Dear friends, I'm going to be in Dublin, Ireland in May. My wife and I are looking for hosting on the nights of May 8th and 9th. We have done a lot of lindy travel, as well as hosted a lot of people in various places we've lived… we're looking for someone who might be generous enough to…
3 huge days of competitions, workshops and parties in the beautiful Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel just minutes from London Heathrow Airport. 13 contest divisions in Lindy Hop, Balboa, Jazz Roots and Blues with big cash prizes. Workshops with top international instructors including Dax &…
Happy Birthday, Ma Rainey (Gertrude Pridget) 1886-1939)..."Born in a trunk" to parents who worked the minstrel shows in the south, Rainey made her stage debut at age 12 in a talent contest and began to perform in traveling tent shows soon after that. As the shows toured the south, Rainey got…
Happy Birthday, Ella Fitzgerald 1917-1996..."First Lady of Song", "Queen of Swing","Lady Ella" is considered by many as the finest female jazz singer of all time. Her three octave, warm and inviting voice always projected how happy she was to be singing (sometimes to the detriment of more…
Ella Fitzgerald gets the Google Doodle treatment for her birthday, April 25! Check it out today on Google.com. Happy birthday, to the First Lady of Jazz! Thanks for the heads up, Miss Tessa!
We are excited to report the news that the Century Ballroom has apparently raised the $92,000 that they needed to pay off the massive "Opportunity to Dance" tax that they were assessed retroactively by the state of Washington. Here's the Facebook status update of the Century Ballroom in it's…
Going into its 7th year, Steel City Blues Festival features 3 tracks of workshops taught by nationally-renowned instructors, social dancing until 5am, live music, competitions, a blues clinic, and more.
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