New Lindy Hop and Balboa Classes start August 3rd!!!
Don’t forget to mark your calendar for our last Lindy Hop and Balboa classes of the summer! The Fundamentals classes start Friday, August 3rd, and the Beyond Basics classes kick off Tuesday the 7th. Questions? Head on over to the Classes & Dances tab on the top of the EastsideStomp.com homepage.
IMPORTANT! SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR CLASSES, JANUARY ONLY!!! STARTING THIS WEEKEND!!!!
Hello everyone! Sorry for the last-minute changes to the new schedule; there has been a scheduling mix-up/conflict with Kirkland Dance Center on our new class schedule, so there are the following adjustments FOR JANUARY ONLY!
Friday Nights — Balboa Fundamentals, 6pm – 7pm & Lindy Hop Fundamentals, 7pm -8pm
Saturday Afternoons: Balboa Improvers 2:30 – 3:30 / Lindy Hop Improvers 3:30 – 4:30 / Balboa Progressions 4:30 – 5:30 / Lindy Hop Progressions 5:30 – 6:30 / FEATURED CLASS: SOLO JAZZ MOVES 6:30 – 7:30
This month, Eastside Stomp is proud to welcome the phenomenal ROBIN NUNNALLY, dance champ, amazing follow and member of Seattle’s legendary Sister Kate dance team. She will be sharing her great ideas on technique and styling for follows in all our classes!!! DON’T MISS OUT!!!
ALL-NEW FOR JANUARY: THE NEW AND IMPROVED LINDY & BALBOA CLASSES AT EASTSIDE STOMP!
We are so excited for the new year! January kicks off a whole new series of classes in Lindy Hop and Balboa and we have COMPLETELY OVERHAULED each and every class. If you’ve never taken these classes, now is the perfect time to join! If you HAVE taken them, you should really consider coming through again — they are seriously that good! New material, improved techniques and lots more — PLUS TONS of amazing stuff for the followers this year…details on that are coming soon.
It’s gonna be a good year! (Check out the “Classes & Dances” page for the details and the “Calendar” for the new schedule!)
LINDY HOP WORKSHOP THIS SATURDAY, NOV. 5th, WITH BEN WHITE & JENNA APPLEGARTH!!!
Come join Ben White (www.BenWhiteDance.com) and Jenna Applegarth (www.AppleLindy.com) for three hours of swing dancing bliss! You’ll learn brand new material and receive coaching on everything from connection to crafting good looking lines in your dancing!
Here’s a bit of what we’ll go over (Times are estimates):
Lookin’ Good!: 1:30-2:30
Style is the name of the game this hour. We’ll work on finding your personal ‘style’ in the dance as well as pick up some weet stylin’ moves!
Harder Better Faster Stronger: 2:30-3:30
Learn to dance fast, and do it efficiently so you can dance longer and still feel relaxed to your partner. You should know this stuff.
The Flash: 3:30-4:30
This is where we get to do those cool moves you remember from that one dancer you always wanted to be like. That’s right, it’ll be that awesome. Dips and tricks to get those oohs and ahhs!
3 Hours of instruction for only $25
No Partner Necessary!
See you on the dance floor!
THIS WEEK AT EASTSIDE STOMP: AERIALS WORKSHOP WITH MR. KERRY WARD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 15th! 1:30pm – 4:30pm! Only $25!
Kerry Ward is a longtime swing dancer and has trained some of the best lindy hoppers and champions in the world. Pairing years of Lindy aerial technique with acrobatic training, Kerry specializes in coaching students of all skills and abilities to get their moves bigger, higher, and safer than they ever dreamed! If you’ve never done aerials but have wanted to learn, DO THIS WORKSHOP. If you have done some aerials and know a few but want to do them even better, DO THIS WORKSHOP. Seriously, the guy is amazing.
***Partners are NOT required, but are recommended***
If you have a partner for the class, you will be able to go a little farther with the material. But if you don’t have one, don’t worry about it — You will still get SO much out of the workshop.
AERIALS WORKSHOP WITH KERRY WARD
Saturday, January 15th, 2010 — 1:30pm to 4:30pm
$25
Kirkland Dance Center
835 7th Ave. Kirkland, WA 98035
TONIGHT AT EASTSIDE STOMP: LIVE PERFORMANCE & A NEW SERIES OF CLASSES IN BALBOA AND LINDY HOP!!!
Come out and join us tonight (January 7th) at Eastside Stomp for an amazing night of entertainment, classes, music and dancing! We are thrilled to present Seattle’s own all-girl vintage dance performance team, SISTER KATE tonight!!! Also: we kick off another series of classes in Balboa Basics and Lindy Hop Basics so jump in NOW!!! As ever, it’s also our EPIC Friday Night Stomp dance from 8:15 until 1am with killer swing music and loads of friendly dancers, always ALL AGES and still just $5 for the evening dance!! (Lindy and Balboa classes are extra; check out the “Classes and Dances” page of this website for all the details) We’ll see YOU tonight!!!
COME SPEND NEW YEAR’S EVE AT EASTSIDE STOMP!
Come and swing in the New Year in high style with all your friends at Eastside Stomp! We’re keeping it relaxed and cool this year with the normal $5 cover and excellent DJ’ed music all night long! Still all ages, still with a great Absolute Beginners lesson at 8:15 with your cover charge!
