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Friday, Apr 20, 2007 • TGIF @ BROOKHAVEN • BNL
TGIF @ BROOKHAVEN: April 20th, 2007:
This coming Friday, April 20th, Rudy will give lessons in “Lindy Hop” from 7:10 to 9:30 pm, with a short food break at about 8 pm.
After the lessons, general social dancing follows up to 11:30 pm; Digital DJ dance mix - Ballroom, Latin, Swing, etc…
7:10 - 8:00: Dance Lessons, “Lindy Hop, Part 1”,
8:00 - 8:20: Dinner Break (Cold hero buffet, coffee, etc.) (heros include one vegetarian),
8:20 - 9:30: Dance Lessons, “Lindy Hop, Part 2”,
9:30 - 11:30 pm: Open dancing with digital-DJ general dance mix
General Admission:
$15 per person! Covers everything!! Includes dance lessons, cold food buffet, and social dancing, etc. ($8 after 9:30 pm - just for the dance social).
BNL Social & Cultural Club (BNL)
The BNL Social & Cultural Club holds weekly dance socials (TGIFs) and workshops at the North Ballroom, Brookhaven Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory every Friday evening from 7 to 11:30 pm.
Unless otherwise noted, workshops and lessons are from 7:10 pm to 9:30 pm with a food break in-between, followed by open social dancing up to 11:30 pm at the Brookhaven Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York.
Cost per person: $15(members)/$20(non-members), or $8/$12 for social dancing only without the lessons; members rate applies also to all Bera members with BNL ID, SDLI members with ID, students with school ID, and all subscribers of the Social-L list and the Yahoo DanceLovers group. (Special events have different rates).
Dance socials are open to the general public, but require a photo-id at the BNL front gate.
Their most current schedule is: BNL Social & Cultural Club Calendar
They also maintain a mailing list. To join: BNL Social-L email list
Contacts (Click below to send e-mail):
Rudy Alforque, 631-344-4733, or , or
Jack Guthy, 631- 929-8287, or
Brookhaven National Lab
Brookhaven National LabGo to LIE Exit 68 north on William Floyd Parkway;
(There are signs to: Brookhaven National Laboratory) About 1 1/2 miles away, turn right (before the second light), to BNL’s gate. Present a picture ID (driver’s license is ok) to the guard. From the Guard Booth, go straight, turn left at the first light; A few hundred feet away, on your left, is the Brookhaven Center. For more details on directions, visit: http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/maps.html
Friday, Apr 20, 2007 • Ithaca Lindy Reunion • Not a SDLI Event
Ithaca Lindy Reunion
The former capital of Lindy Hop welcomes you back for a weekend of Lindy Hop workshops with Peter Strom and Ramona Staffeld! As well as the array of beginning to advanced Lindy Hop workshops, there’s a blues workshop and an advanced critique class limited to 20 dancers.
We have the amazing fortune to have the Boilermaker Jazz Band from Pittsburgh for our Friday dance. They are beloved by Lindy Hop and Balboa enthusiasts all over the country and play at top events everywhere.
On Saturday evening, experience one of Ithaca’s favorite bands, Djug Django. They are known for their tight rhythm and choppin’ guitars that will make you want to move!
Late night DJ blues dance parties will be held at historic Ithaca homes with DJs Mike Thibault and Dhruv Bhargava.
Ithaca’s beautiful scenery will be featured in a Saturday afternoon group hike to Taughannock Falls. Find out for yourself why we all sport “Ithaca is Gorges” T-shirts.
Early registration discount is available if your check is received by April 10th. Check must be received by April 1st if you would like a Reunion T-shirt.
Billeting is available with charming Ithaca hosts.
Presented by the Cornell Swing Dance Club and Ithaca Swing Dance Network.
Event Website: http://www.ithacalindyreunion.com.
This is not a Swing Dance Long Island Event (Not a SDLI Event)
The listed event is NOT sponsored by Swing Dance Long Island, Inc. This event was thought to be of interest to our SDLI’s members. Before traveling, always verify the event information directly with the organizer’s website, since things change and events do get canceled.