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This Friday night 31st Aug, one of our Leeds Friday night Lindy regulars is having a birthday do at the Highwood Hotel (Brackenwood Drive, Leeds LS8 1RG map here) and if you're a Lindy Dancer you're invited.

The Mike Booth Big Band will be playing and there'll be dancing til late. There's a one class only  (7-8pm) at LindyFridays this week in Tiger Tiger and then we'll all head up to the Highwood for some dancing to the Swing band. Do get in touch if  you'd like a lift there.

Jo

Posted by josephcasey in Lindy at 22:47

This went really well for our first night after no publicity. The big Leeds Lindy supporters turned out on our opening night to give their blessing. We got some new folks who looked up "Fun things to do in Leeds on a Friday night" on google and discovered our Friday night dancing to my delight. Glad all the work on our google rating has paid off. Team Hull made it over to visit us as ever and all the supporting regulars showed up to pick up some more Lindy.

Bought radio mics for us teachers but Tiger Tiger mixing desk let us down, so off to purchase more special leads tomorrow to get us underway next week. Room is big and boomy with lots of echoes so shouting out at class is hard to make out. Hopefully next week we'll get it cracked.

We run Wednesday night salsa classes down at Tiger Tiger at the moment so will have a go with the new radio mics next time we're in.

Floor is concrete not wood in Tiger Tiger club but as most people fed back it was worth it for the improved atmosphere of a bar in the town centre versus the swarthmore centre. Felt much more like a night out.

If we turn enough regular punters each week we're hopeful we can run ocassional full friday night at Sports Cafe on the Headrow with full wooden floor and lots of hours of dancing so we don't have to quit at 9.30pm.

Please continue to support us and watch here or lindyfridays.com for news.

Posted by josephcasey in Lindy at 02:34

    Now we're back from Herrang and since there sounded like there were folks keen for more Fridays Lindy during the summer we've started to look for a new home for our Leeds Friday night Lindy dance fun. Intention of Lindy Fridays has always been to get Lindy back on the high street, to move it close as we can to the centre of town to make it available to anyone who goes out in town.

   These days, especially in  Leeds, Lindy is danced almost entirely at venues in the city suburbs or in smaller towns outside Leeds. Our dream would be to have Lindy as an alternative night available right in the heart of the city alongside all the other clubs and pubs that enjoy all the popularity. Most people haven't heard of Lindy Hop dance or even if they have they'd rarely come across it being danced for real.

    We've approached close to 30 venues oif various size and suitability in Leeds town centre who all prices themselves differently. Some want a hire fee in advance, others demand a miniumum spend at the bar or minimum attendance. Almost invariably none are prepared to hire to you on a Friday night since it's so popular for events which can all guarantee more people than the modest following we have at the moment. So it's been quite a slog.

   On the look out for a new venue for the Wednesday Salsa classes in Leeds at the moment too. Since the sudden closure of Firefly and the demise of New2Salsa we've had a go at restarting with SalsaLeeds.com providing salsa classes for complete beginners and improvers each wednesday in Leeds city centre. Revolution on Millenium Sq have agreed to have us for the next few weeks until the students return after which we may be looking again for a new venue.

   Check back here for new venue progress for Leeds Friday night Lindy as well.

Posted by josephcasey at 12:10

Like I always imagined a day at the cricket to be like, except with big lads throwing heaving hammer and big logs around in their kilts. We even saw Billy Connolly!


photos here

and a wee video

Posted by josephcasey at 01:49