Dear Swing Dancers,
Just wanted to send out a thank you to everyone who showed up to Uptown Swing’s Dance Day at the Tea Garden event this Saturday – it was an amazing time at both the afternoon and night sessions. Robert Bell & the Twin Cities Hot Club lit the place up during the day and we seriously worked it out to some soul jams all night. Here’s some evidence:
The lessons went great, we even got some new folks to give it a try and that was possible in large part due to the willingness of all of you who showed upto help out in the lessons, and to meet and dance with someone new to the scene. I am humbled by how willing everyone was to help and make things run smooth and easy – I can’t tell you how many times people asked if they could do something for us. I think we are getting a good momentum going here in the Twin Cities and if it keeps going like this, our little scene is gonna really become something special soon enough. I want to particularly thank Stacia for doing a ton of coordinating while I was gone in Herrang and Chas who helped out a ton (as always) on the day of the event to make things just right. And thanks to Becca and John for hauling ass all over town to get me the sound system, it made a big difference. And of course I have to thank Derek and the Tea Garden staff and management. Having an event was his idea and I really appreciate the open mind he had to all of our ideas, we got to do everything we wanted and it paid off beautifully. We broke the all-time drink sales record for the Tea Garden folks, and from what I heard, you guys weren’t cheap tippers either, which is a good showing by our peoples. So once again thanks for coming, for spreading the word, and for bringing the energy and attitude that made the event such a blast. If you enjoyed it, let the folks and the TG know. Here’s hoping we can do more with them in the future. For now I’m gonna sign out and get my first non-plane-seat sleep since Friday morning in Sweden. It’s hard to tell with all the excitement, but I think I’m totally exhausted. Hopefully I’ll see a lot of you guys on Tuesday when we start our new session at Uptown Swing and if not, maybe I’ll see you the next time we make some magic happen up around ol’ TG way.
with gratitude,
-P
What was the name of the line dance you taught whe we were dancing to soul music at the end of the night?
It’s called the Philly Bop. I haven’t seen it on YouTube or anything. That’s also the name of a partner dance in Philly. -P
that was so much fun glad we satyed for the free lesson!