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<h3>In this issue</h3>
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<li><a href="#HSDS Happenings">HSDS Happenings</a><a href="#Welcome"> </a></li>
<li><a href="#Dan and Tiff">Dan and Tiff Workshop</a><a href="#Welcome"> </a></li>
<li><a href="#lindyfest">Lindyfest is coming!</a></li>
<li><a href="#Upcoming dances">Upcoming Dances</a></li>
<li><a href="#Board meeting">Board Meeting and Elections</a></li>
<li><a href="#Music Corner">Music Corner</a></li>
<li><a href="#Dance resources">Dance Resources</a></li>
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<h3><a name="lindyfest"></a>Lindyfest is coming March 13-16th, 2008 </h3>
<div align="justify"><a href="http://lindyfest.hsds.org/">Lindyfest</a> is an amazing lindy hop weekend workshop jammed packed with classes for all dance levels, soul sessions with living legends, hot performances and four endless nights of dancing. Lindyfest brings in hundreds of dancers from all across the globe to learn lindy hop from the masters and experience the excitement of Lindy Hop, all here in Houston. <strong>So don't forget to save the date, March 13-16th! </strong>Check back next month for our official instructor announcement and website release.</div>
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<div goog_ds_charindex="4123" align="left"><a title="Second Cup Swing" goog_ds_charindex="4124" href="http://secondcupswing.com/">Second Cup Swing</a> hosts their monthly dance at <span goog_ds_charindex="4172">Taft Street Coffee </span><a title="Google Map Taft Street Coffee" target="_blank" goog_ds_charindex="4193" href="http://www.google.com/maps?q=2115+Taft+St,+Houston,+TX+77006,+USA&ie=UTF8&z=17&iwloc=addr&om=1">(2115 Taft)</a><span goog_ds_charindex="4206"> Saturday, August 18<sup>th</sup>, </span><span goog_ds_charindex="4231">8:30pm</span><span goog_ds_charindex="4239"> till Midnight. <strong>Only $3!</strong> </span></div>
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<h3 align="justify" goog_ds_charindex="4507">Music Corner</h3>
<div goog_ds_charindex="4123" align="justify">This month we bring you our top ten female singers that swing. Swing it sisters!<br />
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<div goog_ds_charindex="4123" align="left">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NA6MTK?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000NA6MTK">Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing - Lullabies of Birdland</a><br />
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2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006IQOR?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00006IQOR">Dinah Washington - Evil Gal Blues - Definitive Dinah Washington</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007LV78?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00007LV78">Barbara Morrison - Never Make Your Move Too Soon / Smack Dab in the Middle - Barbara Morrison Live at the 9:20 Special</a><br />
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4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000046PQ?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000046PQ">Nina Simone - Love Me or Leave Me - Verve Jazz Masters 17</a><br />
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5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JBDX?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00000JBDX">Anita O'Day - Massuchusetts - Let Me Off Uptown: The Best of Anita O'Day</a><br />
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6. <a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=houswidansoc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000FKO5MY&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr">Maxine Sulllivan - Christopher Columbus - My Memories of You</a> (The whole album is great!)<br />
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7. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003N3V?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000003N3V">Carmen McRae - You Took Advantage of Me - Carmen McRae Sings Great American Songwriters</a><br />
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8. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000006FA?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000006FA">Ernestine Anderson - Going to Chicago - When the Sun Goes Down</a><br />
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9. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000009PO2?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000009PO2">Eva Cassidy - Honey Suckle Rose - Live at Blues Alley</a><br />
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10. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003N89?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000003N89">Diana Krall - Hit that Jive Jack - All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio </a><br />
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<span goog_ds_charindex="6118">A portion of sales through these Amazon links will be donated to HSDS.</span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"> </span></span> <span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">
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<h3>More Dance Info</h3>
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<p goog_ds_charindex="4507">Look for HSDS and other great Houston arts organizations and events on <a href="http://artshound.com/">artshound.com</a>. </p>