We are asking everyone to dress it up a bit for the night to make it a little more special, and we’ll be providing sparking cider-y stuff for a midnight toast in our signature red plastic cups, so BE THERE!
Great music, great dancing, great friends… It’s the place to be.
LIVE MUSIC THIS FRIDAY NIGHT: THE SOLOMON DOUGLAS TRIO!
We are so proud and excited to announce that we have the SOLOMON DOUGLAS TRIO performing at Eastside Stomp on Friday, November 26th (the day after Thanksgiving)!
Solomon Douglas is a phenomenal pianist, bandleader AND swing dancer. His band (in all its configurations) is one of the most beloved and sought-after groups for swing dancing in the entire WORLD, and we’re lucky to have him living locally, and as a friend. If you’ve danced to his band before, you already know how AWESOME they are. If you haven’t yet, don’t miss this night…
We are always happy to have live swing music to dance to, and to finally get Solomon Douglas in the room is a particular joy for us, so please make your plans now to join us for what promises to be a downright SPECTACULAR evening of swing music and dancing. (Plus: dance off the Thanksgiving dinner…)
See you there…
NORMA MILLER AT EASTSIDE STOMP, VALENTINES DAY AFTERNOON!
NORMA MILLER, One of the last remaining members of Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers and a true pioneer of the dance,
is coming to Seattle! Join us on Sunday, February 14th (yes, Valentine’s Day…) for a spectacular afternoon with one of the most incredible personalities you’ll ever meet!
Eastside Stomp is proud to host Norma Miller for an afternoon of music, stories and fun! We start with a screening of the documentary of Norma’s life, “The Queen of Swing”, followed by a panel discussion with this incredible woman. After this, Norma will be autographing copies of her autobiography, “Swing, Baby, Swing”!
This whole experience is just $10, so set aside a little time this Valentine’s Day to spend with the sweetheart of Lindy Hop, Norma Miller!
Kirkland Dance Center, 835 7th Avenue, Kirkland WA 98035
Sunday, February 14th, Noon – 4 p.m.
HOP FOR HAITI FUNDRAISER THIS TUESDAY, JANUARY 26th
Help donate to the relief efforts in Haiti! Eastside Stomp is donating every single penny that comes through the door for their Tuesday Night Dance on January 26th to Doctors Without Borders!
If you’ve been concerned about the plight of the suffering in Haiti following the devastating earthquake there but haven’t gotten around to donating, or aren’t sure how do help out, this is an easy way to do it, PLUS it’s a night of great swing dancing!
Admission is just the usual $5 at the door (although you are certainly welcome to donate more!!!) and you can dance the night away til midnight, helping a worthy cause: Doctors Without Borders!
This fundraising event is part of a larger nationwide movement on the swing scene, conceived and coordinated by Rusty Frank in Los Angeles, with many other scenes pitching in over the next two weeks, including New York City, Phoenix, Orange County, Orlando and now SCOTLAND! It’s international!!!
Make sure to mark your calendar now and tell your friends. Swing out for a good cause!
WEEKLY DANCES ARE BLOWING UP!
Come and dance with us on Tuesday and Friday nights — The word is out in the greater Seattle area that this is the place to be for your swing fix on those nights and the place is just JUMPING! Tuesdays are a great night to come and work out your swing — a little less crowded but still loads of great dancers and fun music with a beautiful floating hardwood floor and mirrors all over the place! Fridays are the big night with TONS of dancers from all over coming in to swing the night away and having a BLAST! Make sure to come and join us — Always ALL AGES!
Tuesdays from 9pm – Midnight
Fridays from 8pm – Midnight
Free Absolute Beginners Lesson in the first half-hour, included in the $5 admission on Tuesdays, $7 on Fridays. No partner required!
Kirkland Dance Center
835 7th Ave.
Kirkland, WA 98035
DEAN COLLINS SHIM SHAM WORKSHOP THIS FRIDAY NIGHT! AND BEN VISITS!!!
This Friday night, we are offering the much-anticipated Dean Collins Shim Sham workshop, from 6pm – 8pm, for the bargain rate of just $15!!! That’s right, a complete routine in a two-hour intensive class! This classic choreography was created by legendary lindy hopper Dean Collins, based on the original Shim Sham, but with amazing additional movements and steps what will add LOADS of great style to your vocabulary and inspire you! Don’t miss out — it’s gonna be GREAT.
AND! Our dear friend and lead-extraordinaire, BEN WHITE, is returning for a visit from Spokane. Make sure to join us and dance his feet off, and book a private lesson or three while he’s in town! He’s AMAZING…
Dean Collins Shim Sham Workshop
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
$15 per person
Kirkland Dance Center
835 7th Ave.
Kirkland, WA 98035
COLLEGIATE SHAG WORKSHOP THIS FRIDAY, DEC. 11th!!!
Join us for an amazing TWO-HOUR intensive workshop in Collegiate Shag! One of the original and classic swing dances from the 30s and 40s, Shag is high-energy, super-fun, and will give you a whole new arsenal of moves and steps for your swing dancing! It’s popularly done to fast and energetic swing music, so wear your comfy shoes and supportive clothing (it’s a bit bouncy…) and prepare to have MORE FUN than you can imagine!!! Only $15 for the whole two hours! 6pm-8pm, Dec. 11th. Followed by our Friday Night Stomp dance ($5)
Kirkland Dance Center
835 7th Avenue
Kirkland, WA 98035