Announcing the First SwingBuffalo.com Anniversary Celebration...



SwingBuffalo.com's 1 Year Anniversary Dance

Friday December 5th, 2008
8-11

$8 General Admission
$5 Students & Seniors

VFW Post 416
18 Spring St.
Amherst, NY

Beginners More Than Welcome!
No partner necessary.
Beginner Lindy Hop Lesson 8-9

SwingBuffalo.com officially went online December 5th, 2007. This December, Friday December 5th marks the 1 year anniversary of bringing Buffalo swing dances, classes, performances, and organized trips. Come celebrate this momentous occasion with lots of fun, food, dancing, music, instruction, and hilarity!

This has been a terrific year. When before, there was no lindy hop scene to speak of in Buffalo, there's now a vibrant and talented scene. We are known in the region from Toronto, to Pittsburgh, to Albany and beyond. Visitors from all over stop at our weekly dances and instruction, DJ'ing, performances, and demoes provided by SwingBuffalo have been requested numerous times by other organizations in and outside of Buffalo.

I quickly looked through our calendar and made a rough tally of the events created and/or sponsored by SwingBuffalo as of December 5th, 2008. They include:

159 Classes in Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Shim Sham, Musicality, & Balboa
63 Weekly dances
4 Large Dances (including this anniversary dance)
2 Contests
9 Performances

Not only that, but SwingBuffalo.com's efforts (and dancers) have been noted in print, on the radio, on the web, in magazines, and on TV. These include, but are not limited to, WGR55, WBLS, Buffalo Spree, Buffalo Rising, The Buffalo News, and News Channel 4. We've had 3 articles alone in Buffalo Rising.

As the founder of SwingBuffalo.com, I'm extremely gratified to see so many young people get excited about traditional street forms of swing dancing such as Lindy Hop and Balboa. And to see them not be able to stay still when big band music comes through the speakers inspires and energizes me. And when members of the swing dance troupe created by SwingBuffalo.com (Queen City Swing) started traveling to national events, I knew I'd succeeded in giving them the bug. The friends we've made and the terrific times we've had demand a celebration! So let's all get together December 5th to celebrate 1 year of bringing Lindy Hop, Charleston, & Balboa to Western New York!

Come learn Lindy Hop from the best! This month's dance has been expanded to include a special Lindy Hop Workshop taught by the Waterloo Swing Crew performance troupe out of Waterloo, ON! Do not miss this chance to have top-notch swing dancing instruction.

Saturday August 30th
Workshop: 2pm-5pm @ Kenmore Baptist Church
Pot-luck: 5:30pm-7:30pm @ a GRG Garden (TBD)
Dance: 8pm-11pm @ Unitarian Universalist Church
Price: Workshop: $8 ($5 students), Dance: $8 ($5 students)
Details:

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SwingBuffalo.com has formed a Lindy Hop Dance Troupe. Our first official performance will be at UB on the Green, a summer Performance Series on the Hayes Hall front lawn on UB's South Campus. Come watch us perform and take a free jitterbug lesson as well as listen to history of various forms of swing dance and watch demonstrations of Lindy Hop, Balboa, and Chaleston. We will have a tent at UB on the Green from 6-8 Tuesday July 22nd. Here are the details:


UB on the Green, Queen City Swing Performance
(plus demoes, history, and lessons in various forms of swing dancing)
Tuesday July 22nd, 6-8pm
Free
Hayes Hall front lawn, UB South Campus, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY
SwingBuffalo@gmail.com

Buffalo Hop - round 2

This month, we've arranged a special guest DJ "Beth Midavaine" of Groove Juice Swing in Rochester.

Monthly Summer Dance Series
Jitterbug, Lindy Hop, Charleston, & Balboa
Saturday July 26th, 8-11pm (beginner lesson 8-9)
$5 Students / $8 Non-Students
Unitarian Universalist Church, Elmwood & West Ferry, Buffalo, NY
Beginners More Than Welcome! No partner necessary.
SwingBuffalo@gmail.com

This is the first big dance I've organized in Buffalo. The weekly dances (Lindy Fix) have been going very well and now that it's the summer and the students aren't holding any dances at UB, it's time for a big summer dance. The first one will feature a performance by SwingBuffalo's own swing troupe: Buffalo Bounce performing a routine choreographed by new lindy hop instructor transplant from San Francisco: Venus Butler. The second one will feature a guest DJ from Groove Juice Swing in Rochester, Beth Midavaine! Come check it out! Here are the details:

Buffalo Hop
Summer Dance Series: Lindy Hop, Balboa, Charleston, & Jitterbug
Unitarian Universalist Church @ Elmwood & West Ferry
June 28th, July 26th, & August 30th
8-11pm (with a lesson from 8-9)
Students $5 / Non-Students $8
Details: swingbuffalo.com/buffalohop.html


Keep swingin',
Rob


PS - Shim Sham Jam was a huge success!