Some of our members have expressed an interest in Lindy Hop and have asked for a Lindy Hop class but Wednesday Class nights have always been reserved for Modern Jive Classes and that's what most of our members expect and new members especially.

So we have asked Andy Toogood, an exprienced and renown dance teacher and Lindy Hopper to hold a Lindy Hop workshop for us and this will take place at Hessle Town Hall on Sunday, 11th April between 12 noon and 4 pm.  Andy has kindly offered a reduced rate for us as he is a special fan of Hessle Jive Club and so he is only charging £25 if you find someone to book as a mixed gender pair or £15 per person for this Lindy Hop Beginners' Workshop.  Please go to the desk on a class night if you want to reserve a place on this workshop.

Some of our members have never seen Lindy Hop (or seen it dance properly, so we invited Mike and Ronnie who regularly dance Lindy Hop at Swing Jive Leeds (and elsewhere...), to come along and give a Lindy Hop demonstration dance.  They were very well received by our members last night (Wednesday 31st August, 2010) and a video of their dance can be viewed by clicking on the link below:-

Click here to view the Lindy Hop dance video

For those who want to go to Lindy Hop Classes, we recommend Swing Jive Leeds who hold classes every Monday night at Moortown Social Club, Cranmere Gardens, Leeds, LS17 5LA.  Their website is www.swingjiveleeds.com and you can contact them at joyce.swingjive@ntlworld.com. Their Beginners' Class starts at 8 pm.

Mike and Ronnie, who danced for us last night, refused payment for their services and suggested that we make a charity donation instead, which we will do.  They came over from Leeds especially to dance for us and we are extremely grateful to this enthusiastic and lovely couple.  Well done Mike and Ronnie and THANK YOU!