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APR 24 - New Teaching Block and Spring Social Dance

🌼 SPRING TIME DANCE TIME 🌼 Hi everyone! I’m very happy to confirm our new class dates for April 2024 plus our next social dance and fuddle to celebrate Spring and our 14th Birthday. All will be held at our usual venue: St Christopher’s Church Hall, Trent Road, Sneinton, Nottingham. ———— 🌻 Lindy Hop Classes – levels 1 & 2 🗓️ Sundays 7, 14, & 21 April ⏰ 5pm – Level 1 class | 6pm – all levels…

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MAR 24 - Lindy Hop and Jazz & Charleston Class Dates

Our next teaching block starts this weekend! Lindy HopSundays 3,10,17 March5pm – level 1 foundations (Charleston kicks)6pm – all levels practice6.30pm – level 2 improving dancers (Swing Outs +)£7 pp per class or £12pp both classes on same day No partner necessary, all welcome, new dancers should try to start on first week of month. Solo Jazz and CharlestonMondays 4 & 18 March8pm – all levels…

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Sun 25 Feb - Swing Dance Practica

Good news! I’ve gone ahead and booked the hall for an end of month práctica on Sunday 25 Feb from 5-7pm. This is for those who’ve attended our classes in Jan and Feb this year. If you’re a brand new dancer, who hasn’t been to our classes yet, please join us for our new level 1 block on Sunday 3 March. It’ll be an all levels facilitated session recapping class material in Jan and Feb and…

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FEB 2024 - Class Dates (and learn ‘Mama’s Stew’ Routine in Solo Jazz)

Hi all! I had a great time teaching the taster class at Late Night Lindy last Friday and then hanging out and dancing with you all till the end. It was just what I needed following the news of a sudden and unexpected bereavement the day before. Thank you so much to everyone for taking my mind off everything and just allowing me to be happy for a moment doing this special dance we love. Given…

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Jan 2024: Make 2024 the year you learn to dance - new classes from 7 & 8 Jan - a perfect time to join us!

Now, I don’t know about you but I’m getting just a little tired of dull grey skies and rainy days and I can’t think of anything better to banish those January blues than getting back on to the dance floor with you all again. Thankfully I have good news for us all as classes begin again this weekend (Sun 7th & Mon 8th Jan)! Yay! It’s the perfect time to join us, whether you’re a brand new or…

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Jan 2024: Thank you 2023 now on to a Happy New Year with classes beginning again on 7 & 8 Jan 2024

TLDR: This is a bit of an epic post. Part 1 is my heartfelt thank yous and recap of 2023. Part 2 has the details of our January classes including a section encouraging new beginner dancers to join us and a small incentive for all to attend every week in January. Firstly I want to say a big thank you to everyone who came out to our Christmas Social dance in December. A few folk were sadly kept…

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Sun 17 Dec: Our Christmas Tea Dance and Fuddle

Yay! It’s our Christmas Tea Dance and Fuddle this Sunday 17 December from 5pm to 9pm. Only 2 more sleeps! Come and join us for our last Sunday of NLH in 2023 and celebrate a fabulous year of happy Lindy Hop and Jazz dancing returning to Sneinton, Nottingham. 🥰 All swing dancers are very welcome regardless of experience or where you usually dance. No partner necessary. 🎟️ £10 per person (card…

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9, 10, 11 Dec: So much dancing!

Hey there Swing Cats! 😉 🥳 There’s a great weekend of dancing ahead 🥳 1️⃣ Tonight (Sat 9 Dec) Late Night Lindy and UoN Swing Society have their Christmas Social with live music from The Moonlighters at The Great Hall in the Uni Campus. https://www.facebook.com/share/dAdzBM6WzKUaScVQ/?mibextid=9l3rBW 2️⃣ Tomorrow (Sun 10 Dec) our second week of Lindy Hop classes for Beginners and Improvers…

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Sun 22 Oct 2pm - Hockley Hustle - Dancing in the Streets!!

