Southern Belle Swing Bash - Sept. 14-16 2007 Atlanta, GA

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Southern Belle Swing Bash 2007! A workshop weekend devoted to the ladies: Lindy Hop, Style, and the Art of Following!

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! The first 20 ladies to register get in for the discounted rate of $75 for the entire weekend.

WELCOME old friends, curious onlookers, and Southern Belle devotees. For your pleasure this year we present a new and improved program that is sure to delight, to inform, and to entertain. Swedish fireball Frida Segerdahl will be here to share a bit of her magic. And the one and only Peter Strom will be sharing his wisdom and experience from a leader’s perspective.

As always, leader-volunteers of a certain skill level are invited to join us at no cost. We are looking forward to a very special event this year and hope you’ll join us.

We've also bumped up the date to September (hooray!) so you can get all your SBSB goodness a little earlier this year.

CLASSES: Exact class topics will be listed as soon as all of the details are finalized, but here's a glimpse of our master plan...

We'll get everyone started with movement. Developing a high level awareness of one's movement quality and technique is step one for achieving the goals of this weekend. Once we're on solid ground with movement, we will shift gears and start to look at the details of personal styling, creativity, and nuances of partner communication. To take all of this material and use it to bring you to the next level, we will then turn our focus inward, looking at the emotional and artistic side of the dance. You will complete the weekend with a feeling that you are dancing with your whole body and mind in a way that is new and exciting, and you'll feel inspired by a fresh power and confidence to shine on the dance floor.

MUSIC: On Friday evening we are excited to present to you Atlanta's top bands for dancing, squaring off for your pleasure in what is sure to be an unforgettable evening of live music -- The Bonaventure Quartet will charm you with its sweet combo groove, and The Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Band is sure to keep you on your feet! This irresistible combination is guaranteed to please dancers of all tastes, and we're very excited to have both of these unique bands kick off the weekend for us!

As always, we'll have a Solo Charleston competition, and we've got many more surprises in store. looking forward to a fantastic year!

To register or learn more, visit http://www.southernbelleswing.com.

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Only 6 weeks left until Southern Belles is here!!!



Registration is starting to fill up; don't wait too long to register - we have sold out in years past! Online registration for the full weekend is $85 and will be available through Sept. 7th, at which time prices go up to $105 at the door. Save yourself some money and guarantee your spot: sign up today!

With your full-weekend registration, you will get:

4 hours of live music as two of Atlanta's hottest bands battle it out on Friday night: Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Band vs. The Bonaventure Quartet!

7 hours of classes with Frida Segerdahl and Peter Strom, two of the world's most sought-after lindy hop instructors

12 hours of social dancing in the evenings, including music spun by some of the best DJ's from the Southeast

Later start-times for classes: we won't start class until noon on Saturday, so you can get your groove on late into the night

Intensive focus on followers' skills, styling, and personality. A full weekend devoted to the ladies of lindy hop, with all of the energy and excitement Southern Belles is known for!


If you've never attended Southern Belles, join us for a weekend of dancing, celebrating, and learning in the Dirty South. If you've joined us in years past, don't miss our third year: sure to be the best yet! Fellas, don't forget: intermediate-level and above leaders attend for free! (And we need you guys.)

For more information and to register, visit:
www.southernbelleswing.com

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It's hard to believe, I know, but Southern Belle Swing Bash is only ONE MONTH AWAY!!!

Hot off the press we've just released the full schedule and class descriptions for your perusal. (Get excited, folks, it's looking good!) Also this year's t-shirt design is in the works, so keep checking the website for updates...

Classes include:

Solo Movement for Follows
Solo Movement for Leaders
What I Wish Every Follow Knew - Part I: Peter's Pet Peeves
The Devil's in the Details: Technique under the Microscope
If Swivels Could Kill
Making Space for Yourself
The Cake: Dance Like You Mean It
The Icing: Shake What Your Mama Gave You
Bad-Ass Charleston
What I Wish Every Follow Knew - Part II: Super Nit-Picky Stuff
Keeping Things Interesting
Jazz Up Your Lindy Hop
Freter Stromerdahl

Check out the website for full class descriptions and the complete schedule for the weekend: http://www.southernbelleswing.com

Also a reminder that Southern Belles is geared for solidly intermediate level and above dancers (leaders and followers). You must have at least an intermediate understanding of Lindy Hop, and should be able to produce, without explicit instruction: good quality swingouts, lindy circles, tuck turns, and side-passes, and be comfortable transitioning between six and eight-count patterns.

Don't forget our epic Battle of the Bands on Friday night: Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Band vs. Bonaventure Quartet!!!

And finally, as you'd expect, we've got a few surprises in the mix. But if we told you, it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it? This year is shaping up to be killer diller. Don't miss out!!!

http://www.southernbelleswing.com

ONLINE REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, SEPT. 7th.

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Only TWO MORE WEEKS left of online registration! After that prices will go up to at-the-door levels ($105). Save yourself $20 bucks and sign up now! (Housing will also shut down once online registration is over.)

Breaking News:
Because we know you love to stay up and dance, but we know you also love the sleep, we have bumped Sunday classes back to start at 12:30pm. That means no class before noon the whole weekend. (You love us, we know. We love you too. That's why we did it.)

We'll also be adding a surprise contest to the weekend. Something new, something we've never done before, and something we doubt you'll find elsewhere.

Fellas, we've still got plenty of room for you, too. Come help some ladies out! They'll thank you for it.

Don't miss out on yet another fabulous Southern Belles weekend in the dirty south!

To register, and for more information, visit:
http://www.southernbelleswing.com

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Only 10 Days left to pre-register! After that, at-the-door prices apply.

Leaders - we still need you! Here are some great reasons to register:
- Attend classes all weekend, taught by great instructors, dancing with lovely followers, for free!
- A FREE, just-for-leaders solo class taught by Peter Strom as our way of saying "Thanks!" for volunteering your time and talent.
- Automatic entry into a drawing, the prizes for which will include passes to the Knoxville Lindy Exchange in October 2007 and Down South Camp in February 2008!

Followers - new contest added: The Southern Belle Showdown!
In this contest, followers will be placed "Jack & Jill style" with some great talented leaders from across the Southeast. Only the ladies will be judged, so this contest is all about showcasing the followers.

To register or learn more, visit http://www.southernbelleswing.com.

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Full registration for follows is FULL!

Leaders, we still need you! To sign up as a lead, click here: http://www.southernbelleswing.com/registerlead.php.

Followers, you can still sign up for SUNDAY ONLY. To do so, click here: http://www.southernbelleswing.com/registersunday.php.

ALL REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE FRIDAY, SEPT. 7th -- one day left!

Our t-shirt artwork for this year is finished, and printed! Check it out:



To learn more, visit http://www.southernbelleswing.com.