Hey all! Come and learn the Big Apple!

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Details:

WHEN AND WHERE?
February 18th, 8pm, Dwinelle Hall! We can't reserve a room because it's a holiday but we will find a place to teach it!

WHAT IS THE BIG APPLE ANYWAY?

The Big Apple is a circle dance choreographed by Frankie Manning. It was most famously performed in "Keep Punching".

WHY SHOULD I LEARN THIS?
1. Line dances in general are cool! You can show up in random venues around the entire world and run through the dance with everyone and do the same steps!

2. Frankie Manning himself did these moves all those years ago and you (probably) already know his version of the shim sham!

3. This dance has a lot of really fun jazz steps, which are good both for spicing up your solo charleston and for throwing on the social dance floor.

We were thinking of making this weekly too so we can learn some fun choreo, such as the Tranky Doo or Doin' the Jive.

COOL, BUT WHAT DOES THIS DANCE EVEN LOOK LIKE?

Here is the routine from "Keep Punching": <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfgKMfexdPQ</a>

Here is a modern version done to "The Big Apple Contest" by The Solomon Douglas Swingtet, which is the song that we'll be doing this to eventually.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmsYp583IYw" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmsYp583IYw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmsYp583IYw</a>

GREAT! I WANT TO GET A HEAD START LEARNING IT BECAUSE I AM AWESOME

Cool! I'll be teaching Patrick and Natasha's Big Apple routine with a few minor tweaks (mostly just switching the Suzie Qs to go out on the even beats).
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C444gS8IcIk" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C444gS8IcIk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C444gS8IcIk</a>

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Hello dancers!

It's that time of year when Berkeley students and swing dancers desert the campus in droves, and as a result Lindy on Sproul is taking a break until mid January of 2013. We'll send out emails and post Facebook announcements when it all starts up again. Until then, have a wonderful winter and happy holidays!

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Hi all! I just want to announce that this Friday October 5th we have another Lindy at Night, Fun For [F]all! The leaves are starting to fall, it's getting dark way too early, and the fog is most definitely rolling in - BUT THAT WON'T STOP OUR DANCING FEET! Come on out TO *Kroeber Plaza* (College and Bancroft intersection across the way from Cafe Strada) 8pm for an amazing beginner or intermediate lesson, and stay and dance until midnight!

This said, Lindy on Sproul is on for October 6th as always, with a lesson 11:45 - 12:30am. It'll probably be an intermediate level lesson this time, since it follows Lindy at Night. See you there!

Disclaimer: Please try to leave valuables at home, as things have been stolen in the past and as much as we try, we can't guarantee the safety of your belongings.

Hi everyone, it's another Lindy on Sproul tomorrow! Kevin and Radhika will be teaching our morning lesson, and Kevin will be DJing until 2:30pm.

If you have fun at our events, you should volunteer! We need people to play music, teach / help with the lesson at the start, and lug the speakers to and fro. It doesn't take a resume, just drop us a line at Facebook or talk to us in person!
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Lindy on Sproul
UC Berkeley Campus
Free every Saturday, rain or shine
Lesson 11:45-12:30
Dance 12:30-2:30