second year of holding an event called the BIG BIG EVENT without resorting to any cheap innuendo. Wait, does that count? * teachers * bands * contest * www.bigbigevent.com See highlights from last year: The Boilermaker Jazz Band The 2007 Contest T...