<p goog_ds_charindex="4507">Join <a title="PotatoChips" target="_blank" goog_ds_charindex="4570" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PotatoChips/">PotatoChips</a> to post and receive periodic email announcements about swing dance events. </p>
<p align="justify">Go to <a title="HoustonSwingOut" target="_blank" goog_ds_charindex="4668" href="http://houstonswingout.org/"><font color="#551a8b">Houston Swing Out</font></a> to join discussions regarding dances, etiquette, overcoming shyness, or getting a group of friends together for movie night. It's all there.</p>
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<h2><a name="HSDS Happenings"></a></h2>
<h2><a href="http://hsds.org/">HSDS Happenings</a></h2>
<p align="justify"><strong>New lessons begin Sunday, August 5th!</strong></p>
<p align="justify">All HSDS classes are Sundays at <a href="http://www.melodyclub.net/">The Melody Club</a>, unless otherwise posted. <a href="http://www.hsds.org/base.php?page=classes">Click here</a> to view our weekly class schedule. We offer lessons for beginner to advanced dancers. No partner necessary! Our weekly Sunday dance is 8:30-10:30pm following the lessons.</p>
<h3>Trankey Doo is the August Elective! <br />
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<p align="justify">Shorty George, Boogie Back, Fall off the Log, the Mess Around and Suzie Q’s are all great jazz steps from the 40’s. When put together with the right music and just a few more jazzy steps, they make up a dance named the Tranky Doo. <br />
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<p align="justify">There are two main theories about the origin of the Tranky Doo. The first is that it was a popular line dance in Harlem back in the 40s, choreographed by Pepsi Bethel. The dance would appear in the Savoy Ballroom and was danced to a timeless song we all know and love, Tuxedo Junction. <br />
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The second theory is that a Vaudeville actress named Trankey Doo use to end her shows with a special crazy dance move and then much later some swing dancers collected these moves from movie snippets and put them together to create this line dance.</p>
<p align="justify">You can find this popular dance performed by hundreds of dancers at the same time at a Lindy Hop event. Electives are offered Sundays 5:30-6:30pm in the back room. The video below is the Trankey Doo performed by Al Minns in the movie, <em>Spirit Moves. </em><br />
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<p><a class="abp-objtab visible ontop" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" style="LEFT: 350px! important; TOP: 0px! important" href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6293316084787020850&hl=en"></a><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="WIDTH: 350px; HEIGHT: 285px" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6293316084787020850&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars=""></embed> <br />
<a href="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=6293316084787020850&hl=en">Spirit Moves Video Clip</a><br />
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The <strong>September elective</strong> is the <strong>Dean Collins Shim Sham</strong>, a variation on another popular Jazz line dance. Sundays 5:30-6:30pm in the back room. Watch out for next month's video featuring two HSDS alums. </p>
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<h2 align="left"><a href="http://hsds.org/base.php?page=home&section=event">Dan Newsome and Tiffiny Wine Workshop</a></h2>
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<div align="justify"><img alt="" align="left" src="http://www.hsds.org/newsletters/July_2007/img/dan_and_tiff.jpg" />HSDS will be hosting another fantastic pair of Lindy Hoppers in our Workshop Series. When it comes to high energy performance, acclaimed Denver dancers <strong>Dan Newsome and Tiffiny Wine</strong> have repeatedly taken lindy hop to a higher level. <br />
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They are the coaches, choreographers, founders, and dancers in 23 Skidoo!, champions in this years NJC team division. Dancing for 8 years, they’ve placed in and won numerous national competitions including a 1st place at the prestigious 2005 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, and 1st place at Midwest Lindy Fest. Over the last nine years, they have attended over one hundred camps, workshop weekends and events both in Denver and across the country, in swing dance, as as well as other forms of dance. <br />
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Dan and Tiff have become synonymous with exciting airsteps, lightning fast dancing, and a flair for pleasing the crowd. They have been a major force in developing the Denver lindy hop scene into a nationally recognized group of competitors, performance teams, and social dancers, providing regular instruction as well as inspiration to local dancers. They pride themselves on keeping a personal relationship with their students, providing clear communication, offering one-on-one help, and constantly improving their teaching methods and ideas.<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8xj-hmvKVY" width="350" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8xj-hmvKVY">Dan and Tiff Video Clip</a><br />