📣 Exciting news folks!! 📣 We have an extra activity in our October programme. We’ve recently had it confirmed that we have a slot for outdoor dancing at this year’s ⭐️ Hockley Hustle⭐️ 🙌 Yay! Dancing outside is always so much fun (even if it rains)! https://www.hockleyhustle.co.uk/ 🗓️ on Sunday 22 October⏰ at 2:00pm till 2:30pm📍 in the Sneinton Market Avenues.🎶 Mostly simply social dancing…

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October: Lindy Hop & Solo Jazz classes & a Spooky Late Night Lindy 🎃

Good news! Our first Solo (Vernacular) Jazz Dance Class, since restarting NLH last year, took place on Monday 18 September and it was a roaring success! So two more dates have been added on the third Mondays of the next two months: 🌟 Monday 16 October and Monday 20 November 2023 🌟 ⏰ Classes will start at 8pm at our usual venue, 📍 St Christopher’s Church Hall, Trent Road, Sneinton,…

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NEW! Mon 18 Sept - Solo Vernacular Jazz Dance Class

Hi lovely dancing people. Good news! I’m running our first Solo (Vernacular) Jazz Dance Class, since restarting NLH, this Monday 18 September from 8pm at our usual venue, St Christopher’s Church Hall, in Sneinton. It’s an intro level class starting from the basics. No experience necessary. All welcome. £7pp on the door (card or cash) Complimentary refreshments and free on street parking…

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Sept-Dec: Brighten up your Autumn: New class dates

🌟BRIGHTEN UP YOUR AUTUMN with LINDY HOP CLASSES in SNEINTON, NOTTINGHAM! 📣 Here are the new dates for our Lindy Hop classes this Autumn – September through to December – yay! 1st, 2nd, 3rd Sundays (ex Oct)SEPT – 3rd, 10th, 17thOCT – 8th, 15th, 22ndNOV – 5th, 12th, 19thDEC – 3rd, 10th, (With 17th Dec – Christmas Social Dance) Times: 5.00pm Level 1 Foundations (suitable for beginners)6.00pm…

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Sun 6 Aug: Summer Social Dance and Fuddle

It’s time for our next relaxed, friendly, swing dance social with warm up fun class, snowball, shim sham, jam circles and, of course, a Fuddle. Everyone’s invited to bring a donation of food (sweet or savoury) to the Fuddle table for everyone to share. We’ve had some lovely food in the past. I’ll provide tea, coffee, juice and biscuits as usual. We’re at our usual venue, St Christopher’s…

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July classes - Sundays 2nd, 9th, and 16th

👋 Hi lovely dancing people! 📣 Our July Adult Lindy Hop classes start tomorrow- yay!! 🗓️ We have classes on the first, second, and third Sundays in July, that’s Sunday 2nd July, Sunday 9th July and Sunday 16th July. 1️⃣ Foundations 1 starts at 5pm for beginners and improvers (kick/charleston rhythms this month). ☕️ 🎶 There’s time for all to practice, social dance, and catch up from 6pm…

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21st May - Remembering Frankie - Shim Sham and Lindy Hop Classes

It’s the 2nd of our Frankie Manning honouring class days this Sunday 21 May. https://facebook.com/events/s/nlh-lindy-hop-classes-foundati/626666418795898/ 🌟 F1 – come learn the Shim Sham from 5pm (suitable for beginners) 🌟 Practice and Social time 6-6.30pm 🌟 F2 – From 6.30pm Explore some more of Frankie’s classic Lindy Hop partnered moves (for those who can triple step and rock step in 8 and…

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May Classes - Shim Sham, Frankie 6s, Frankie Manning, World Lindy Hop Day

Woo! Hoo! It’s the first of our two May class days today! I hope you had a great time over the bank holidays but I’m so looking forward to getting back to classes for a couple of weeks. Hope to see you all later 👋 https://facebook.com/events/s/nlh-lindy-hop-classes-foundati/1277922482805469/ F1 class will be doing something a little different in May by exploring ‘Frankie’s’ Shim Sham – an…

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April & May: Spring into Lindy Hop!

📣 Good news folks! I have some more dates planned for us all and after the success of our introductory classes over the last couple of months I’m changing things up a little bit so that we can continue to build and grow together. I’m adding a second class (Foundations level 2) to our Sunday sessions for those of you ready to expand your repertoire and skills a little further while still working…