During the late 20's in Harlem, Lindy Hop was breaking out everywhere people were partying. At the same time, many large dance halls sprang up across the USA, hiring a similarly huge number of traveling big bands. However, the center of this creative magic was at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue and 140th Street, where the Savoy Lindy Hoppers, including the likes of "Shorty" George Snowden, and Frankie Manning would create the dance that we celebrate today.

On Oct 9, 2004 we invite you to join us and be a part of this one of a kind reunion of the Count's music with the dance, just like it was "back in the day". This extraordinary evening will perhaps be the greatest dancing celebration of the music and the dance for our generation.

Hellzapoppin'

This year's Hellzapoppin' Contest Winners are:

Min Vo & Corina Acosta (LA)

And the finalists are:

Owen Donnelley & Laura
Sakarias Larsson & Frida Segerdahl
Mattias Lundmark & Hanna Zetterman
Andy Reid & Nina Gilkenson
Andrew Sutton & Laura Keat

Note: The Hellzapoppin' World Championships was held on November 29, 2004 in Melbourne Australia. Please click here to find out more.

This year, the Hellzapoppin' US Nationals will take place on Oct 8-9th, 2004 with the finals held during the Basie Centennial Ball. In addition, the final six couples will battle to played by the Frank Foster Big Band.

Click HERE for contest details.

Sunday Lindy Workshops

Note: Enter from campus side of the building through the main student entrance. If you are not a Columbia Student you will need to check in at the box office and pick up a ticket before you are allowed entry to the building. The ticket is free. If you are going to be taking the workshops you will need to pay once you arrive at the auditorium.

Instructors

The Harlem Hotshots from Sweden
The Hotshots is one of the most exciting swing era dance troupes performing today. Hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, the group has toured the world teaching and performing American dance numbers and styles that were prevalent in the 1920’s, 1930’s and 1940’s. The group has toured Europe, The United States, and the United Kingdom. Every summer members of the group host the Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden where dance enthusiasts come to learn Tap, Lindy Hop, Balboa, and other styles of dance.

Peter Loggins
Peter Loggins has performed, tought, competed and judged at Lindy Hop events all over the world; he has also appeared as a dancer in several major motion pictures. Peter has an intense passion for the history of American Jazz dance and has compiled one of the largest collections of early dance film clips on the West Coast . Peter recently taught with Sugar Sullivan at the Herrang Dance Camp in Sweden.

Class Descriptions

Social Moves
You started last year or last millennium, you’ve got a solid understanding of the basics, and you love to social dance. No matter how long you’ve been dancing, these classes will bring you something new that you can add to your social dance repertoire. Challenge you’re approach to the music and how you move to it.

Dips & Tricks
Be prepared for holds, stops, dips, drops and intricate variations. You will learn moves that you can use in jam circles and tricks that will be sure to entertain your partner as well as those who are watching.

Fast Lindy
Have you ever wished you could get out on the floor as the tempos got faster and faster and fly with the best of them? Here is you chance to learn technique, styling and movement that is appropriate for faster tempos. You will learn from some of the best fast dancers in the world. A partner is encouraged for this class but not required.

Charleston
This is an opportunity to learn Charleston movement, technique and styling. Get ready to be pushed and pushed hard by two of the most energetic and dynamic dancers out there today.

Class Schedule Sunday, October 10
11:30 a.m.	Registration
11: 45 a.m.	Warm up
12:00 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.	Lindy Hop Basics	(Sugar Sullivan)
	Fast Lindy	(Sakarias and Frida)
1:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Snowden and the Roots of Competition in Lindy
2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.	Social Moves	(Daniel and Asa)
	Master Class	SOLD OUT!
3:30 p.m. – 4::20 p.m.	Dips and Tricks	(Mattias and Hanna)
	Charleston	(Sakarias and Frida)

Panel Discussion

Roone Arledge Auditorium
Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University
2920 Broadway, New York, NY

Note: Enter from campus side of the building through the main student entrance. If you are not a Columbia Student you will need to check in at the box office and pick up a ticket before you are allowed entry to the building. The ticket is free. If you are going to be taking the workshops you will need to pay once you arrive at the auditorium.

In the year of his 100th birthday, we will take a look at “Shorty” George Snowden as a major contributor to the Lindy Hop and as a ferocious competitor. Using Snowden as a starting point, panelists will talk about the history of competition in Lindy Hop from the weekly contests at the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem to the annual Harvest Moon Ball competition and beyond.

Panelists

Norma Miller
(Whitey’s Lindy Hopper, Legendary Dancer)
George Sullivan
(Harvest Moon Ball Champion ’55, Trained 10 HMB Champions)
Sugar Sullivan
(Harvest Moon Ball Champion ’55, Performer, in “Spirit Moves”)
Delilah Jackson
(Jazz Dance Historian, Harlem, New York)
Peter Loggins
(Jazz Dance Historian, Los Angeles)

Moderator
Terry Monaghan
(Jazz Dance Historian, England)

The Panel Discussion if Free

This event is produced by Yehoodi.com, Jelly Roll Productions and CU Swing with the support of the William J. Basie Trust.
Photo of Basie © 1979 William P. Gottlieb from the Music Division of the Library of Congress