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<strong>Saturday, September 15th</strong> <br />
JCC Auditorium 1:30-5:30pm<br />
<strong><a href="http://hsds.org/base.php?page=home&section=event">Registration is now open!</a> <br />
</strong>$30 members/$35 non-members<br />
Dance at <a title="Second Cup Swing" goog_ds_charindex="3652" href="http://secondcupswing.com/">Second Cup Swing</a> (included with workshop ticket)<br />
This workshop is recommended for all level of dancers who have taken at least one month of Lindy 1a.</div>
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<p><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">HSDS Board meetings are open to all HSDS members. These meetings are where we plan future HSDS events, review our classes and music selection and more. Our next meeting will be August 6th, 7-9pm. Please </span><a href="http://www.hsds.org/base.php?page=contact">contact HSDS</a><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"> for the location of the meeting. </span></p>
<p><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"> Do you ever wish you could create a new dance venue for Lindy Hop? </span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">Are you interested in giving back to your community? </span></span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">Would you like to have a voice in which instructors come to Lindyfest? HSDS is looking for our next generation of board members. We meet monthly to discuss music, membership, dancing, and workshops. We are a supportive environment who will help you develop your fresh ideas for the club. Our elections will take place this Fall. <a href="http://www.hsds.org/base.php?page=contact">Contact HSDS</a> for more information.</span></p>
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<p goog_ds_charindex="4846">Movie night was a great success! For those of you interested here is a list of some of the lindy hop clips we showed. We had a lot of fun, and we hope to do it again soon!</p>
<p goog_ds_charindex="4846"><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=cbaNYWkQYYA">Groovie Movie</a><br />
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hruwaXe8Frc">Hellzapoppin'<br />
Keep Punchin' (The Big Apple)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHPOkhqutEE">ULHS 2006 Fast Finals</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtUriVGA2B0">Todd Yannacone and Naomi Uyama ULHS 2006</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rlvBQ7nUE">Skye Humphries and Frida Segerdahl ULHS 2006</a></p>
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<span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6701"><span goog_ds_charindex="6702">Houston Swing Dance Society is a 501</span><span goog_ds_charindex="6717"><span goog_ds_charindex="6718">(c)</span></span><span goog_ds_charindex="6724">3 non-profit association.</span></span><br goog_ds_charindex="6759" />
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Houston Swing Dance Society is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through <a href="http://www.cachh.org/home.html">The Houston Arts Alliance.</a></span></p>
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<h3>In this issue</h3>
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<li><a href="#HSDS Happenings">HSDS Happenings</a><a href="#Welcome"> </a></li>
<li><a href="#Dan and Tiff">Dan and Tiff Workshop</a><a href="#Welcome"> </a></li>
<li><a href="#lindyfest">Lindyfest is coming!</a></li>
<li><a href="#Upcoming dances">Upcoming Dances</a></li>
<li><a href="#Board meeting">Board Meeting and Elections</a></li>
<li><a href="#Music Corner">Music Corner</a></li>
<li><a href="#Dance resources">Dance Resources</a></li>
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<h3><a name="lindyfest"></a>Lindyfest is coming March 13-16th, 2008 </h3>
<div align="justify"><a href="http://lindyfest.hsds.org/">Lindyfest</a> is an amazing lindy hop weekend workshop jammed packed with classes for all dance levels, soul sessions with living legends, hot performances and four endless nights of dancing. Lindyfest brings in hundreds of dancers from all across the globe to learn lindy hop from the masters and experience the excitement of Lindy Hop, all here in Houston. <strong>So don't forget to save the date, March 13-16th! </strong>Check back next month for our official instructor announcement and website release.</div>
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<h3 align="justify" goog_ds_charindex="4507">Music Corner</h3>
<div goog_ds_charindex="4123" align="justify">This month we bring you our top ten female singers that swing. Swing it sisters!<br />
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<div goog_ds_charindex="4123" align="left">1. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NA6MTK?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000NA6MTK">Ella Fitzgerald - Smooth Sailing - Lullabies of Birdland</a><br />
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2. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006IQOR?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00006IQOR">Dinah Washington - Evil Gal Blues - Definitive Dinah Washington</a><br />
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3. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007LV78?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00007LV78">Barbara Morrison - Never Make Your Move Too Soon / Smack Dab in the Middle - Barbara Morrison Live at the 9:20 Special</a><br />
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4. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000046PQ?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000046PQ">Nina Simone - Love Me or Leave Me - Verve Jazz Masters 17</a><br />
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5. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JBDX?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00000JBDX">Anita O'Day - Massuchusetts - Let Me Off Uptown: The Best of Anita O'Day</a><br />
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6. <a href="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=houswidansoc-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B000FKO5MY&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr">Maxine Sulllivan - Christopher Columbus - My Memories of You</a> (The whole album is great!)<br />
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7. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003N3V?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000003N3V">Carmen McRae - You Took Advantage of Me - Carmen McRae Sings Great American Songwriters</a><br />
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8. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000006FA?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000006FA">Ernestine Anderson - Going to Chicago - When the Sun Goes Down</a><br />
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9. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000009PO2?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000009PO2">Eva Cassidy - Honey Suckle Rose - Live at Blues Alley</a><br />
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10. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003N89?ie=UTF8&tag=houswidansoc-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000003N89">Diana Krall - Hit that Jive Jack - All for You: A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio </a><br />
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<span goog_ds_charindex="6118">A portion of sales through these Amazon links will be donated to HSDS.</span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"> </span></span> <span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">
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<h3>More Dance Info</h3>
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<p goog_ds_charindex="4507">Look for HSDS and other great Houston arts organizations and events on <a href="http://artshound.com/">artshound.com</a>. </p>
<p goog_ds_charindex="4507">Join <a title="PotatoChips" target="_blank" goog_ds_charindex="4570" href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PotatoChips/">PotatoChips</a> to post and receive periodic email announcements about swing dance events. </p>
<p align="justify">Go to <a title="HoustonSwingOut" target="_blank" goog_ds_charindex="4668" href="http://houstonswingout.org/"><font color="#551a8b">Houston Swing Out</font></a> to join discussions regarding dances, etiquette, overcoming shyness, or getting a group of friends together for movie night. It's all there.</p>
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</span></span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><a href="http://lostland.info/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/hsds">Click here</a> to subscribe to the HSDS newsletter.<br />
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<h2><a href="http://hsds.org/">HSDS Happenings</a></h2>
<p align="justify"><strong>New lessons begin Sunday, August 5th!</strong></p>
<p align="justify">All HSDS classes are Sundays at <a href="http://www.melodyclub.net/">The Melody Club</a>, unless otherwise posted. <a href="http://www.hsds.org/base.php?page=classes">Click here</a> to view our weekly class schedule. We offer lessons for beginner to advanced dancers. No partner necessary! Our weekly Sunday dance is 8:30-10:30pm following the lessons.</p>
<h3>Trankey Doo is the August Elective! <br />
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<p align="justify">Shorty George, Boogie Back, Fall off the Log, the Mess Around and Suzie Q’s are all great jazz steps from the 40’s. When put together with the right music and just a few more jazzy steps, they make up a dance named the Tranky Doo. <br />
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<p align="justify">There are two main theories about the origin of the Tranky Doo. The first is that it was a popular line dance in Harlem back in the 40s, choreographed by Pepsi Bethel. The dance would appear in the Savoy Ballroom and was danced to a timeless song we all know and love, Tuxedo Junction. <br />
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The second theory is that a Vaudeville actress named Trankey Doo use to end her shows with a special crazy dance move and then much later some swing dancers collected these moves from movie snippets and put them together to create this line dance.</p>
<p align="justify">You can find this popular dance performed by hundreds of dancers at the same time at a Lindy Hop event. Electives are offered Sundays 5:30-6:30pm in the back room. The video below is the Trankey Doo performed by Al Minns in the movie, <em>Spirit Moves. </em><br />
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The <strong>September elective</strong> is the <strong>Dean Collins Shim Sham</strong>, a variation on another popular Jazz line dance. Sundays 5:30-6:30pm in the back room. Watch out for next month's video featuring two HSDS alums. </p>
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<h2 align="left"><a href="http://hsds.org/base.php?page=home&section=event">Dan Newsome and Tiffiny Wine Workshop</a></h2>
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<div align="justify"><img alt="" align="left" src="http://www.hsds.org/newsletters/July_2007/img/dan_and_tiff.jpg" />HSDS will be hosting another fantastic pair of Lindy Hoppers in our Workshop Series. When it comes to high energy performance, acclaimed Denver dancers <strong>Dan Newsome and Tiffiny Wine</strong> have repeatedly taken lindy hop to a higher level. <br />
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They are the coaches, choreographers, founders, and dancers in 23 Skidoo!, champions in this years NJC team division. Dancing for 8 years, they’ve placed in and won numerous national competitions including a 1st place at the prestigious 2005 Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown, and 1st place at Midwest Lindy Fest. Over the last nine years, they have attended over one hundred camps, workshop weekends and events both in Denver and across the country, in swing dance, as as well as other forms of dance. <br />
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Dan and Tiff have become synonymous with exciting airsteps, lightning fast dancing, and a flair for pleasing the crowd. They have been a major force in developing the Denver lindy hop scene into a nationally recognized group of competitors, performance teams, and social dancers, providing regular instruction as well as inspiration to local dancers. They pride themselves on keeping a personal relationship with their students, providing clear communication, offering one-on-one help, and constantly improving their teaching methods and ideas.<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L8xj-hmvKVY" width="350" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent"></embed><br />
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<strong>Saturday, September 15th</strong> <br />
JCC Auditorium 1:30-5:30pm<br />
<strong><a href="http://hsds.org/base.php?page=home&section=event">Registration is now open!</a> <br />
</strong>$30 members/$35 non-members<br />
Dance at <a title="Second Cup Swing" goog_ds_charindex="3652" href="http://secondcupswing.com/">Second Cup Swing</a> (included with workshop ticket)<br />
This workshop is recommended for all level of dancers who have taken at least one month of Lindy 1a.</div>
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</strong><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">Board Meeting and Elections</span></h3>
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<p><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">HSDS Board meetings are open to all HSDS members. These meetings are where we plan future HSDS events, review our classes and music selection and more. Our next meeting will be August 6th, 7-9pm. Please </span><a href="http://www.hsds.org/base.php?page=contact">contact HSDS</a><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"> for the location of the meeting. </span></p>
<p><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"> Do you ever wish you could create a new dance venue for Lindy Hop? </span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">Are you interested in giving back to your community? </span></span><span goog_ds_charindex="6118">Would you like to have a voice in which instructors come to Lindyfest? HSDS is looking for our next generation of board members. We meet monthly to discuss music, membership, dancing, and workshops. We are a supportive environment who will help you develop your fresh ideas for the club. Our elections will take place this Fall. <a href="http://www.hsds.org/base.php?page=contact">Contact HSDS</a> for more information.</span></p>
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<p goog_ds_charindex="4846">Movie night was a great success! For those of you interested here is a list of some of the lindy hop clips we showed. We had a lot of fun, and we hope to do it again soon!</p>
<p goog_ds_charindex="4846"><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=cbaNYWkQYYA">Groovie Movie</a><br />
<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hruwaXe8Frc">Hellzapoppin'<br />
Keep Punchin' (The Big Apple)</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHPOkhqutEE">ULHS 2006 Fast Finals</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtUriVGA2B0">Todd Yannacone and Naomi Uyama ULHS 2006</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rlvBQ7nUE">Skye Humphries and Frida Segerdahl ULHS 2006</a></p>
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<span goog_ds_charindex="6118"><span goog_ds_charindex="6701"><span goog_ds_charindex="6702">Houston Swing Dance Society is a 501</span><span goog_ds_charindex="6717"><span goog_ds_charindex="6718">(c)</span></span><span goog_ds_charindex="6724">3 non-profit association.</span></span><br goog_ds_charindex="6759" />
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Houston Swing Dance Society is funded in part by grants from the City of Houston through <a href="http://www.cachh.org/home.html">The Houston Arts Alliance.</a></span></p>
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